Bayer makes several products consisting of imidacloprid at various
concentrations
and labels them for different uses - then prices them according to a marketing
algorythm
that has noting to do with the cost to produce the product. This is the way of
the world I'm happy to have them provide
It did take a bit of time for the yellowing to take place, but it was
quit clear that it only happend to the angraecoid and I think I would
say that it was general yellowing, not due to sunburn - just as if
most of the plants desided it was time to drop the old leaves. But the
leaves didnt drop,
Should you be concerned about the toxicity of
Imidacloprid
please see :
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/imidaclo.htm
or go to :
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/ghindex.html
and type the word 'Imidacloprid' in the search box.
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Regards,
Viateur
We have used Confidor which is also an imidacloprid based product, it worked very well on getting rid of a smallscale infection, but did nothing for the mites. Infact, when we first used it we actually got a mite problem, because it wiped out all the predators of the mites.
And even if it is
Karen,
Regarding the yellowing of angraecoid leaves following your use of
Confidor. . ., this is most interesting. Imidacloprid products are
recent on the market in most countries and there really is not a good
record of responses by many plants.
How soon after spraying did you notice the
Cody,
I'm not sure about the mites but it works well on scale and mealybugs, Apply it as a "sprench" weekly for three consecutive weeks. that will protect your plants for several months. Drenching doesn't work well on orchid media and sprays have their limits on something as slow growing as
on 10/14/05 5:07 AM, Cody wrote:
I'm just wondering if anyone's had experience using Intercept (Imidacloprid)
on orchids, specifically for SCALE!! I am able to acquire some and would
like to get feedback on the positives and negatives of using this chemical.
Up here in Canada, it's called
I'm just wondering if anyone's had experience using Intercept (Imidacloprid)
on orchids, specifically for SCALE!! I am able to acquire some and would
like to get feedback on the positives and negatives of using this chemical.
Up here in Canada, it's called Intercept or Admire. I can get Intercept
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