this is from the speach i give on "Orchid pests and there control in the
green house enviroment"


.."REentry Interval: 12 to 24 hours
..Acephate dissipates rapidly with half-lives of 3 and 6 days in aerobic and
anaerobic soils respectively.
..6 to 12 days to be completely out of the bark mixture
..Most of the applied acephate and degradate methamidophos degrade to
immobile compounds in 20-60 days!!!
"Jerry Hoffmeister" wrote in message
et...
Yeah, I think if I were going to use a "nasty" insecticide, I'd choose
Orthene. It's a systemic and if I remember correctly, it breaks down to
"harmless" substances pretty quickly (some number of days). Likely it
would
work better than Malathion and be less "nasty". As I understand, Enstar
is
hard to find - I got it from a grower (w/ actual business) friend of mine.

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
rthlink.net...
Thanks so much, everyone, for info and moral support! I don't mind
paying
a
few extra $$ for Enstar. The problem is getting it quickly, as I can't
locate a seller in this area, and I need to do something immediately.
Perhaps I'm being a bit of an alarmist, and I don't have thousands, but
my
two hundred or so plants mean so much to me..........

I'm still loathe to use the Malathion, so tomorrow AM Frank and I are
going
to tackle the whole shebang with the Organocide, give everyone a good
drench. Of course, follow-up is a must, and perhaps I can get Enstar by
the
time that is due.

Tally Ho! Off to the great bug hunt!

Diana