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Old 07-04-2006, 12:24 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
cliff_the_gardener
 
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Default Wooly aphids

Tiger
Thanks for letting us know
I was supprised by this as the active ingredient imidacloprid has had a
restricted use commercially. I had a look on the Pesticides Safety
Directorates web site and got the following regarding Pravado Ultimate
Bug Killer:
https://secure.pesticides.gov.uk/pestreg/ProdList.asp
It is approved for
aubergine (protected), house plant, ornamental garden plants, pepper
(protected), tomato (protected)

In fairness the pack instructions do not say you can use it on apples,
it says for the control of greenfly, blackfly, lily beetle, woolly
aphid, whitefly, mealy bug, scale insects.
Then goes on to say
Use on ornamental garden plants and house plants
Use on glasshouse tomatoes, aubergines and peppers,

Unfortunately it is not licenced for food crops except tomatoes,
peppers and aubergines

Sorry,

Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire