Elizabeth wrote:

Orthenex is a systemic insecticide/fungicide/miticide. It should
not be used on any edible plants. Ornamental use only.


I was hoping someone would point that out by the time I got to the end
of this thread. Since this is rec.gardens.edible, Orthene and Orthenex
shouldn't even come up as a subject here.
I certainly hope the original poster isn't using this or any other
pesticide without reading the label! If the label doesn't list the plant
we want the spray and the pest we want to control, we should be looking
for a product that does list both.
Of course, some products give a blanket listing of "ornamentals" so if
you want to spray roses and ornamentals is listed, that counts. There
may be sprays that list just "vegetables" (for example) but I don't
recall ever seeing that. Orthonex will not be listing vegetables, I'm sure.

Steve