10-06-2008, 10:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Clarke
phorbin wrote:
In article 6236df6a-f5a7-461f-8001-ccb793d19c47
@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com, says...
On Jun 9, 1:45 pm, jim38curl
wrote:
Hi all and sorry if this has been asked before ( although quite
unlikely as my mum's pretty unique ).
Basically my mum thought she'd fed her 15 tomato plants tomato
feed
but after feeding she realised she's actually fed them some stuff
called - Provado Vine Weevil killer 2.
In a panic she then tried to over water them and subsequently
washed it all over her runner beans which were below her hanging
basket tomato's.
Understandably she's gutted to the point of nearly being in tears
so i said i'd try and find out of anyone knows how dangerous this
Provado is and if there's anything she can do other than destroy
all her plants.
Thanks to anyone that can offer advice,
Jim.
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jim38curl
pretty nasty chemical, it is made to be absorbed directly by the
plants root systems, so it will end up in the plants leaves and
fruit
(so oo kill any insect that eats the leafs). I'm afraid the soil
will
have to be thrown out too (or better yet just use it for flowers
from
now on).
We're completely organic here but
A quick dip into the net suggests that the stuff (imidacloprid)
remains active in the plant for six weeks.
I'm with someone else who suggested contacting Bayer.
Much as I deplore the use of any synthetic pesticide, rashly tossing
food plants would be an error if the solution is to wait six weeks
and
then start harvesting for the table. --It means you've not lost the
whole growing and/or harvest season.
And if that -is- the solution, and there's ripe fruit in the interim
I'd pick it, compost it and keep waiting.
May I suggest that colour coding her fertilizers and poisons is a
good
idea. An obvious thick line of red, green, yellow and black around
the
neck of every bottle, depending on its use, could prevent this from
happening again.
Storing them in separate locations would help too.
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destorying them would be the best solution as some one may use them too.
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