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[IBC] Bug control
While were on naturual bug and fungus sprays i had a
question. Have any of you ever used envirapel. Its supposed to be a garlic based substance marketed to keep mites and such away before they arrive i was thinking of trying it. Im just a little worried it might keep bees and such away also. Also do any of you ever purchase good bugs from some of these online stores like mite predators and leacewings that are supposed to keep the bad bugs at bay. Ben __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Bug control
While were on naturual bug and fungus sprays i had a
question. Have any of you ever used envirapel. Its supposed to be a garlic based substance marketed to keep mites and such away before they arrive i was thinking of trying it. Im just a little worried it might keep bees and such away also. Also do any of you ever purchase good bugs from some of these online stores like mite predators and leacewings that are supposed to keep the bad bugs at bay. And if you never get "mites and such" that means it works? Hard to prove a negative -- which is what the marketers of this junk count on. Free enterprise alert! There is more smoke and mirrors in the horticultural trade than in virtually any other common trade (veterinary medicine -- especially with horses -- possibly excepted. There IS one that's much worse -- the health-food supplement business; NEVER has more potentially dangerous material been peddled to an unsuspecting and very gullible public than in that business!) But I'll jump off my soapbox to say . . . There really isn't any free lunch when it comes to bugs. You either grow things in a manner that discourages the bad bug kingdom, or you get 'em and go after them with chemicals (and even soap is a chemical!). Buying "good bugs" to kill bad bugs is another one of those myths promoted by the ecologically minded. It is a VERY good idea if you are commercial and grow nursery crops, or have a BIG garden filled with plants that aphids (just to choose one kind of bug) dote on all at the same time of year. Let loose a bug predator, and your aphid population will drop -- for a while. When there are too few aphids to support the army of predators you have loosed on your garden, the predators will go elsewhere -- or starve. If you have 2 or a dozen trees, two or three of them maybe with a few aphids, the predator is unlikely to even be able to FIND his lunch -- and if he does, he'll find it's only a snack and go on to "greener" pastures. Even if you have 100 trees, SOME of them with aphids, your predator will quickly move on. (If you have 100 trees, ALL of them with aphids, you'd better take up basket making.) Keep your growing area clean, provide good air circulation, don't grow all your Japanese maples (just for example) on a single table, and keep your trees outdoors as much as possible and you and your trees should be able to live with the insects in your neighborhood. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Bug control
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There IS one that's much worse -- the health-food supplement business; NEVER has more potentially dangerous material been peddled to an unsuspecting and very gullible public than in that business! Gosh, you mean "All Natural" doesn't guarantee "safe?" Jeff Isom Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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