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FYI - Sevin Pesticide caused aphid infestation
I have been spraying my ornamental flowers every 14 days starting in
June with Carbaryl (Sevin). This past Monday, two days after I sprayed on Saturday, I was pruning off deadheads and dead or yellow leaves from my plants when I came to two containers of convolvulus that had quite a few yellow leaves. I noticed a very pungent odor. After I clipped a couple of leaves off, I noticed that tons of pieces were flaking off of them. I discovered that the pieces were live aphids. The under sides of all of the leaves were clotted with them. I was able to kill them off using Raid House and Garden spray. I did some research and discovered that Carbaryl is ineffective at killing aphids, even though the website for Sevin (gardentech.com) lists aphids on their pest list. After searching for "aphid" and "carbaryl," I read of some studies where aphid population dramatically increased after spraying repeatedly with Carbaryl. This is because Carbaryl doesn't kill aphids but does kill most of their natural predators (namely ladybugs). I have decided to switch from Carbaryl to Esfenvalerate (Ortho Bug Be Gone Concentrate). |
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