Thrips on African Violets
 

Hello Group,

One my African Violets has thrips.

Any non pesticide solutions ?

Michael Singmin
Pretoria

Thrips on African Violets
 

Nope.

Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition.


"Michael Singmin" wrote in message
...
Hello Group,

One my African Violets has thrips.

Any non pesticide solutions ?

Michael Singmin
Pretoria

Thrips on African Violets
 

Nope.

Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition.


"Michael Singmin" wrote in message
...
Hello Group,

One my African Violets has thrips.

Any non pesticide solutions ?

Michael Singmin
Pretoria

Thrips on African Violets
 

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:52:46 GMT, Cereus-validus wrote:

Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition.

Physically removing and relocating them wouldn't be a pesticide by definition.
It wouldn't be simple, though.

You said anything.

--
John GOTTS http://linuxsavvy.com/staff/jgotts

Thrips on African Violets
 

If you remove the thrips with your fingers and then deliberately squished
them, you would be committing an act of first degree pesticide!!!!

If you accidentally squished them in the process of removing them that would
be pestslaughter!!!

You might want to plead insanity at the time you were doing it but you
probably would have a hard time proving you were buggy!!!


"John Gotts" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:52:46 GMT, Cereus-validus
wrote:

Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition.

Physically removing and relocating them wouldn't be a pesticide by
definition.
It wouldn't be simple, though.

You said anything.

--
John GOTTS http://linuxsavvy.com/staff/jgotts

Thrips on African Violets
 

If you remove the thrips with your fingers and then deliberately squished
them, you would be committing an act of first degree pesticide!!!!

If you accidentally squished them in the process of removing them that would
be pestslaughter!!!

You might want to plead insanity at the time you were doing it but you
probably would have a hard time proving you were buggy!!!


"John Gotts" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:52:46 GMT, Cereus-validus
wrote:

Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition.

Physically removing and relocating them wouldn't be a pesticide by
definition.
It wouldn't be simple, though.

You said anything.

--
John GOTTS http://linuxsavvy.com/staff/jgotts

Thrips on African Violets
 

If you remove the thrips with your fingers and then deliberately squished
them, you would be committing an act of first degree pesticide!!!!

If you accidentally squished them in the process of removing them that would
be pestslaughter!!!

You might want to plead insanity at the time you were doing it but you
probably would have a hard time proving you were buggy!!!


"John Gotts" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:52:46 GMT, Cereus-validus
wrote:

Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition.

Physically removing and relocating them wouldn't be a pesticide by
definition.
It wouldn't be simple, though.

You said anything.

--
John GOTTS http://linuxsavvy.com/staff/jgotts

Thrips on African Violets
 

...Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition...



Organic does not mean "without pesticides". It merely limits the choice
of pesticides to those on the approved list. It doesn't even mean
"without broad-spectrum pesticides" or "without substances harmful to
humans in large doses", although the latter category is extremely large,
varied, and ill-defined.

Thrips on African Violets
 

...Anything that would solve your problem, even organic, would still be a
pesticide by definition...



Organic does not mean "without pesticides". It merely limits the choice
of pesticides to those on the approved list. It doesn't even mean
"without broad-spectrum pesticides" or "without substances harmful to
humans in large doses", although the latter category is extremely large,
varied, and ill-defined.

Thrips on African Violets
 

Safer's has a blue sticky strip that's suppose to capture thrips.
I've never tried it and have only seen it once and never again since.
Usually, I just take the whole plant to my kitchen sink and give it a
good spray under the tap -- both sides of the leaves.

Thrips on African Violets
 

Safer's has a blue sticky strip that's suppose to capture thrips.
I've never tried it and have only seen it once and never again since.
Usually, I just take the whole plant to my kitchen sink and give it a
good spray under the tap -- both sides of the leaves.

Thrips on African Violets
 

Safer's has a blue sticky strip that's suppose to capture thrips.
I've never tried it and have only seen it once and never again since.
Usually, I just take the whole plant to my kitchen sink and give it a
good spray under the tap -- both sides of the leaves.

Thrips on African Violets
 

Safer's has a blue sticky strip that's suppose to capture thrips.
I've never tried it and have only seen it once and never again since.
Usually, I just take the whole plant to my kitchen sink and give it a
good spray under the tap -- both sides of the leaves.

Thrips on African Violets
 

Safer's has a blue sticky strip that's suppose to capture thrips.
I've never tried it and have only seen it once and never again since.
Usually, I just take the whole plant to my kitchen sink and give it a
good spray under the tap -- both sides of the leaves.

Thrips on African Violets
 

Safer's has a blue sticky strip that's suppose to capture thrips.
I've never tried it and have only seen it once and never again since.
Usually, I just take the whole plant to my kitchen sink and give it a
good spray under the tap -- both sides of the leaves.