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systemic for earwigs and rust
I'm looking for a systemic that will treat both earwigs and rust. I've found
products, but not in the same bottle. I'd like to minimize the amount of chemicals I put in the soil. Thanks |
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systemic for earwigs and rust
Me wrote:
I'm looking for a systemic that will treat both earwigs and rust. I've found products, but not in the same bottle. I'd like to minimize the amount of chemicals I put in the soil. In El Nino years in California, rust goes away once the untimely rains stop. All you would need to do, after the bothersome untimely rains stop and the weather actually warms up, is to strip the infected leaves and dispose off them in garbage (not in the compost). We have such a long growing season here (and for you even more so than it is for me in Northern CA) that this approach actually works. As for earwigs, I try three approaches all of which work nicely: (a) put out shallow bowls (cut out from bottoms of yoghourt containers work well for this) cheapest possible beer. The evil-looking insects love beer, get drunk and drown themselves by the droves; every couple or so days, clean out the bowls and fill with fresh cheap beer; (b) crumple newspaper pages or brown paper from bags you wish to recycle and throw them around in the area where there is an earwig infestation; for reasons that are not clear to me, earwigs love to go hide in the crevices of crumpled newspaper (which works better than brown paper as an attractant); every coupel of days, collect the Earwig Motels and discard them in plastic bags closed appropriately (so that the earwigs cannot simply run away) in the garbage; (s) provide a lot of other organic material in your soil such as compost, etc. so that the earwigs aren't tempted to chew on your roses and other ornamentals because there is nothing else to eat. I have not seen any damage from earwigs to my roses though they tend to eat leafy green vegetables, particularly chard. However, I find them very repulsive to look at and so, do not want to see them sleeping inside the rose blossoms that I bring in for the vases .... -- Radika California USDA 9 / Sunset 15 |
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systemic for earwigs and rust
In .net Me wrote:
I'm looking for a systemic that will treat both earwigs and rust. I've found products, but not in the same bottle. I'd like to minimize the amount of chemicals I put in the soil. I think Shiva uses Orthenex, which contains a systemic insecticide and systemic fungicide. Correct me if I'm wrong. If I'm right, that should do the trick in one bottle. |
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systemic for earwigs and rust
On 19 May 2003 11:03:00 GMT, Daniel Hanna
wrote: In .net Me wrote: I'm looking for a systemic that will treat both earwigs and rust. I've found products, but not in the same bottle. I'd like to minimize the amount of chemicals I put in the soil. I think Shiva uses Orthenex, which contains a systemic insecticide and systemic fungicide. Correct me if I'm wrong. If I'm right, that should do the trick in one bottle. Yep. I see an occasional earwig, but have never noticed any damage to my roses at all. |
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