Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:00:18 EST From: Dickdove@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg581$foo@default> Subject: Re: Mealies on VFT
In a message dated 29/02/00 06:59:49 GMT Standard Time, cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
writes:
<< ate: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:29:00 -0500
From: "Dave Evans" <dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu>
Hello Dick,
> I have a four year old (thriving) VFT which has inherited mealies from my
> cacti during the winter months. I have picked out all the old brown stalks
> etc. & used tweezers to remove visible varmints. Although I use Sybol
>&Rapid
> aerosols on cacti I'm a bit nervous to use these on the VFT. Can anyone
> recommend treatment with insecticides available over here in the UK?
>> If the plant is in active growth, just take the whole pot and submerge
in a bucket of water for two days. All the mealies will be dead as should
most and probably all the eggs. I would not use an aerosol can of anything
on any CP's.
If it's not in active growth, most any insecticide that you mix with
water and apply as a soak ought to do the trick. Dave Evans >>
Thanks Dave.I'll keep watch & plunge into water when the new growth is a bit
stronger. Have you heard that Sybol aerosol is harmful?
Cheers,
Dick
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