Pest-free Nepenthes...
Perry Malouf (pmalouf@access.digex.net)
Mon, 4 Nov 1996 09:55:49 -0500 (EST)
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> Perry wrote:
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> >(In a similar vein, when I send plants to people I strongly recommend
> >that they quarantine the plant for a while, just to be on the safe side.
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> I COMPLETELY agree with this point. I slipped on this once with a plant
> that looked clean upon initial inspection, and it ended up infecting a good
> poortion of my collection with scale...... (ants helped speed the process
> up quite a bit) Make no exceptions to this rule and you wil help insure the
> health of your whole collection!
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> >I do this even though I'm sure my plants are okay, and I would never
> >knowingly send a sick plant to someone.)
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> In terms of keeping your plants ok, please elaborate how you keep them that
> way. I am always looking for hints on keeping pests away from my plants.
> Orthene works fine, but anything else you can suggest?
>
> I want to put the plants outside in the summer so they get the most balanced
> light, etc.... BUT then every damn bug known to man decides to take up
> residence on the plants. Spider mites in particular. Sow bugs in the peat.
> A great irony that these plants which eat bugs are plagued by so many
> critters. The other alternative is to keep them under lights which keeps
> them bug free and alive, but they lack that
> great color.
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> Take care & keep on growing,
>
> -Tom- Hayes
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