Re: [Aroid-l] scale insect

From: STARSELL at aol.com on 2009.09.01 at 15:28:43 Hi All,   I'm not so sure about how "safe"... see the study below. We have known that using systemic insecticides won't help with spider mites. But did you know it can increase them? http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/0022-0493%282002%29095%5B0729%3AFITSMA%5D2 .0.CO%3B2?journalCode=3Decen Be careful with BATS (Bayer advanced tree and shrub for any not knowing already.)   Treating with this product can also have a stunting effect on some plants, but I haven't found a study for it.  -- Yet.     Alison   In a message dated 9/1/2009 1:47:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time, criswick@spiceisle.com writes: You can=E2=80=99t go safer than imidacloprid, marketed under names such as Pronto.  Google it.  Your garden centre should have.  It is systemic, absorbed through leaf surfaces. They have yet to determine the lethal dose for a rat, I understand, and plants tolerate it very well. It controls sucking insects for a month, so that when eggs hatch, the larvae will feed and die also.   -------------------------------1251818923----===============7806413443724119402==

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