insecticide help

Home | Community | Message Board

You are not signed in.
New Account

Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > The Ethnobotanical Garden

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Jump to first unread post

Pages: 1

Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.

savage.renegade

Registered: 07/02/10
Posts: 986
Loc: Bay area

insecticide help

#16026357 - 03/31/12 11:11 PM (14 years, 7 months ago)

Just got a real nasty spider mite infestation.
Ive never used insecticide before a day ago. But i have way too many too spray/wipe off every day.
I have this eco control spray which is rosemary, thyme,peppermint and one other oil each at 0.25%

How safe would this be used on succulents/ cacti?
If not what is the best natural spray for cacti?

Im only looking for short term solutions until i can balance with predators.
I prefer not to use any nasty chemicals.

Thanks for any help

--------------------

Extras:

Top

turtle_hermit
Psychedelic Ranger

Registered: 06/03/10
Posts: 1,692
Last seen: 1 day, 23 hours

Re: insecticide help

[Re: savage.renegade]
#16026598 - 03/31/12 11:55 PM (14 years, 7 months ago)

I've used neem oil on cacti, works great. Dunno about to eco spray.

Extras:

Top

Mufungo
Coming at ya

Registered: 04/03/07
Posts: 2,743
Loc: Knowhere

Re: insecticide help

[Re: turtle_hermit]
#16026641 - 04/01/12 12:05 AM (14 years, 7 months ago)

Eco spray is neem oil I think.

I'd say avoid Multicrop products after their pyrethrum spray inflicted chemical burn upon my dear cacti. Once bitten... But I admit I'm bias in this regard.

--------------------

Extras:

Top

Brainiac
Rogue Scientist

Registered: 04/29/06
Posts: 13,259
Loc: 與您的女朋

Re: insecticide help

[Re: Mufungo]
#16029696 - 04/01/12 05:16 PM (14 years, 7 months ago)

Try diatomaceous earth on them...

--------------------
:Awesketch:

Fair is Fair :devil:

Extras:

Top

crimsondrac
Stranger
Registered: 12/09/11
Posts: 493
Last seen: 13 years, 5 months

Re: insecticide help

[Re: Brainiac]
#16043314 - 04/04/12 03:42 PM (14 years, 7 months ago)

I have used Neem oil on "other" plants before and it works great. You just have to keep using it consistantly for a few weeks until you have broken their life cycle. The neem oil will kill live mites but will not kill eggs so you have to keep spraying until the eggs hatch and you kill the new offspring. It is 100% organic and only harmful to insects but biodegrades easily.

Extras:

Top

savage.renegade

Registered: 07/02/10
Posts: 986
Loc: Bay area

Re: insecticide help

[Re: crimsondrac]
#16045286 - 04/04/12 10:58 PM (14 years, 7 months ago)

thanks. I will be grabbing some neem oil. any recommended brands?
diatomaceous earth helps keeps bugs away? And thats also good for aeration right

I think I will definitely avoid pyrethrum spray

--------------------

Extras:

Top

Jump to top

Pages: 1

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > The Ethnobotanical Garden

Similar Threads	Poster	Views	Replies	Last post
BEWARE: AVOID MULTICROP PYRETHRUM INSECTICIDE SPRAY ( 1 2 3 all )	Mufungo	6,597	56	10/04/12 04:00 AM by karode13
Mallacht Talks Insects & Insecticides In Indoor Grow Environments - A (Mostly) Organic Method ( 1 2 all )	theMallacht	12,553	25	03/08/14 01:06 PM by theMallacht
what types of fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides do you find most useful to you	spaceman101	680	9	04/17/15 03:47 AM by Oeric McKenna
Insecticide for cacti seedlings	sharpie117	870	11	04/10/15 07:59 AM by karode13
Natural Insecticides ( 1 2 all )	Teotzlcoatl	4,222	23	09/11/07 07:53 PM by pixeljuice
Salvia and Insecticide	chemkid	1,359	4	07/25/02 10:30 PM by psyconaut
insecticide on sally	myCo_psyCo	874	3	11/05/07 02:24 AM by Dr. uarewotueat
Peppermint Tea	brcolow	874	5	08/11/07 02:55 PM by CptnGarden

Extra information

You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: karode13, Mostly_Harmless, A.k.a
407 topic views. 0 members, 25 guests and 10 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]