Well, I'm not going to satiate your desire for IPM. I am full on organic/natural. However, citrus oil or active ingredient being d-limonine is extremely toxic to common pests, such as aphids, and contact on others like scale, whitefly, mealy bugs, etc. Can cause some sunburn damage, but it is usually listed and not recommended to be used in the heat of afternoon sun.
Eh, we all do what we can to accommodate our own lives and how we want to live them. I wish my husband would quit smoking because I want him around so he can change my diapers!
fish can survive malathion, they cannot survive pyrethrums. Modern farmers and a lot
>of other people are using integrated pest management. Part is putting up with some
>damage, part is using the least toxic compound that does the job and part is applying
>even that to a very limited area. Bt may sound innocuous, but it kills monarch
>caterpillars and probably other caterpillars as well. Everything used has some non
>specificity and kills "good guys". It takes a lot of research to find the right
>stuff to use at the right time. Too often people are aligned on the extremes of
>organic only OR the Steins full arsenal of poisons. Doesnt seem to be many voices of
>the in between. If I use the most toxic shit but only spray a rose bush in a pot on
>the patio this is nothing compared to spraying everything in the garden even with Bt.
>or worse, using some "safer" product that doesnt work and out of frustration people
>march right into Steins and pick up the really toxic stuff. If I hear one more
>"spray the aphids with garlic" I am going to scream. I would rather people admit
>that some plants are aphid magnets and the most logical thing to do is slash and burn
>the plant. this is how I feel about roses. since they are in planters I dont mind
>feeding them systemic but rather than screw around with spraying them with funginex
>for black spot I let em croak. Roses are annuals unless they can make it on their
>own. Ingrid
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>animaux wrote:
>>HOWEVER, the impact pyrethrum has on the soil biota, and macro organisms along
>>with mammals and other life forms is possibly to the tenth (wait what am I
>>saying...) HUNDREDTH power less than an organophosphate.
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