Re: pests on indoor gardenia

Apr 01, 2004 1 Replies

what is systemic? Is it a chemical? Where can I find it? HD? //blush...



Thanks a lot, Tiff


> I have a 1G gardenia indoor. I place it near a southeast facing
> > window. It had pests some time ago. I bought a bottle of pestcide from
> > Wal-Mart and sprayed on it two weeks ago. Now, the pests come back
> > again! I can spray the chemical again but I'm wondering if there is
> > any way to get rid of these disgusting pests without using the
> > dangerous chemicals! Please help!
> >
> My indoor gardenia had scale and spider mites. I take it out in the summer
> and 2 weeks before bringing in sprayed with a systemic. It got rid of the
> scale which was killing it. Spider mites returned but they are easy to keep
> down with water spray in house.
> Frank

A systemic is a pesticide that gets into the plants system and makes it toxic to insects that eat it. It is obviously not used on fruits or vegetables. Rosepride Orthenex is the stuff I used. Probably stocked by any garden shop. It saved my gardenia which BTW has several little children grown from cuttings. Frank

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