insecticide

So what do you make of these things? Thrips? Mealybugs? Aphids? Springtails? These things have also shown up on my D. adelae but aren't invading any of my other pots... yet. Sorry to make yet another thread about this. I read through other threads, and there were descriptions, but I could find...

I recently found some springtails in one of my pots. They look just like the ones in this video. They are harmless right? It kinda freaks me out when I find any type of small insects on a plant or in the soil. I don't want to bring all my plants outside to spray with toxic insecticide if I don't...

http://organicgardening.about.com/od/pestcontrol/a/spraysforaphids.htm Tomato Leaf Spray Tomato plants, as members of the nightshade family, contain toxic compounds called alkaloids in their leaves. When the leaves of tomato plants are chopped, they release their alkaloids. When the alkaloids...

So, I just saw aphids on my sarracenia, and I was just wondering whether or not this insecticide would be okay. My dad said that it'll work, not just on fruits and vegetables, so lets just hope. I'm just asking about your experience with this (if any) and whether in your opinion will it work or...

In the middle of winter, I find that there are red spider mites and scale on most of my Nepenthes. Everything needs to be treated with an insecticide, but I just can't put them outside right now... any advice? Plants with mites include N. hamata, clipeata x eymae, and just about any other...

OK. Lay it on the line. What are options for insecticides when it comes to cp's? I sometimes just stare at my plants like i'm watching them grow (who doesn't right) and its not uncommon for me to find a few aphids on my capensis so I'll pick em off with tweezers. but today I was staring and the...

Stupid aphids somehow got to my drosera shelf. Anyone ever been in this situation, and if so what insecticide did you use to get rid of them? Is there anything that will work on aphids (the Neem isn't working for me) but won't also kill the dews? Right now it's only the capensis that are...

So yeah, I've got a ton of Greenshield (looked it up and it's the same thing as Physan 20.) I sterilize tools and repotting spaces/used pots with it. Is this OK to sterilize new plants with before repotting? It supposedly kills everything.. viruses, fungi, bacteria, and algae. It seems ok to use...

Hey there gang, first post on the forum; need some help. I've been having pretty good luck with my heli as a first-time grower up until today - I noticed 3 of the pitchers are looking rumpled and shabby. I was surprised, as so far it's been doing really very well, lots of new growth in the 3-4...

A few days ago I found 3 nice beautiful 18" S. flavas at a local store. (local meaning about 1 1/2 hour drive away) When I went to re-pot my flavas tonight I discovered that what I thought were three are actually 8 individual rhizomes. Yipee! However, almost all of them have the white fluffy...

Hey there fellow TF members. It seems as though the makers of Orthonex did not renew their permits for California (or so I was told). If anyone would like to trade a bottle or two of Orthonex (the systemic insecticide and fungicide) for a Nep (rooted or unrooted depending on the trade), I would...

Yes, another one of those ambiguous pest questions. I have noticed these small insects infesting the soil of nearly all my nepenthes. They are too small to get a photo of (shocker!), but, they are silver and pill shaped (longer then they are thin), move fairly quickly, and never leave the...

I have a bottle of "Schults Houseplant and Garden Insect Spray". Active Ingredients are: Pyrethrin... 0.02% * Piperonyl Butoxide, Technical... 0.20% "Other Ingredients"... 98.78% Has a huge wall of warnings but says it's safe for vegetables. I have an annoying set of little white/brown bugs...

i would like to start by saying i found this on www.thegardenhelper.com . this is not my work, it is that of the person who posted this on the site mentionned above. I thought it is EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE and makes defining easy by using plain old english, and not technical terms! Please, ENJOY...

Hello all--Spider mites have broken out like wildfire (in just 2 days!!) and I have many different types of windowsill plants that are now in trouble. What would be the best control for mites preying upon: D. capensis/spatulata/capillaris/intermedia/binata/aliciae Lithops seedlings Myrmecodia...

The title says it all. Any other informal amateur fiction writers out there? Here's something related to plants that I wrote for Creative Writing. I was kind of hyper when I wrote it. Monologue of a Mistreated Tropical Houseplant -- Why Plants Became Carnivorous It’s so dry in here… haven’t...

I have a nepenthes alata 'Boschiana Mimic' that is suffering from some pest. I have sprayed it twice with ortho systemic insecticide, covering the leaves and the undersides of the leaves. The pest are still her and look like they are spreading. It is a very nice plant and it's a pretty good...

Hi all im am posting this for NeciFix, whom contacted me and could not get on the forums and wanted me to post this up.. This is what NeciFix said.. Hello, recently my Cephalotus has started to do a few odd things... it was doing fine until about two weeks ago, where it took a sharp downward...

Last season of hot and dry gave those bugs the foothold on nearly every CP group I have at my balcony. Two weeks ago, I found out that nearly all my Cephs have got root mealies. From then onwards, I found that my Sundews had them, my Neps had them and the Sarracenia had them. Today, my latest...

I just went to target yesterday and found a systematic insecticide called Triazicide. It says that it will control pests for up to 2 months and that it won't harm plants. Does anyone know if it works and/or if there is any reason not to use it. It comes in one of those little spray bottles...