Category: Ailments

SLUGS AND SNAILS: How to Control Them

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Use Mesurol (Bayer 37344, or Methiocarb) at the rate of 6.6grams per liter of water, or 61tpg., treating also the benches where they might wander; the kill takes a month; Sevin is less effective.; ... Read More

SLUGS: Control

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Get rid of them by using Slug-Geta pellets, or a similar formulation consisting of metaldehyde and Mesurol. A77-108; use Slugit, A79-1112Use of arsenate and hydrated lime causes no injury to plants... Read More

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS: Of Two-spotted Spider Mites

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago The combination of chemicals and predators to control pests is known as Integrated Pest Management; Phytoseilus persimilis is a voracious predator on mites; plus a list of 12 chemicals used for con... Read More

SLUGS AND SNAILS: Potato as Bait

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Slice raw potato into pieces one inch square by a quarter inch thick and place on staging; slugs like it above all other food; change every few days; kill them early in the morning. OR70-80 Read More

SMOG: Damage to Flowers

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Cattleyas and phalaenopsis especially are damaged. OIE85Sept-13 Read More

FUNGICIDES: Most Used

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Truban 30WP to control black rot fungi; Benomyl (Benlate 50W) for most pathogens but not Pythium ultimum, Phytophthora cactorum or bacteria; Physan 20, a wide-spectrum fungicide and bactericide; Na... Read More

FUNGICIDES: Placed on Top of Vandaceous Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Do not use Benlate which is specific for fungi which do not occur in crowns of vandas or phalaenopsis; use Captan. F80-20 Read More

FUNGICIDES: Regular Use

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Do not use fungicides such as Physan regularly or add it frequently to the fertilizer. A78-112 Read More

CYGON 2E: A Systemic Insecticide, How to Apply

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago As a spray put 9 cc. in one gallon of water, or, 1 quart in 100 gallons of water; or, 2 ttpg.; reported injury to plants has not been proven out. A69-700 Read More

SMOKE: As Stimulant to Flowering

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted over 7 years ago Many terrestrials burst into bloom in nature after a ground fire; caused by smoke which contains ethylene and carbon monoxide among other gases, which break the dormancy in corms and bulbs in the g... Read More