Category: Ailments

COLD PROTECTION: In Sudden Spells

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago In Florida plants can be moved inside the home or covered with polyethylene; overhead sprinklers can be turned on; for these and other cautionary measures refer to F85-157 Read More

BENLATE AND TRUBAN: Can They Be Mixed?

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Use 8 oz. Benlate and 4 to 6 oz. Truban per 100 gals water; both lose effectiveness if kept in water solution; Benlate is unstable in alkaline solution. A79-1112 see also Benomyl Read More

BENLATE: Characteristics

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Controls Ring-spot fungus; spray four times weekly with 1 ttpg. plus spreader; it kills red spider eggs; not useful for soft spot on phalaenopsis nor black rot on cattleya rhizomes. F70-182 Read More

BENLATE: Frequency of Application Recommended

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Monthly, at most. A72-1100 Read More

BENLATE: Mixed with Truban

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago The two are freely compatible; use lttpg. of Benlate and only ltpg. of Truban; both are expensive. A82-1178 -- used in small doses with each watering = it does no good to the plants because it must... Read More

BENLATE: Risk of Damage

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Safe to use on cymbidiums, cattleyas, dendrobiums, stanhopeas, phaius, rhynchostylis, vandas, ascocendas, phalaenopsis and Angraecum Veitchii. OR76-98 Read More

BENOMYL 50W (BENLATE): Wide Spectrum Fungicide

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Controls most orchid pathogens but not Phythium ultimum, Phytophora cactorum, or bacteria. AH15 Read More

BUDS: Kept Closed by Sticky Secretions

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Excessive sugar is produced, sometimes following too much light, probably on a clear frosty morning, so a slight increase in the morning temperature should solve the problem; raise the thermostat a... Read More

BUDS: On Cattleya Plants

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago Shrivelled and soft, drop when touched; probably ethylene toxicity is the cause; check valves and controls on burner of dynavent heater using propane as fuel. A73-155 Read More

NATRIPHENE WP: Bactericide

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 8 years ago For brown spot (Pseudomonas cattleyae), brown rot (Erwinia cyprepedii), bacterial leaf rot (Erwinia chrysanthemi) soft rot (E.carotovora) and miltonia scorch; control: use 1 tpg., immerse plant one... Read More