Category: Ailments

SLUGS AND SNAILS: How to Control Them

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 years ago Cattleyas and phalaenopsis especially are damaged. OIE85Sept-13 Read More

FUNGICIDES: Most Used

Author is Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler), posted almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 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