Re: Oh NO! Spider Mites!
- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
- Subject: Re: Oh NO! Spider Mites!
- From: N*
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:53:02 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks to all that helped with my spider mite problem!
I tried to raise the humidity, as I do every year. In fact the "skunk
cabbages" are all sitting on trays of water since winter ended, and getting
misted regularly.
I guess you just can't fight the Arizona desert without a greenhouse.
I'm going to give in this year on my "eco-groovy" philosophy and go for the
big guns.
I'm off to get some Pentac.
Many thanks to all!
Nyles
>From: Dan Levin <levin@pixar.com>
>Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
>Subject: Re: Oh NO! Spider Mites!
>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:12:41 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Nyles,
>
>If you're searching for an aroid-friendly miticide, I'd suggest using
>"Pentac".
>Very safe as these things go, Pentac is mite specific and won't kill
>beneficial
>insects (it's an acaricide, not an insecticide). It's slow acting
>initially; treated
>mites stop feeding in a few hours but don't die for 1 - 3 days. Hence
>Pentac
>is optimally used in a preventative type program or when an infestation is
>first
>discovered.
>
>Obviously, your mite population has already become well established.
>In this case you might consider mixing the Pentac directly with some other
>product
>exhibiting a faster knock-down; Pentac is compatible with all common
>insecticides.
>One aroid-safe product I can highly recommend is "Mavrik", a
>synthetic-pyrethroid.
>
>Mix the two compounds together then add a spreader-sticker (now here's a
>good
>application for your failed Safer's soap!). Follow up on days 5 and 10
>with another
>spraying and I can assure you: the pending apocalypse will be unequivocally
>canceled.
>At least until next season.
>
>Best of luck,
> -Dan Levin
>
>
>
>Nyles wrote:
>
> > Help!
> >
> > My Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) has a heavy spider mite
> > infestation.
> > Can other aroids be far behind?
> > Is this a sign of the apocalypse?
> >
> > I've been trying soap solutions.
> > It's too heavy an infestation for predatory mites.
> > It's very dry in Arizona, and some plants seem prone. This is a first
>for
> > the skunks.
> >
> > Help me!....anyone?
> >
> > Nyles
>
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