Re: Oh NO! Spider Mites!
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- Subject: Re: Oh NO! Spider Mites!
- From: m*@shu.edu
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:55:12 -0500 (CDT)
Desert conditions can be conducive to horticultural amendments. I hear from
orchid growers out there that evaporative coolers work very efficiently due
to the very dry outdoor air. It is possible, with heavy shading and an
ample supply of water for the cooling pads, to grow cloud forest and
montane species.
Bonaventure Magrys
Cliffwood Beach, NJ
"Nyles" <metopium@hotmail.com>@mobot.org on 04/20/2001 01:53:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Oh NO! Spider Mites!
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>
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>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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