Re: fuschia

Bless his heart, if he's 81 I guess he figures he's already beat the odds
anyway.  LOL

On 7/25/08, David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> Hey
> Ok, well I cut back my infected fuschia.  I would prefer to not use
> chemicals if I can help it so lets see if this works.  Zem, if you do hear
> of
> a remedy I would like to know and so would my father.
> My father lives in
> Monterey or very near it and it is perfect fuschia and begonia weather.  He
> has the most glorious begonias you can imagine.  Anyway he has purchased I
> don't know how many fuschias and they keep getting this mite and so he ends
> up
> throwing them away because he can't get rid of the mites.  So if somebody
> comes up with the right chemical let me know.  He sprays like Dr.
> Strangelove...there is no pesticide too cancer causing for him.  He's 81
> now
> so nothing I tell him will change his ways.
> David
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message
> ----
> From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent:
> Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:33:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] fuschia
>
> Actually I'll
> ask the Ortho rep when I am at the store tomorrow.  We just
> got a load of
> fuschia from Hines Horticulture in CA.  I'll have to
> scrutinize the plants.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Franzman"
> <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008
> 10:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] fuschia
>
>
> > Hey thanks Jim, very good
> information.  I don't think I have ever seen a
> > fuschia miticide though but
> I'll look.
> > DF
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From:
> > james singer
> <islandjim1@comcast.net>
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Monday,
> > July 21,
> 2008 5:15:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] fuschia
> >
> > Found this post by a
> >
> person in SoCal on the web:
> >
> > Sadly I know about this mite all too well. I
> am a
> > member of the local
> > fuchsia society, which manages a large fuchsia
> bank of
> > thousands of
> > different varieties of fuchsia as part of a larger
> 87-acre
> > botanic
> > garden. The garden has been plagued with this mite for
> several
> > years
> > now. The mites lives inside the foliage, specifically in
> young growth
> > parts such as new buds or new growth shoots. Saliva from the
> little
> > microscopic critters causes distortion followed by deformation of the
> > plant
> > parts that eventually will become very severe and overtime will
> >
> significantly damage the health of the fuchsia or even kill it all
> > together.
> > The mite is HIGHLY infectious, as it is easily spread from
> > one plant to
> >
> another (method of transmission is unclear, although I
> > suspect hummingbirds
> > play a role) and the mites are dammed difficult
> > to eradicate.
> >
> > I myself
> have
> > been battling fuchsia mite for several years with
> > varying degrees of
> > success. If fuchsia mite is caught within the first
> > season of infection
> and
> > the plant is sufficiently small enough for you
> > to be able to spray the
> > surface of all the leaves, then an insecticide
> > that works systemically can
> > kill it if sprayed in 2 or 3 successive
> > and regular applications. You can
> > find a suitable insecticide at any
> > Home Depot or Lowes in the garden
> center.
> > Any insecticide that
> > specifically says it kills fuchsia mite and
> is a
> > systemic will do the
> > trick, but make sure the bottle specifically
> says it
> > will "kill
> > fuchsia mite" and not just simply "kills mites."
> >
> > If
> you have
> > other fuchsia currently not suffering from this problem,
> > then you
> do not
> > want to delay in dealing with it, in fact the other
> > fuchsia are
> probably
> > already infected but the symptoms have not yet
> > show up. If you do
> decide to
> > spray then make sure you wear adequate
> > protection as recommended
> on the
> > label and spray all other fuchsia
> > according to the application
> directions as
> > well as the infected plant
> > in case they too are infected.
> One last and very
> > important note: MAKE
> > SURE YOUR FUCHIAS ARE WELL WATERED
> AND ALL LEAF
> > SURFACES ARE DRY
> > BEFORE APPLYING. DO NOT SPRAY THE SOIL
> SURROUNDING THE
> > PLANT, AS THAT
> > WILL KILL THE ROOTS. TRY NOT TO ALLOW TOO
> MUCH SPRAY TO DRIP
> > FROM THE
> > FOLIAGE TO THE SOIL SO THE ROOTS WILL NOT BE
> DAMAGED. DO NOT WATER
> > THE
> > FUCHSIA UNTIL THE INSECTICIDE HAS HAD A CHANCE
> TO DRY ON THE SURRFACE
> > OF THE LEAFS. ONLY APPLY WHEN TEMPURATES ARE MILD.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Hope it helps.
> > On Jul 21, 2008, at 5:03 PM, David Franzman
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello out there
> >> Does
> > anybody know what to do about the
> fuschia mite that
> >> is devastating fuschias
> > all over the west here?
> >>
> David
> >>
> >>
> >
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