Re: fuschia

Daivd, I did ask the Ortho rep about which product to use on your fuschia mites. Of course, he had never heard of fuschia mites. He did suggest calling the "800" number on the back of any insecticidal product and ask the company. Sorry I'm no more help than anybody else. 
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] fuschia



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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