Re: No Neem
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  • Subject: Re: No Neem
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:05:21 -0500

gee that sounds cool Zem, what's this stuff called??

On 7/21/10, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Our HD has a product made with oil of pepperment, rosemary, clove and some
> other natural stuff.  It not only smells great, but it has also killed all
> the red spider mites on my tomatoes with one application.  I'll have to look
> more closely to see if there is neem oil on the shelf.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
> CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:57 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] No Neem
>
>
>
> I went to both Home Depot and Lowe's last night in a fruitless search
>> for Neem spray. Nothing. They didn't even have insecticidal soap. All I
>> could find was Sevin and a couple other -cides I am not familiar with.
>> The Sevin came in ready-to-use quart bottles, I would have needed about
>> 15 of them so I didn't even read the label. The one that did come in a
>> concentrate had a seven-day wait before harvesting anything, and the
>> other product was a systemic you poured on the soil. For vegetables? I
>> am not an organic purist, but that made me uncomfortable.
>> There wasn't even a space on the shelves for anything else, I am
>> wondering if California's regulations changed enough that there are
>> things we can't get anymore. I know I have bought everything I was
>> looking for at Home Depot before.
>> I did unearth a bottle of Neem out of my garage cupboard, it's at least
>> a year old but I mixed up what was there. Guess I will try a real
>> nursery later.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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