Re: Kitty's mites now neem

No Fran, that's not the one.  You really can't see them with the unaided
eye.  I used to be able to but my sight is going down hill.  They are less
than the size of a pin head and they are incapable of biting.  They stick
they long straw like sucker into leaves and suck out the chlorophyll.  If
you have a really bad problem you can see their webbing over the tips of the
plants.  Otherwise the leaves looked mottled yellow/green.  Common on
houseplants.  Anyway, they would be herbivores and not carnivores.

David Franzman
A Touch of the Tropics
www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "F M Ferrari" <fm4re@swbell.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites now neem


> You know, I think that I may have mites! Are they those really little
> red bugs? I keep finding them on me while working in the yards and have
> gotten some nasty bug bites. I wonder if it's them?!?!? I need to find a
> picture...Fran
>
>
> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:Jim are YOU infested with mites?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 6:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites now neem
>
>
> > Anyone [besides me] ever used that bath soap made with neem?
> >
> > On Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 12:30 AM, David Franzman wrote:
> >
> > > Man, I go through a pint in two weeks.
> > >
> > > David Franzman
> > > A Touch of the Tropics
> > > www.atouchofthetropics.net
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kitty"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:47 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites
> > >
> > >
> > >> I learned recently that Neem has about a 2yr shelf life. I just
> > >> don't use
> > >> enough of anything to have to throw it out after using only a few
> > >> spoonfulls.
> > >>
> > >> Kitty
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Andrea H"
> > >> To:
> > >> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:07 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> David, at my local Nursery, where I teach, they use a product called
> > >>> Greenlight that is supposed to be a fungicide, miticide, and
> > >>> insecticide
> > >> all
> > >>> in one. Guess what the active ingredient is.......Neem. Buy some
> > >>> Neem.
> > >> And
> > >>> Pam's Kelp mix seems to work too. Although she was quite correct in
> > > using
> > >>> very little. I burned the crap out of some plants by using too much.
> > >>>
> > >>> Andrea H
> > >>> Beaufort, SC
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: "David Franzman"
> > >>> To:
> > >>> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:10 PM
> > >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> You have a miticide??? What kind is it Kitty? You can adequately
> > >>>> get
> > >> rid
> > >>>> of them by forcefully spraying them with water. Do it a couple
> > >>>> three
> > >> days
> > >>>> in a row and that should take care of it. The live on the
> > >>>> undersides
> > > of
> > >>> the
> > >>>> leaves so you have to get the hose at that kind of angle.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> David Franzman
> > >>>> A Touch of the Tropics
> > >>>> www.atouchofthetropics.net
> > >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>> From: "Kitty"
> > >>>> To:
> > >>>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:19 PM
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Thanks, I'll give that a shot tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I have
> > >>>>> some
> > >>>> summer
> > >>>>> oil, if not, I think I still have some miticide in the cupboard.
> > >> I'll
> > >>> be
> > >>>>> glad to get them out of here.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Kitty
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>> From: "Andrea H"
> > >>>>> To:
> > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:17 PM
> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> First of all, I would put them in the shower and wash off as many
> > > as
> > >>> the
> > >>>>>> buggers as I could. Then, you can spray them with hort oil,
> > > although
> > >> I
> > >>>>> might
> > >>>>>> wait to harden them off a bit first. Or put a systemic granular
> > >> poison
> > >>>> on
> > >>>>>> them if they are for sale that soon. I HATE those things! Good
> > > luck.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Andrea H
> > >>>>>> Beaufort, SC
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>> From: "Kitty"
> > >>>>>> To:
> > >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:20 PM
> > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> sorry to change the subject, but plants in the house....
> > >>>>>>> I started dahlias in pots indoors. Was just about to move them
> > > to
> > >>> FL
> > >>>> rm
> > >>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>> transition them and I think they have spider mites. Webs all
> > >> over.
> > >>>>> Guess
> > >>>>>>> I've been too busy outside to notice. They are supposed to be
> > > for
> > >>>> sale
> > >>>>>>> may22, if I spray them now with ? and get them some air outside
> > >> (in
> > >>>> and
> > >>>>>> out
> > >>>>>>> to harden), do you think they'll be ok by then?
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Kitty
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>> From: "Andrea H"
> > >>>>>>> To:
> > >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:05 PM
> > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> It would probably be too cold in the winter, but the Gardenia
> > >>>> radicans
> > >>>>>>> does
> > >>>>>>>> pretty well as a house plant in a bright window. Give it a
> > > shot.
> > >>> it
> > >>>>> will
> > >>>>>>>> fill the whole house with the scent and trust me, the real
> > > thing
> > >>> is
> > >>>> a
> > >>>>>>>> thousand times better smelling than any lotion, cream, or
> > > candle
> > >>>> I've
> > >>>>>> ever
> > >>>>>>>> come across.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Andrea H
> > >>>>>>>> Beaufort, SC
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>>> From: "F M Ferrari"
> > >>>>>>>> To:
> > >>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:35 AM
> > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Gardenia! Yes a wonderful smell! The other day when I got my
> > >>>> facial,
> > >>>>>> she
> > >>>>>>>>> used gardenia essential oil in my facial massage. I think I
> > >> must
> > >>>> get
> > >>>>>>>>> one! I wonder how they do in Oklahoma? Fran
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> pdickson
> wrote:Pam,
> > >>>>>>>>> When I was in Houston last week my sister had 4 big plants
> > > and
> > >>>> they
> > >>>>>> were
> > >>>>>>>> all
> > >>>>>>>>> starting to bloom... in a couple of days I bet they were
> > >>> covered.
> > >>>> I
> > >>>>>> love
> > >>>>>>>>> gardenias the very most of any scent. We have one that grows
> > >> in
> > >>>> the
> > >>>>>>> indoor
> > >>>>>>>>> pool at the YMCA... I help them with the plants so I get to
> > >> take
> > >>> a
> > >>>>>> bloom
> > >>>>>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>>> put it in my pocket when they are blooming. The smell
> > >> transports
> > >>>> me
> > >>>>> to
> > >>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>> wonderful place!
> > >>>>>>>>> Tricia
> > >>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>>>> From:
> > >>>>>>>>> To:
> > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:44 PM
> > >>>>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> #65279;Well the gardenia has buds on it now! It's a small
> > >> one
> > >>>>>>> (Radicans)
> > >>>>>>>>> in
> > >>>>>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>> pot, but it has at least ten or twelve buds on it! I'm so
> > >>>> excited.
> > >>>>>>>>> Mother
> > >>>>>>>>>> had
> > >>>>>>>>>> one as a houseplant that she started from a cutting in
> > >>> Richmond
> > >>>>>> (where
> > >>>>>>>> my
> > >>>>>>>>>> brother
> > >>>>>>>>>> &I were born) and by the time I was a teenager it totally
> > >>> filled
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>>>> big
> > >>>>>>>>>> double
> > >>>>>>>>>> window in the front of the house. When it was blooming the
> > >>> whole
> > >>>>>>>>> downstairs
> > >>>>>>>>>> smelled
> > >>>>>>>>>> like Heaven. I've wanted one ever since. Splurged on one
> > >> this
> > >>>>> March.
> > >>>>>> I
> > >>>>>>>>> watch
> > >>>>>>>>>> those
> > >>>>>>>>>> buds fatten every every day now and it's the first thing I
> > >>> check
> > >>>>>>> besides
> > >>>>>>>>> Sugar
> > >>>>>>>>>> when
> > >>>>>>>>>> I get home. This will give my homemade potpourri a whole
> > > new
> > >>>>>>> dimension,
> > >>>>>>>> I
> > >>>>>>>>>> can't
> > >>>>>>>>>> wait!!
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Pam Evans
> > >>>>>>>>>> Kemp, TX
> > >>>>>>>>>> zone 8A
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
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