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The right toxicant for spider mites

Martin Halterman said that for use against spider mites,
>"A local nursery advises kelthane, which I applied
>last night.  They are tough to reach because they live on the undersides of
>the leaves, and are smaller than the dot at the end of this sentence. I
>don't think crowding the plants helps either.

Yes, folks, kelthane is the pesticide for use against arachnids (the
hardbodied clan that includes spiders *and* mites and spider mites).  For
heaven's sake, don't apply malathion:  it enhances their reproduction, not
exactly the goal you have in mind.

They're tough cookies, but kelthane will handle them.

Malathion, and most other contact insecticides, work against--you guessed
it--insects.  Not arachnids.

--Janet
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Janet Wintermute             jwintermute@ids2.idsonline.com

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