Merit insecticide
- To: iris-talk
- Subject: Merit insecticide
- From: "b*@erols.com"
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:46:44 -0400
I apologize for passing on so little info on the merit as source appears
to be a problem. It is supposed to be effective for 90 days(?)
It is made by Bayer (1-800-842-8020).
I put merit down between Apr 1 and 15 when soil temperature reaches 50.
I also put it down mid June to catch late hatching.
It is a systemic insecticide and is taken into the plants. I drop the
merit around the rhizomes being careful to not cover the rhizome. In
previous message I said 3% as this is how it was told to me, but I find
no reference to that on the package. However it is marked Merit 0.5 G.
What I have is intended for lawn and landscape plantings and is designed
to gel so that it will not run down a slope. This why I am careful about
the rhizome. It must be watered in with 24 hours to be effective.
I have sources for Northern Virginia; email me separately.
Al Bullock
Zone 7
b0325@erols.com
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