Re: Systemic Granules for Pest Control?

Matbeach1@aol.com wrote:


I work at our local community college, and we have a program in horticulture, so I decided to write the department chair and see what he thought about my treatment. He told me that I might wish to go to any store such as Lowes or Home Depot and look for "systemic granules" --there are, he says, several varieties. He said that the Sevin (dust) would keep off the big crickets, but that the granules would, once absorbed through the plant's root system and into the rhizomes, kill any grubs and quite possibly, also, make the rhizome itself poisonous or highly disagreeable to adult pests.

So I am wondering if any of you are familiar with such treatment and if, in your experience, it has worked for you.

Thanks,
Mike in Myrtle Beach (where we are praying that Frances won't be our third tropical system in a month!)




We have had good luck fighting Thrips,earwigs and leaf spot with systemics for roses. It will take a while for the systemics to protect the plant so you had better keep on dustin'

Michael M.

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