Triazicide
I applied triazicide at 8 am this morning to my pumpkin plantss. (I
had lost two plants last week to squash vine borers.)
For good measure, after reading the directions, I also sprayed it on
the broccoli, the zucchini, and the squash plants. (I had discovered
additional infestation in the squash plants.)
Around 11 am I looked out the window and saw all the leaves on the
plants I had sprayed were severely drooping. Not knowing what else to do,
I quickly got the hose out and started spraying the plants to wash the
triazicide off.
I also called the 1-800 number while I was spraying to figure out what
had happened and how I could remedy it. The first representative said (1)
I had sprayed too much on the plants and (2) the product was not designed
for these vegetables. He said the plants would all die and he would send
me a claim form.
I hung up and called back again. The second representative also said
that all the plants were going to die but watering them was a good idea.
He said also that the temperature was too high to spray the plants. He
also offered to send me a claims form.
I asked to talk to his supervisor. She said that the plants were not
going to die. But that it was probably too warm at 8 am this morning to
spray. (It was about 75 then and was around 90 by 11 am). And the plants
went into shock by being sprayed when it was too warm.
She also said that I did not spray too much (1 tablespoon for a gallon
of water and then applied in a spray bottle.) And that hosing down the
plants was the right idea since very little had been absorbed by the plants
in three hours.
I am now at work and I have no idea what the garden now looks like.
I'll find out this evening.
Has anyone else had this experience? What went wrong? Was it really
too hot at 8 am to spray? Should I try it again if it ever gets cooler
here ?
Very unnerving to see everything in the entire garden going down in
flames at the same time.
Steve Goldstein
Washington DC
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