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Post by sykosarah on Mar 18, 2014 20:10:49 GMT
I don't feed my plants live food when I can avoid it; I hate dealing with ones that escape. Only my nitpicky Venus flytrap gets live food all the time, mostly because it will reject anything I put in the traps that doesn't move. Well, now technically it is 4 different flytrap colonies, I split it up some while trimming away the remaining dead stuff after dormancy was over. It was not intentional (face smack).
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Post by Not a Number on Mar 19, 2014 15:01:26 GMT
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Post by sykosarah on Mar 19, 2014 16:13:09 GMT
Vile beast!
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Post by sykosarah on Mar 19, 2014 16:58:39 GMT
Anyone tried using fine mesh to prevent moths from getting in and laying their eggs during that time of year? Other smaller insects would still fit through, but those moths wouldn't.
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Post by sflynn on Mar 19, 2014 21:30:31 GMT
Could work, but there might be other complications from the screen itself. Also, many moth larvea get around by crawling from pot to pot, and they might be able to squeeze in through the screen.
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Post by sykosarah on Mar 20, 2014 12:31:26 GMT
Could work, but there might be other complications from the screen itself. Also, many moth larvea get around by crawling from pot to pot, and they might be able to squeeze in through the screen. I guess it depends on how fine the screen and how wide the moths and larvae are. I was thinking of how one would protect an outdoor bog garden, when you can't usually drown out pests (though forbid a more picky CP which can't tolerate being underwater gets these kinds of pests).
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Post by Aidan on Mar 29, 2014 0:23:53 GMT
...it does seem like an ideal pesticide... That sort of depends how happy you are handling organophosphates, which are implicated in various adverse human health effects.
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Post by sykosarah on Mar 29, 2014 5:27:15 GMT
...it does seem like an ideal pesticide... That sort of depends how happy you are handling organophosphates, which are implicated in various adverse human health effects. I work with somewhat dangerous chemicals in college chemistry, so I guess that sort if thing doesn't bother me so much since I take precautions when working with any chemical automatically, such as wearing gloves and covering my face so I can't breath it in so easily. I think fear of chemicals is a bit exaggerated in most people; sure, one should always take precautions, but just because something can do you harm if you don't do stuff to protect yourself doesn't mean you should avoid it like you would the plague. I usually worry more about adverse effects on the plants, they come in direct contact with the stuff.
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Post by taz6122 on Apr 5, 2014 2:43:45 GMT
I've learned a great way to control spidermites on everything besides drosera and pings but if you use a companion plant you'll never need to spray them. Keep an alocasia or colocasia in with your plants. They are spidermite magnets. Pull the elephant ear weekly and spray with soapy water. Mix 1/2 tsp per 24oz water. Also works great on aphids. When spraying CP's, place pots on their side and let drip dry before bringing upright.
Spidermites are drawn to under watered plants or plants with root rot which can't draw enough water.
BT kills all caterpillars and worms and shouldn't hurt any CP but I've never sprayed drosera or pings with it. Just mix it with good water.
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