How do you treat wood borers in trees? We recommend first usinga contact insecticide such as Sylo Insecticideto the tree trunk, limbs, and bark to kill any active borers are inside the tree. This is a pyrethroid that delivers a quick knockdown of insects on trees. Can I spray my trees ...
This is my go to natural insecticide. When using Neem Oil I only use 100% Cold-Pressed Neem Oil so that I know it’s not a mixture of 10% Neem Oil and 90% who know what else. This will work on a wide variety of plants just be sure to test it first. I use 1 tablespoon per...
Unlike many otherspecies of aphid, melon aphids tend to prefer food crops to ornamentals, so at least your roses are safe. What Damage Do Melon Aphids Cause? As with other species of aphids, melon aphids feed off the sap in your plants. You’ll find them hiding on the undersides of l...
The Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) is an insect in the family Coreidae, also known as leaf-footed bugs. This bug belongs to the class Insecta and phylum Arthropoda, and has a territorial reach in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is part of the Pentatomomorpha inf...
This method appliesneem as a soil drench around the rootsof a plant. The plant absorbs the neem oil to become asystemic insecticide. The oil is harmless to earthworms and beneficial insects such as honeybees. It can kill grubs and other ground-based pests and any insect feeding on the plan...
Spinosad is an organic insecticide created via fermentation by the soil bacteriaSaccharopolyspora spinosa. The smell reminds me of wet dirt. It is a mix of two specific compounds: spinosyn A and spinosyn D. Spinosad kills bugs via ingestion or contact by attacking the insect’s nervous system. ...
Although Metaflumizone is a feed-active insecticide, it still has better initial activity (knockdown effect) than all control agents. Temperature has no direct effect on the activity of Metaflumizone, but it has an indirect effect; mainly because the larvae will be more active in eating under...
SM-90 is marketed as a “multi-purpose wetting agent” which would normally mean it isn’t regulated by theU.S. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). However, there have been a lot of crackdowns on companies as weed gains legitimacy, and there’s a section of the...
Use chamomile tea as a foliar spray to combat plant disease. It’s also an effective contact insecticide for soft-bodied pests like aphids, thrips, mites, and whiteflies. tb1234 Chamomile Plant Spray 1 cup of boiling water 3 tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers and leaves (double for fresh...
By the time some farmers tried to break free of their chemical dependence, insecticides had already decimated the birds, wasps, beetles, and other predators that had once provided natural control of crop pests. Without their balancing presence, pests ran riot if insecticide was cut back. As outl...