tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post5240720650042032764..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Anthurium no. 0596 "Alisa Summers"mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-21283946959682632982015-10-15T05:23:32.037-07:002015-10-15T05:23:32.037-07:00I just can'thelp it. Thanks to Anna Graham and...I just can'thelp it. Thanks to Anna Graham and her ilk, Anthuriums always go by the name of "cat dick plant" in my head.Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102305315582608758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-71195230037419658732015-10-09T08:30:18.019-07:002015-10-09T08:30:18.019-07:00Nick:
The white oil didn't get the scale, no;...Nick:<br /><br />The white oil didn't get the scale, no; I'm still finding it around here every so often. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-18170001701491287112015-10-09T01:41:44.366-07:002015-10-09T01:41:44.366-07:00Sorry, it was outdoors on a large crop of chrysant...Sorry, it was outdoors on a large crop of chrysanthemums for a display. They were crawling with thrips (i could shake 20+ out of an unopened flower bud onto my gloves). We were spraying with neem oil regularly to see if it worked (nope!) and had almost given up. Spinosad was the final option we had which might possibly work. It worked very well. The day following spraying a similar unopened bud Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163249445404878569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-76859339434467559462015-10-06T07:45:31.629-07:002015-10-06T07:45:31.629-07:00Nick:
I haven't. The problem is not so much a...Nick:<br /><br />I haven't. The problem is not so much a failure of imagination, that I just can't think of anything to try, as it is a failure of resources: pesticides are expensive, and I would need to buy large quantities to have any chance of eliminating the thrips. Plus I'm not sure eliminating the thrips is even possible: after all, the scale survived a very careful and thoroughmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-4202324412767615872015-10-06T01:23:33.914-07:002015-10-06T01:23:33.914-07:00Have you tried spraying Spinosad for thrips? I don...Have you tried spraying Spinosad for thrips? I don't know what the brand would be in North America, or if your thrips would be resistant, but it worked like magic for us. Have been alternating with Fipronil spray and have them under control.<br />Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163249445404878569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40063590063792268542015-10-05T11:01:22.567-07:002015-10-05T11:01:22.567-07:00Footnote 2 was the funniest thing I've read so...Footnote 2 was the funniest thing I've read so far today, made me laugh out loud several times!<br />Except for the part about sticky traps, because those things really are so annoying. I use them a lot on the balcony, but putting them up always includes a lot of cursing. The worst are the kind that are impossible to put up without getting glue on your hands, and then those usually have the Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com