Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Brugmansia Slash & Burn, 0 by judycooksey

judycooksey wrote:
After much research and a meeting with my County Ag Agent, I have made the decision to burn Brugs tomorrow.

I'm starting with the ones most infested, then all those grown from seeds which have mites regardless of the degree, then I'm whacking off limbs of the others if I can see mites with a magnifying lens. I'm stripping off lower big leaves on all the brugs and my DH is going to spray all of them for the 4th time.

The County Ag Agent came out after I called him yesterday. He took several samples for testing, including a 6 inch limb high up on my CG that just went limp. No other part of this very large plant was wilted or limp. I had the same thing with a Frosty a couple of weeks ago, but I cut it off and threw it away. It has been miserably hot here with very little rain and those are the conditions that mites love.

The Ag Agent and I decided on the slash and burn treatment, then 4 more sprayings with Talstar One, 5 days apart. The Talstar One solution will include Ivory Dishwashing Liquid as a surfactant, meaning it will cause the pesticide to adhere to the leaves longer.

We are using this pesticide because we have additional pests to kill, one of which is Broad Mites. Avid also requires additional spraying to kill this mite. The following added 8/27: Floramite I checked the label, it will not kill broad mites

If you are growing brugs, then you know how hard this is for me to do.

Judy

The following is a write-up I prepared for myself and added additional notes for the Brug Newbies so they would not find themselves in my position.


This message was edited Aug 27, 2006 11:39 AM