Greetings again, out there in Garden Land:
Today, at the store, before I got home and checked this forum where someone gave me a link to make my own insecticidal soap, I was at Home Depot getting marigolds when my husband comes running down the isle - "Baby, Baby! I found some ORGANIC pesticide for you!" "Now you don't have to worry so much!" (He's such a sweetie)
I'm attaching a photo of it to see if anyone has used it (company is based in Stuart, Florida), or if the listing of the ingredients in the photo reveal that it is indeed organic....I'm too much of a newbie to know, and I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY don't want to have to use chemicals on my first batch of veggies....for some reason, I'd feel like I failed at something; if that makes any sense.
The ingredients are listed right below the "OMRI" designation. Another thing - is that a legitimate designation, or just something people put on products to look organic? I can google that, I guess.
thanks.
Has Anyone Used This "Organic" Pesticide?
Looks legit to me. I'd love to know if it's effective.
I've eaten sesame, fish oil and lecithin which are the ingredients listed on the label and lived - so it seems ligit to me, too.
I would be cautious about using this when the weather is hot. Oil-based pesticides tend to burn the leaves of plants in hot weather.
Oil-based pesticides work best if sprayed directly on the pests listed on the label. These pests breath through their skin, and the oil suffocates them.
HoneyBee: Only problem is that I'm not seeing the pests (save for some ants running around the top of the soil - how do I get rid of those?); they're coming out at night.
I suppose I can spray in the evening when it's not so hot.
But am going to store after work to get some stuff for the home-made insecticidal soap. I just planted some Marigolds, though I did see a few of my beans' leaves nibbled on this morning, so don't know if I planted enough marigolds, or if I put them in the correct position....
It works just fine. It isn't perfect, but nothing is. You dilute it in water and spray with it at a fairly fine mist. It's actually pretty good for treating powdery mildew. I use it on my backyard orchard all the time.
It isn't a total pesticide or pest control method. While it does work, non-organic sprays often work better. If you don't mind going out every two weeks to use it it works reasonably well. Skip an extra week or two and it isn't as effective.
SoFlaCommercial - ants are considered to be beneficial insects, so, unless they are fire ants I would leave them alone.
Incidentally, black ants will kill fire ants, although fire ants manage to make so many nests that the black ants rarely win the war.
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