I thought that systemic is meant for in the soil, so that it gets in the plant. Spraying is done with contact poison. Correct me if I am wrong. Maarten ... ...
I have never seem mealybugs on Agave, where do you mean, on the infl. Try good old fashioned soap and water, or Neem oil, or Ultra fine. Take the hose and...
Welcome Patti (with Dutch -or maybe Flemish- family name)! Start the seeds now, inside. Methods? Just push the seed vertically in the soil, about seed seize ...
They're just all over the plants! They're maybe 3 or 4 feet tall, and they always have those white, webby, mealybug stuff all over them. I've tried spraying...
Bayer says Provado (systemic; a pin that you put in the soil) or Admire or (for inside) Baythroid spray. Always change products; first product 1, then 2, then...
As an orchid grower, often Mealys are a problem and many will simply take Isopropyl Alcohol or rubbing alcohol and put it into a spray bottle and spray them...
... Nice to have another lady here,there are not many of us woman. I am Lenie from The Netherlands and there is also Norma from the States. Hope to hear from...
Thank you Martin for the growing advice. I am looking forward to receiving my seed order with the next week and will give it a try! And yes, my family is...
Okay lets try this, 1 tbs of Murphy's soap 1 tbs of regular soap, not dishwasher soap. per gal of water, if you want to use a sprayer attached to the hose use...
George you are right on. I have also used Alcohol for mealies. I want to make sure that is what he is looking at first. the web word worries me. They could...
Plant in the summer, sterilize the soil, in the microwave for 5 min. on high. Use four inch containers to plant in and put in 50 seeds at a time, and make...
It's great to have another women here, is there only three of us now? I am holding your plants Lenie, at the Huntington so they are getting good care, they...
Barry , I use the bayer rose granular systemic insecticide/fertilizer it's marked for roses but works very well for all my scale /white fly problems .you have...
Michael, are you able to send me a picture of the mealies, mail it direct to my Crasulady address. Thanks, I just want to make sure. Norma ... From: "michael...
I thought systemic was sprayed onto the outer surfaces of the plant, and then the plant absorbed it into itself. I have Cygon systemic and Orthene systemic,...
Maarten, that is what I thought also. I thought the plant took it up through, now I'm going to try this. The main spine/nerve/stem and goes up into the plants...
Thank you ladies for the warm welcome. I wonder why so few women seem to be interested in agaves??? Actually, I am one of the very few people of the Ontario...
Hi, All. I just did a search of USA site for mealy bug preditors. There are lots to choose from. I would have thought it was worth a try if you have lots of...
Geoff, I just received a new catalogue form one of my nursery friends, this is not a wholesale list. He list 42 Agaves, he does not ship out of country. The...
Hi Maartin. For some reason I cannot post photo's in my Agavegeoff USA trip05 album. As there is no Add photo's icon. Can you sort it pleases. Thanks Geoff....
Hi, Maartin. In Photo ablums I have the first 4 ablums and only in the Agavegeoff USA trip2005 does the Add photo not appear. Cannot see it anywhere. Some of...
Hi Geoff and Maarten I can add photos in every albul of Geoff exept the one he is talking about. I also can not add any photo to my own album. Maarten try by...
Hi, Emilio and Maartin. Also I could not see how we can edit our photo's to add comments as we could before. Cheers Geoff. [Non-text portions of this message...
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