are root aphids active in the winter?
can root aphids transfer from garden to garden by equipment? I had a small root aphid infestation this past summer, I scrapped everything. It has been basically bare for the past month or so, a few leaves on the ground here and there and some trace roots on my tables that I will eventually scrub off, but I have dumped all of the soil and plants I had. I am actually in the process of moving to another spot and wasn't sure if when I took my tables, my lights or my never been used hydroton, whether I would be transfering the whole aphid problem with it. No one ever says they got root aphids from equipment but better to be safe than sorry.
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When I first encoutered the winged aphids I thought, "wow, these fungus gnats have really upped their game".
Too bad they werent fungus gnats.
Those looking at Bayer Advanced Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed make sure to check the product label. Bayer came out with a new formula that's diluted... It's now the same concentration of imidacloprid (0.74%) as bayer Complete Insect Killer. The tree and shrub formula has other junk added that you do not want or need for an extra 50% premium price over Complete Insect Killer. This is labeled as "Granules II" or "Concentrate II"
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Alright i am on my first run with coco, and can not help noticing that RA´s are a HUGE problem these days. Havent run into them yet, but i thought i might as well prepare. Im in Denmark and we dont have those products that are recommended in this thread. Bayer products are plentiful here, but just not the same varieties as in the US. So i went ahead and bought a pack of Bayer Provado Sticks, containing 2,5% Imid/50mg per stick. The sticks are supposed to be stuck in the medium and slowly dissolve with watering. Are these any good is my question? If they are any good, my next question is whether they would act better in stick form or better if i dissolve them in water and then water it in manually...let me know if i made a good buy..
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And for the record, I highly recommend using Evergreen 60-6. Thats what finally killed my RA's. It was fast and effective. It is a pyrethrin based insecticide. It can be used constantly and up until the day of harvest safely. Pyrethrins have no effect on mammals, and according to the Dept. of Agriculture pyrethrins are the safest of all insecticides for use in food plants.
Evergreen also contains piperonyl butoxide which can be toxic to humans if it becomes airborne. So dont huff it.
I am not exaggerating when I say that Evergreen 60-6 wiped out my root aphid infestation IMMEDIATELY.
So RetroGrow, I added Imid to my rez, I dunked plants in it, and I applied it foliarly. To plants in all different stages from clone to flower. I still had RA's. Tell me how I did it wrong. What the fuck was I supposed to do, inject Imid intravenously into the stem of the plant?
As far as other people here recommending toxic things to apply to plants, remember we are talking about poisons here. Imid is poison, systemic poison at that.
We are all big boys and can decide for ourselves what we are willing to do to kill these bugs. So, fuck off mom.