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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Southwest Florida
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This is my first year in Florida. I'm going to have to round up some supplies this weekend and try all of these great ideas. There was a product I saw at the hardware store that contained BT, but I'm going to have to double check that it doesn't contain any other harmful chemicals. I'll probably go ahead and order gnatrol online. Also, there's a hydroponics store in town that supplies pro-mix. All I saw on the shop floor was the hp, which I see is more expensive, but I'm sure he can get me the BX. Is BX the best choice, or would HP work better if money isn't an option?
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I would just use one product at a time and go with Marsha's recommendation for the aphids. For pro-mix, I buy it from the local hydro store and buy whatever type they have. I haven't seen any difference between the HP / BX. They usually stock the newest variety. You want it in the 3.8CU compressed bale. It's 41.99 at our store + 7% tax, but may be cheaper where you live. In S. Fl it is much cheaper. Like Marsha said, Lambert's is decent too; there is never any junk in it. I add more perlite. Sometimes you can find the 1.5 CU at Walmart. |
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
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#3139 |
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All I could find were the mosquito dunks locally so I held off. I'm going to order gnatrol. It's been 2 days since I sprayed the plants with soap and neem and it looks as though the aphids are gone. Problem is some of my leaves have burned spots on them, a few new leaves fell off, and the bell pepper dropped some blossoms and buds.
On a side note, how long does it take for a seedling(tomato or pepper) to start growing after transplant? I've got a few tomatoes in 20gal storage tubs that don't seem to be growing but appear healthy. I planted them about 10 days ago. Same with a few mini bells I have in buckets. They just seem to be stagnant. I did buy a cherokee carbon plant last weekend at lowes and it's already dead. Like withered and dead overnight. I've cared for it and planted it the same as the others so I'm going to return it and get one from somewhere else. |
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Now I know not to do that. As Marsha mentioned BT will kill the gnats. And your tomatoes will start growing. Gnats do not kill your plants, they eat roots and that prevents them from growing. Use BT.
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I went to one more store this afternoon and they had a product made by the same company as mosquito dunks, but it's granules. I think it's called mosquito bits. The active ingredient is BT Israel. The label says kills fungus gnats in potted plants. I bought it and sprinkled it all over the surface of my containers, stirred up the soil to bury the granules a little bit and then added one more layer. The instructions say to cover soil with granules and water as usual, so I have my containers out on the driveway for a bit to soak up some of this unusual rain we are having. I spilled a few granules on the driveway and when they got wet they started to dissolve into an opaque liquid and smell like some sort of cereal grain. I hope this product is similar to gnatrol or I may have just made a big ole boo boo! Only time will tell. That makes absolute sense as to why my plants aren't growing. There's gnats climbing around all over the surface of the soil in every container. Yesterday I had to pull my best watermelon seedling because it fell over. When I examined it, the stem looked like someone took a rasp to it. Hopefully this will help with whatever did that as well.
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Yikes! Went to pull them out of the rain and this bug I've never seen is crawling out of the soil. Any idea what it is?
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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I don't use neem at all, it just causes leaf burn and you should never spray the blossoms. Also never spray in the heat of the day, only early am and late afternoon, this will prevent leaf burn. |
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I should have taken a picture from far away. It was super tiny. After looking at pictures online I was worried it might be a thrip.
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