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Posted by andersonr NSW Aust (My Page) on Thu, Jul 4, 02 at 20:37
I have lost the directions that were attached to my Pest Oil bottle.
Can anybody help me with dilution ratios PLEASE? |
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RE: Pest Help
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For most pests such as the scales, the mixing rate is 15 to 25 mls per litre. For worse pests such as mealybug, you can use up to 30 mls.
Cheers,
Peter |
RE: Pest Help
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For general use 10ml per litre. As pcoppin said up to 30ml/litre for difficult situations
Spray in the cool part of the day.
Followup sprays for scale, weekly for about a month to break the life cycle of the scale. ie. you don't kill the adult scale but the crawlers.
Don't spray citrus trees from May till September (I think). If you use large quantities of pest oil you can get DC-Tron Plus (which is Pest Oil) from your local Ampol/Caltex fuel depot for around $70.00 for 20 litres. Ampol make the stuff. Doug. |
RE: Pest Help
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| I have found that the label on Pest Oil is attached to the container in such a way that on pealing the label back, the instructions - and especially the dilution rates - are rendered illegible. What I would like to know is whether Pest Oil is suitable for all plants or just those with thick shiny leaves like camellias and so on. Can it be used on soft leaved plants? I wouldn't think it suitable for ferns. Mainly I need to spray for mite damage on impatiens, lace wing on azaleas and aphis on roses and chrysanthemums. Would it be suitable for all those applications and what would the dilution rates be? Thanks
Lilly Pilly |
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