dragonsfire said:
ladybugs dont do F all, iv placed them right on top and they leave.
We had nasty resistant aphids in the greenhouse that were resistant to fire I swear! Ladybugs did jack, green lace wings were slightly better but nothing to write home about. The larva of both are better but still nominal at best. Beneficials are nice as part of a TPM but they are not a stand alone.
Here are organic, but great, products I love and have had great success with.
M-Pede - insecticidal soap that is pretty brutal on all soft body bugs. I use it 1% for hemp, 1 - 1-2% on more sturdy plants. It will destroy your bugs.
Suffoil-X: Bioworks product, mineral oil. I spray this weekly as a preventative. Great product.
Bontanigard: Another Bioworks product, mix it in with suffoil and watch bugs BURN! Literally had mulch from dead bugs next day. Mixed with suffoil this is my main weapon.
Lost Coast Plant Therapy: wonderful alcohol and essential oil product. Solid product, 1 -2 oz per gallon so will last a long time. I eyed balled 2 oz in a 5 gallon backpack sprayer, didn’t burn my plants but fried ALL bugs even hardbody ones.
NOTE: all these products should be sprayed at dusk. Heat of the day will burn you plants.
Tip: Rotate products regularly, I noticed many bugs build tolerances to products.
My normal spray schedule is as follows.
Tuesday: Suffoil and scout for pest
Thursday: if I found pest suffoil and bontigard combo.
Saturday: If Thursday spray was not successful I’m now bringing out big guns. M-pede or Lost Coast time. These will take the oil from Suffoil off the plant and remove the protective layer, I tend to only break these products out when I have been lazy on my preventative spray or want to destroy bugs ASAP.
Hope this helps!
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