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I've drowned them before and this is the first time it failed. I just bought Schultz Garden Safe spray. There are no directions for use on the label. How much do I use? Do I apply it the leaves or soil or both? Do I repeat application after a certain amount of time? What's the white flecks that I see?
That's the Fungicide3 (Neem Oil)? The instructions should be under a peel back label.
Basically spray all surfaces until runoff (apply liberally). Note you have to spray top and bottom of the leaves. Repeat twice a week for two weeks then spray once a week for at least another two weeks.
It's a "contact" pesticide that seals the breathing holes of the insects and the slight film of oil gums up the mouth parts. Since it is a low persistence oil it evaporates in a few days. Don't expect to see the insects dying a fast twitching death as they would with Raid - Neem oil doesn't work that way.
If you're afraid to use the Neem oil you can try rubbing alcohol. I dipped a capensis in isopropyl that broke out swarming with aphids a week or so after bringing it home . The alcohol seemed to do the trick.
(Then the cottonwood trees dumped all summer and finally finished off that pesky capensis! )
I would spray it again regardless. My Drosera filiformis var filiformis "Florida Giant" came infested with aphids. It took several weeks of spraying to get rid of them. There's a little groove on the leaves that the aphids were in to avoid the traps.
Thanks, Blake. I can actually get some Ethanol from the lab... if they let me. For now, though, I'm going to continue with the Garden Safe. They look horrible!
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