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Brooks,
A couple of years ago I had a relentless infestation of Exyra moths. Actually, the moths are harmless, it's the larvae that treat your favorite pots like a buffet. I used full strength + of isotox. It didn't harm the plants at all but, the Exyra catapillars all died in about a day. Two to three weeks later I had a new crop of baby larvae doing their damage. This pattern continued a few times before they were gone for good.
BTW, I saturated all my plants with the solution whether they showed signs of damage or not.
For me this was a last resort. I first routinely removed affected pitchers and killed the pest. I was unable to keep them controlled with this technique. My next drastic measure was to remove all pitchers to the rhizome and shred the pitchers to a pulp. Even this didn't work. For me chemicals worked well.
Good luck,
imduff
A couple of years ago I had a relentless infestation of Exyra moths. Actually, the moths are harmless, it's the larvae that treat your favorite pots like a buffet. I used full strength + of isotox. It didn't harm the plants at all but, the Exyra catapillars all died in about a day. Two to three weeks later I had a new crop of baby larvae doing their damage. This pattern continued a few times before they were gone for good.
BTW, I saturated all my plants with the solution whether they showed signs of damage or not.
For me this was a last resort. I first routinely removed affected pitchers and killed the pest. I was unable to keep them controlled with this technique. My next drastic measure was to remove all pitchers to the rhizome and shred the pitchers to a pulp. Even this didn't work. For me chemicals worked well.
Good luck,
imduff
Imduff,
I have done a similar routine. I tried to kill the buggers by hand but there are just too many of them. I have only seen one adult moth and tracked her down and killer her. I would have thought the Orthene would have gotten the adults first since they were not necessarily protected inside the pitchers but not true. I was told to use the Orthene at half strenght. I have sprayed twice a week apart. Now, I am concerned about a toxic build up in the plants because Orthene is a systemic that will cause a burn or death. This past weekend I stripped a good number of the effected pitchers off and burned them. I am assuming I need to wait another week before applying the Isotox at full strenght. Thanks for your input. It is much appreciated.
I have done a similar routine. I tried to kill the buggers by hand but there are just too many of them. I have only seen one adult moth and tracked her down and killer her. I would have thought the Orthene would have gotten the adults first since they were not necessarily protected inside the pitchers but not true. I was told to use the Orthene at half strenght. I have sprayed twice a week apart. Now, I am concerned about a toxic build up in the plants because Orthene is a systemic that will cause a burn or death. This past weekend I stripped a good number of the effected pitchers off and burned them. I am assuming I need to wait another week before applying the Isotox at full strenght. Thanks for your input. It is much appreciated.
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