2006-11-14 03:59:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I suggest you go to your local hardware store and find a product that contains the active ingredient called, "Imidacloprid". It is mixed with water and then applied to the soil, taken in by the roots and then translocated up into the foilage (sytemic insecticide) of your vegetable plants. It is very effective in controlling most of the sucking insects (aphids and whiteflies but NOT mites).
Commercial growers must wait 21 days before they can harvest treated vegetables plants. There are a couple of other systemic products (containing Thiamethoxam or Acetamiprid) that are equally effective and don't have the 21-day restrictions...but I've never seen them available to homeowners in small packages.
Hope this answered your question. GOOD LUCK!
2006-11-14 04:38:50 · answer #1 · answered by jazzmaninca2003 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine why you would want to do this unless you are in danger of losing a crop being grown to sell. When you apply a systemic, the poison is absorbed into the plant tissues.
Carefully follow manufacturers instructions concerning delaying harvest the required number of days after application if you feel you must apply a systemic.
2006-11-14 05:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by Cornpatch 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Systemic insecticides enter the plant! DON"T USE SYSTEMICS ON FOOD CROPS!
Check with your local extension agency for a recommendation, But I'm sure it won't be a systemic.
If you use systemic insecticide, don't eat the cukes or tomatoes unless you enjoy vomiting and dizziness.
2006-11-15 13:27:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋