Mold?? On New Orchid

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

If I may ask where you live in Indiana? Because I'm up north and I cannot find any imidacloprid around here. I'm working on my jug of granules from when I had the business open and when that gallon is gone I'm going to have to hunt.

I'm not in Indiana... but I got a bag of Merit from domyownpestcontrol.com ... imidacloprid is the active ingredient, they have other similar products too. They seem to now be using domyown.com .... (At the time that it got it... probably enough to last me for the rest of my life and then some... Amazon had it too but the reviews indicated that theirs had been sitting around for 'way to long. ) I have ordered other stuff from that site and have always had a good experience.
Imidacloprid is deadly to bees. I use it very surgically (like in a pot where the orchid has scale)

[Dollythehun]

Originally Posted by Roberta

I'm not in Indiana... but I got a bag of Merit from domyownpestcontrol.com ... imidacloprid is the active ingredient, they have other similar products too. They seem to now be using domyown.com .... (At the time that it got it... probably enough to last me for the rest of my life and then some... Amazon had it too but the reviews indicated that theirs had been sitting around for 'way to long. ) I have ordered other stuff from that site and have always had a good experience.

You mentioned that Roberta, but I didn't want to buy a lifetime supply. Lol So I was looking for a little smaller quantity. I may have to try the feed store. But I did save your tip..

[PlumCrazy]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

If I may ask where you live in Indiana? Because I'm up north and I cannot find any imidacloprid around here. I'm working on my jug of granules from when I had the business open and when that gallon is gone I'm going to have to hunt.

Maybe I should have been more specific: it is not professional grade. It is just the BioAdvanced (formerly Bayer) 3-in-1 which contains imidacloprid as one ingredient. Anyway, I live near Lafayette, and it was at the west side location. I've also seen it at Lowe's before. Sorry if I got your hopes up!

[PlumCrazy]

Originally Posted by estación seca

I've had bugs show up on plants more than 6 months after they arrived. Some pesticides knock down populations that later come back.

Greaaaat.... Well, I rigged up this vase for the hippo. Not the best picture. It isn't sealed completely shut and has some moist spag in the bottom. Hopefully it will recover...

As for the other two, I've not put them back in yet, but am leaning towards putting the Christensonia vietnamica in soon as I never saw anything on it and I did treat all three plants. I'm sure it doesn't appreciate being at 30% humidity. I think I'll keep the Bulbophyllum frostii out at least a couple of weeks longer, even though I don't think it was really infested. I only saw one insect on it.

I know, there only needs to be two....