Bees Bayer Systemic Pesticide

[katrina]

NYOrchidman -- I will agree that every little bit helps. I will completely disagree w/the fact that I am being negative and I certainly never said that we should just keep doing what we are doing. Please reread my comments if that's what you took from it because that is not even close to what I was saying.

As for organic being safer...that is not always the case. Period. You can try to argue the point all you wish but the facts are the facts and organic doesn't necessarily mean safer. I'm not saying it's bad or worthless or even that in some case it isn't better...quite the contrary...for crying out loud I stated I buy organic w/some things. The problem comes in that many people simply do not have a good grasp on what that word really means. People see the word "organic" and they equate that word to safe. They see it on a pesticide and "hey, it's ok to go spraying and pouring away". These same people tend to scream about how bad "chemicals" are..."Hey, no worries...it's "organic". I'm sorry but I call that more irresponsible than any one word of my post.

Look, I'm not saying organic is bad and that people should't try to make a difference but I am saying that don't be fooled by the word. I'm saying/trying to say/intending to make the point...that the issues at hand are WAY bigger than what we use to kill insects on our orchids. I'm not saying and I never did say that using "natural" first is a bad thing but if you continue to spray neem time and time and time again...for years on end...that is more damaging to you and the environment than using a systemic responsibly a couple of times. That's a fact. Look it up.

I admitted to getting off track in my comments...as did you w/the whole poultry and beef comment. (I have a better understanding of some of that than you would ever imagine.) But, like I said...the issue is much bigger than what we use to treat mealies and scale (or whatever other insect that bothers a person) and I just get tired of the misinformation that abounds...hence the reason for my comments.