Re: [CH] Resending: question re pesticides

shadow1@pioneer.net
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:15:05 +0000 

> Date:          Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:36:24 -0400
> To:            "Rose Marie Woodsmall" <rose@taos.nlm.nih.gov>
> From:          Anne Lafond-Walker <alafwalk@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
> Subject:       Re: [CH] Resending: question re pesticides
> Cc:            chile-heads <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
> Reply-to:      Anne Lafond-Walker <alafwalk@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>


> >Yesterday when I found aphids, whitefly, and a third tiny black
> >insect on my peppers and tomatoes, I sprayed them with one of the
> >"Safer" products that said it was for Japanese Beetles and other
> >insects.  I didn't read the bottle first, forgetting that I had
> >purchased it a couple of years ago for my flower garden.
> >
> >After spraying I read the instructions and found that it was not for
> >edible plants and harmful to breathe or eat.  So I washed off the
> >plants with water.
> >
> >My question is: should I pick off the small green fruits and discard
> >them, or it is a long enough time between now and ripening that
> >whatever harm exists would fade away?  The main ingredient was
> >pyrithirum (or something close to that spelling).  I thought that was
> >a natural pesticide made from plants.
> >
> >Any advice based on knowledge or experience will be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks, Rose Marie
hi all 
	I am a new coming to the group of the wonderous chile heads I am new 
to growing chile peppers, but I have grown up on a farm all my life. 
my parents were death on certain types of insectecides ( I don't 
rember the type they used and the types that they did ) ever so often 
we would get some very tough little nasties that would not respond to 
the bug killers that were used. one little remity that seemed to work 
on a regular basis but was alittle gross to make was what my mom 
would call bug spray ....haha and the funny thing about that was it 
was literaly made from bugs .... if you have a proticular type of bug 
you don't like and are not sure on what to use. take and gather as 
many bugs as you can stand and but them in a bottle. use a old 
blender that you picked up for cheap and grind up the bugs with a 
little water just mix thin enough be able to strain and spray through 
a spray bottle then coat the plants with a good dousing of the little 
blighters... you can mix bugs if you have multiple bug problems 
....is a nice organic way ...it seems that bug that attack plants 
arn't cannibles. the only problem other than the mess of grinding is 
that you have to apply it every couple of days because it washes 
off.. it is non-poisones to humans and to plants alike. give it a try 
if you are having problems with your poisons or a immune type of 
pesty. 
I rember it working quite well ... but I have been known to be wrong
spicy regards 
member in training 
mark roache'