Raphida? [CH] Purira plant overwintered
Mary-Anne Durkee (shantihhh@yahoo.com)
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:08:50 -0800 (PST)
I highly recommend using Neem! This is an organic
spray made from the Neem tree, native to Inidia. It
is not a contact killer, so you spray weekly for 2 or
3 weeks and they will be gone! Same with spider mites
and white flies, etc.
It is a miticide, fungicide, insecticide. Spray after
sun down so as not to hurt the pollinating friends.
I buy the concentrate by Scvhultz at Wally World. Or
if you want to pay more you can buy it at a nursery
under the Green Light brand under the Rose Defense
Label. They have a couple of labels but it is the
same stuff. (70% and 90%)
This can be sprayed up to the day of harvest. Neem is
used in toothpaste. In fact in India they use a twig
from the tree as a tooth brush! Avon uses it face
creams, there are many uses in Ayrevedya Medicine as
well.
If you want more info write off list and I'll direct
you to sites. I first discovered this in Inida 15
years ago. Neem rings/pellets are used in the Tea
Plamtations in Assam and Darjeeling!
Mary-Anne
--- Chad A Gard <gard@indy.net> wrote:
>
> On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 07:16 PM, Frank J.
> Hashek wrote:
>
> > Potted one of the Purira plants I bought from
> Susan Byers last spring.
> > I
> > brought it in this winter, gave it a slight trim
> and left it near an
> > east
> > window. Blessings from El Grande!!! It has been
> blossoming profusely
> > and
> > has now set about 6 peppers. This has never
> happened when I've tried
> > to
> > overwinter plants. Most have weakened ond few
> have made it to the
> > following
> > spring's garden.
>
> That's really cool! Since it was looking lonely and
> thirsty, I took
> the Black Cuban she had there. It was really pretty
> foliage-wise as
> well, so I thought it would make a nice office
> plant.
>
> It's a tough little bugger. Not thriving like
> yours, but it's had a
> massive and uncontrollable aphid infection for
> several months. It gets
> a daily soap bath, but I still can't keep up with
> the things. However,
> it's still alive, if a little less happy-looking.
> I'm hoping that as
> the days grow longer and it gets more sun it'll be
> better able to fight
> them off. Together we'll reach victory over the
> aphids!
>
>
> Chad A Gard
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