Re: [CH] Diazinon
jim wolfe (yoda@cablespeed.com)
Tue, 27 May 2003 21:07:05 -0400
it is not absorbed by the plant snf
it breaks down in just a few days of sunlight
from the label -
peppers can be picked ( commercially ) 1 day following application of
diazinon
so wait a day or two to pick and you will be fine.
if he was trying to kill ants, crickets, or termites, he should have
used dursban
that has a 5 day wait for use on pepper plants.
most insecticides work well with peppers because they wash off easy
and most insecticides are not absorbed by the root system
NOT TRUE for SYSTEMIC types of insecticides, these are absorbed by the
plant and kill the insects when they suck/chew on the plant..
jim
T. Matthew Evans wrote:
>Hi All --
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>Hope all is well....
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>My overzealous brother-in-law deployed Diazinon all around the perimeter of
>my house this weekend without my knowledge or consent -- long story. As if
>this weren't bad enough, some of the stuff also got into a couple of my
>potted chile plants. I scooped out all that I could, but I'm sure that I
>didn't get all of it.
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>My feeling is that since this is an isolated incident and since only a very
>small amount of the chemical remained in the containers, I am probably OK
>eating chiles produced by these plants. The plants now are only 8 or 10
>inches high. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Thanks in advance.
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>Matt
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>T. Matthew Evans
>Graduate Research Assistant, School of CEE
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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