Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed

[Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed]

Aphids and Mealies are not good for your plants. Pyrethium should sort them out.

thanks Stillman .

When I asked the lady (apparent expert) at my local "flower power" store for Pyrethium she told me "yates insect & mite killer" would do a far better job than Pyrethium.

I guess she was wrong !

okie I will go back and get it,

[Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed]

Mother f#*kers!

Dam ants. Smart fellas hey...

Are aphids /mealies dangerous to plant health?

[Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed]

So the war isnt over yet !

Ok ok… sorry for the delayed response. Things have been busy..but here is the update;

I took lots of advice from this thread plus a few discussions off line and I have listed below what steps I took.

1. I cleaned out greenhouse. Included removing damp pine timber/brick plant stands and replacing with milk crates and bread crates. Timber was holding dampness.
2. The floor is concrete slab with 2 inches of rocks. I noticed the sediment from rocks settles at bottom of rocks leaving a damp muddy sediment after a lot of water. So I mixed in some diatomite into the rocks on floor. Helping soak up moisture.
3. Removed plants. Hosed down removing an visual creepy fellas
4. I used “Tomato Dust” (mix of sulphur and copper)
5. I covered leaves of caapi and viridis plus all cacti and lophs. I left for a few days then took them out of greenhouse again and hosed down.

tomato dust - yates
Active Ingredients

400g/kg SULFUR (S) present as elemental sulfur
40g/kg COPPER © present as copper oxychloride
0.5g/kg SPINOSAD

How It Works

Sulfur and Copper Oxychloride act as protectant fungicides. Sulfur is also a miticide. Spinosad, an insecticide derived from natural soil bacteria, controls tomato grubs and potato moth (tomato leaf miner).

I then monitored for a few days. I noticed the ants were straight back running all over the caapi and psychotira. But little bugs/mites were gone.

A few days days little bugs are back in small numbers.I then decided to spray with some organic “yates insect and mite killer”

Was out in greenhouse yesterday arvo and I noticed the little fellas are back in force again.Even more than before ! ! little bastards….i don’t know …but it seems that the ants could be farming them under the leaves. I have attached a few pics.

They seem to be focusing on the caapi leafs…I hit them again with the yates insect & mite killer

I am curious to know exactly what these guys are and how I should get rid of them

They seem to be focused on the caapi leaves…Havent seen many on the psychotria and none on the cactus grafts and lophs.

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yes plz pmd

[What do you think - Trich]

i am no expert.

But those spines look like a "yowie" to me.

But dont take my word for it. Someone else on the forum can confirm what it is.

[Seeing Plant Spirits...whilst sober]

Graftee loph spirit.

[2 id's and some snaps from a cactus garden]

oh my god!

cactus heaven !!!

that TBM is f**king insane!

[Columnar Flower Buds. Got some ? Post them here.]

hey you fuckers

are your trichocerei protected from watering in winter ( I mean the real winter, not your summer )

I was wondering if trichocerei like some winter rest in order to flower or at least resulting in more flowers next season, as several real cacti do

apparently i read somewhere and also had the experience. If a tricho doesnt get much direct sun in winter periods. The as sun rises in sky in spring and it gets direct sun. It stimulates seasonal response and flowering.

as far as water goes. I dont water trichos in winter. But they do get rainned on. And they havent rotted or anything. they do fine.

how cold are your winters? like snow ?

[Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed]

Hey thanks everyone for all you tips and advice. This is a great forum.

"Bogfrog" -- these ant/mealy bug alliance is really fascinating !

I will sure be trying out a few of the above remedies this weekend.

I will buy a few chemicals from bunnings.

Plus "indian dreaming" i will try out your garlic/ chilli mix. method too

I will keep posted on how I go.

Dam its hot today here in Sydney 45.1 in city earlier.

Ok happy gardening all

tricho

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nice =)

[Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed]

Hi All.

Thank you all so much for your time, advice and opinions.

I will go and get myself some pyrethium and sulphur and also give my greenhouse a good clean out and try those chemicals out.

Will see how it goes.

Thanks again for your advice.

Cheers

T.shaman

[Pest control inside greenhouse - Advice needed]

Hi all

I have discovered I have some pest roaming my greenhouse and i wanted to get the best advice in dealing with them without interfering with the health of the plants or my health.

Plants inside greenhouse are;

Lophs,

Grafted lophs of T.Pach. & Spach

Psycotria viridis plants

caapi seedlings

The pest I have discovered are ants wondering all over leaves and also lophs.

But also i have discovered tiny little creatures (smaller than fleas) i am guessing they must be mites.?

These little guys are seen wondering on lophs and also gatering around on caapi and viridis leaves.plus gathering in bunches on caapi new growth.

I am not sure If the ants are actually eating the mites....kind of like a little food chain thing going on here....

There are also heaps of webs and spiders. But those guys are welcome i like them around.

Plz also a few nibble marks on my loph.Suspect mouse or rat has gotten in and had a nibble. at dusk My cattle dog seems to be spooked around green house on a trail. So i think a rodent is getting in.

My questions is what is the best safest way to treat these pests.

Ants ( not sure really if they are problem ..they seem to be enjoying nectar on flowers of viridis.)

mites ( There seems to be leaf damage where they gathering )

Spiders webs etc..they are cool. They are already part of insect patrol/control. They are on my side in this battle.

Rodents ( i put some rat bait out for them).

Now I have "pest oil" petroleum based. Is that safe to be spraying on plants or cactus.??

I would like some advice whether or not i should be concerned about these mites or ants....

If so what is best way to control them without negatively toxifying my plants or anyone who consumes them.

I dont really want to kill the insects. But if the health of my plants is at stake. I must fight a preemptive war for peace and harmony of my special plants in my greenhouse.

thanks all

[Columnar Flower Buds. Got some ? Post them here.]

These plants have helped me so much with patience ...

and yet I cannot wait to see one bloom in person :worship:/>

Thanks for all the pics my goodness... Im reluctant to click "Like" on any of these cause I "Love" all of them <3

 

Hi Spine collector.

Yes I too agree with you. Gardening, landscaping, growing plants and lately focusing on cactus has given me alot of healing, peace , patience, harmony and wisdom.

I respect them alot and give them alot of time,

plants heal the soul.

look forward to seeing your photos when your cactus bloom.

=)

[Columnar Flower Buds. Got some ? Post them here.]

Tonight my Cereus Peruvianus flowered.
enjoy pics

[Bog's garden 2012 /13 /14 &onwards]

really nice plants bogfrog.

amazing collection and variety

[Trichocereus Cutting(s)]

yea il grab it.

pmd

[Acacia Phlebophylla Seeds]

many thnx too folias

plus thanks for bonus tricho and acuminata seeds!

too kind !

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Sounds good.

Hope to see other SAB members there

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anyone with thoughts/ opinions on this conference.

I would like to hear what people think about it.

[What did you do in your sacred garden today?]

inspiring Roopey nice blends.

you have a nice sanctuary of plants in your garden.

[My first apple!]

thanks poisonshroom

i will do some experimenting.

[My first apple!]

thanks all for your advise.

thanks for link Dreamtimebliss, great stuff EG put out there. I will try that with the cement.

How long do flowers open up for on trichos. Mine opened up two nights ago on the 43 degree night. But last night it was close.

Can I manually open and try cement dust trick ?

thanks stillman and jox for your feedback.

[My first apple!]

hey sorry to hijack ya post.

just wanted to ask question as I have never tried pollination before.

I got my first two flowers the other day. One tricho pach and one cereus peruvinanus.

Do you know can you cross pollinate these two different species ???

[Zeolite - in cactus soil mixes. has anyone tried?]

Good tip there trichoshaman! Just went out to Hamiltons and got me a bag of diatomite, should last me months!

And couldn't walk past a 30cm T. peru for a measly $15!

 

dam lucky find !

i would have grabbed it if i saw it too

i was there just after closing time..ol lady waited for me and sold me the bags.

I quickly asked her if she had any trichos or lophs in stock..she said no. hahaha

it was bloody hot I think she just wanted to go home.

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hey teo i can give you a pereskiopsis cut

pm details

trichoshaman