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It's worth a try, recommended by John (okanagandesertpalms) to tide us over until palms are outdoors and we can apply a systemic.
My big Foxtail has spider mites, just see the webs a bit.
I blast them with mist/water twice a day.
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I pushed the garlic into the soil after the pic.
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Then there's my fairly new PDP...and this damage is synonymous with Palm Weevil (hopefully palmetto palm weevil--which does some damage but seldom kills a palm, and not Red Palm Weevil -- which kills every Phoenix it finds). These "cut off" new fronds came up that way...a sure sign.
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It's getting lots of garlic. 😈 😈
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...wonder if garlic should've been peeled... oh well.
Hopefully garlic oils will be adsorbed by plant roots and travel into its tissues, making them taste bad to chewing, sucking insects.
Or the weevils will be singing O Sole Mio... 😆 😆
Barb
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Posted : 23/01/2011 12:30 am
Barb garlic clove`s work wonders as a natural "systemic" insectiside. Not a bug on any of my indoor palms or plants this winter. I also use a little coffee grounds with garlic on my palms and plants to solve the mealy bug or spider mites ect. The bugs can`t handle the garlic!
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 23/01/2011 2:55 am
I'm going to have to try this as well.
These spider mites are the one thing that drive me crazy all winter indoors. It seems that nothing works on these guys. (It's like they're invincible) I'll be picking up garlic today and putting them in the pots.
Any recommendations on amount per pot/palm size?
Mark
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Posted : 23/01/2011 10:30 am
Barb I peeled mine before putting a couple of cloves in the pot. Mark a one gal. pot 1 clove 3 gal 2 cloves 5 gal 3 to 4 cloves .Well you get the idea.Not all that scientific. The other thing I found out was to put the pointed end of the garlic into the soil buried half way.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 23/01/2011 1:36 pm
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I didn't PEEL them.
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Posted : 23/01/2011 1:41 pm
A drop or 2 of dish soap in your water spray bottle will do wonders,also along with a little tobaccy water!
Posted : 23/01/2011 1:49 pm
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Tobaccy water...no shortage of that around here. 😕
I got really REALLY REALLY mad at bugs on my Calamondin orange a few years ago during winter, so.......
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Worked on the bugs!
But the orange tree died too 😆 😆
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Posted : 23/01/2011 1:55 pm
John,
2 X 75 gal. Ouch 600 cloves 😯
Well... I start with the smaller ones. I going into the main jungle now with my spray bottle 50/50 water / Alcohol bit a dish soap and see how many I can get.
Mark
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Posted : 23/01/2011 2:11 pm
Here is a site that is promoting garlic as an insecticide. http://www.garlicbarrier.com/testimonials.html
http://www.garlicbarrier.com/facts.html. Mark I think you could forget about 600 cloves for your 75 gal. Queen palms.. Maybe try some of the garlic spray.LOL.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 23/01/2011 4:08 pm
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Holy crow...garlic keeps fleas off dogs 😯
C'mon here, puppy...
Barb
😉
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Posted : 23/01/2011 4:52 pm
Barb garlic is good for us, plants, dogs,and more importantly the planet. Your German shepard should be flea free in no time!!!! 😆
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 23/01/2011 9:06 pm
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yes, and the dog will now smell like my house 
Barb
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Posted : 23/01/2011 9:53 pm
And I haven't been attacked by a vampire all night!
Did your orange croaked of cancer???LOL
Posted : 24/01/2011 12:08 am
Question:
I mystified by why spider mites won't touch a spindle palm. Every year I battle these mites on all my palms but never one on my spindle palm. NOT ONE!! Even when its by the other infested palms.
Anyone have any ideas? What does this palm have that keeps mites off it. Can you make a miticide from a spindle palm?
I'm perplexed!!
Mark
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Posted : 24/01/2011 9:45 pm
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Holy cow, Mark, you're right.
My spindle has never had spider mites either.
make a miticide from a spindle
...yours first. 😆
Barb
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Posted : 24/01/2011 11:00 pm
