Garlic for Spide Mites/Mealybug/Soft Scale?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:30 pm

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

Okanagan desert-palms · Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:55 pm

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

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:30 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

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:36 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

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:41 am

I didn't PEEL them.

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:49 am

A drop or 2 of dish soap in your water spray bottle will do wonders,also along with a little tobaccy water!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:55 am

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

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:11 am

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

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:08 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

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:52 pm

Holy crow...garlic keeps fleas off dogs

C'mon here, puppy...
Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:06 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

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:53 pm

yes, and the dog will now smell like my house

Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:08 pm

And I haven't been attacked by a vampire all night!
Did your orange croaked of cancer???LOL

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:45 pm

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

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:00 pm

Holy cow, Mark, you're right.
My spindle has never had spider mites either.

make a miticide from a spindle

...yours first.

Barb