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Wear a respirator and lab safety goggles when working with flowers of sulfur and when lighting the candle. I might have to use Jeyes fluid this year as I can't get any Armillatox (well at least I can't get it from my usual wholesaler)
DIY
Products have been grouped according to their use and then alphabetically by active ingredient. Weedkillers/herbicides
Main use For the control of celery leaf spot, peach leaf curl, potato blight, tomato blight, apple and pear canker, bacterial canker of plums and cherries, rust on currants and gooseberries, cane spot on raspberries and loganberries. Prevents damping-off and foot rot of seedlings of edible and ornamental garden plants. Brand name(s) Dithane (This active ingredient has not been withdrawn but the product/s containing it are no longer being marketed) Brand name(s) FITO Garden Weedkiller and FITO Patio Weedkiller (This active ingredient has not been withdrawn but the product/s containing it are no longer being marketed). Thiamethoxam (Westland Plant Rescue Bug Killer Ornamental Plants (+ abamectin), ready-to-use spray)
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A.J. Andrews' work has appeared in Food and Wine, Fricote and "BBC Good Food." He lives in Europe where he bakes with wild yeast, milks goats for cheese and prepares for the Court of Master Sommeliers level II exam. Andrews received formal training at Le Cordon Bleu. Brand name(s) Rose Clear 2 (Rose Clear 2 has been replaced by a new product Roseclear Ultra with an increased range of uses and different active ingredients). In the past I have filled a pump spray with either Bleach / Armillatox / or Jeyes fluid and spray the greenhouse inside and out and leave it a few days until the smell disappears and it seems to clear everything away ( At least I never see anything afterwards but that's not to say I have killed everything.) Brand name(s) Growing Success Deadfast Greenhouse sulphur candle. Sulphur candles are still offered as cleaning agents rather than pesticides, and must be used as directed on the label
Brand name(s) Bayer Sprayday Greenfly Killer Plus, Bayer Multirose 3-in-1, Bayer Bug-Free, Bayer Bug and Disease Killer, Doff All in One Garden Pest Killer, Scotts Rose Clear 3, Scotts Rose Clear 3 Gun, Scotts Bug Clear Gun Products have been grouped according to their use and then alphabetically by active ingredient. Pecticides I also have a Poly tunnel - I haven't had any issues with it from a bug point of view and I am wondering should I use Sulphur Candles in it? I have a brand new greenhouse that only went up in November should I do anything e.g. Sulphur Candles etc before I start using it? The alternatives seem to be all permethrin based which would kill all crawling/flying insects in the greenhouse but not eggs or fungi - at least as far as I know. Since there isn't much flying or crawling around in it in February/early March it would seem to be a bit pointless.
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I'm still fortunate to have some Armatillox left. What dilution rate do you use with your spray Tee Gee? What a simple method - I wish I had thought about doing it this way years ago! Sow your seeds, plant your plants. What's the difference? A couple of weeks or more when answering possible queries! Out-of-date garden chemicals need to be safely and legally disposed of. They should not be placed in household waste or down the drain. Brand name(s) Rose Clear 2 (Rose Clear 2 has been replaced by a new product Roseclear Ultra with an increased range of uses and different active ingredients) Seriously, it does sound a lot of fiddly (and dangerous?) work just to avoid paying a bit more than a proper sulphur candle which always works at the first lighting and without having to be messed about.
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