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It is a granular substance and sprinkled onto the soil when the plants show the first few rosette leaves.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In addition we use Neocid Total. It is a regular spray containing permethrin (0.3%) and tetramethrin (0.15%). Spray it from some distance onto plants or walls, shelfs etc. It is an all-purpose killer (beetles, mites, ants, flies...) and kills the adult black flies quite efficiently.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We also use Solbac from <A HREF=http://www.biocontrol.ch/>Biocontrol AG</A> to fight black flies. It is based on <I>Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis</I>.</p> <ol> <li><p>use 2.5 ml Solbac per 2-3 l of water (weak infection)</p></li> <li><p>use 5.0 ml Solbac per 2-3 l of water (strong infection)</p></li> </ol> <p>However, the <b>best way to keep the black flies low</b> is to move old plants, kept for harvesting seeds, to another place.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Against thrips we found that <i>Amblyseius cucumeris</i>, a mite, seems to work quite OK, at least if the thrips population is very small. They come in bags that you put up between the racks. We get them also from <A HREF=http://www.biocontrol.ch/>Biocontrol AG</A>.</p> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="510"> <TR><TD COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="30"> </TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="30"> </TD><TD WIDTH="480" VALIGN="BOTTOM" ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF=http://www.unizh.ch/botinst/Cyto_Website/schneitzLab/Methods/PlantWork/pestControl.html#top>Top</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="20"> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="600"><TR VALIGN=BOTTOM><TD COLSPAN="2"><HR size=1 NOSHADE></TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="5"> </TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="595"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-2">   © Copyright 1997-2001, Kay Schneitz.   Last updated 16.7.2001; 11:59:22 Uhr.   Send comments to the <a href=mailto:Kay.Schneitz@access.unizh.ch>webmeister</a>.</FONT></TD> </TR></TABLE> </body> </html>