House plant insecticide - which?

Posted by: andy c on 12 June 2004

Now come on all you keen gardeners and house planty people, here's a question for you.
We seem to have black fly which are trying to nest in some of the compost surrounding our indoor plants.

We have been recommended a sulphor based insecticide but I wonder if that will work on the soil. I have sprayed the leaves etc with said item, but am concerned I dont want to get rid of all my house plants.

Any suggestions re remedies not so severe?

andy c!

Posted on: 12 June 2004 by count.d

Provado Ultimate Bug Killer is the only systemic insecticide on the market. Systemic meaning it will be drawn into the plant and when a pest sucks the sap from a shoot, it will take in the poison. One application works for upto eight weeks. It also works as a contact killer.

This will cost about £5.99 for 300ml concentrate.

All other insecticides are crap.

Posted on: 13 June 2004 by andy c

hi count.d
is this stuff safe for house plants then?

Thats all I need to know then I'll track some down...

andy c!

Posted on: 13 June 2004 by count.d

Andy,

It should be safe on house plants, but no chemical is 100% safe on all plants. I've used it on sensitive Tree Ferns (which hate chemicals) and many other types of plants over the past year and never had a problem.

You can also water it in the soil and the plant will take the poision into the plant throught it's roots.