| Orthene and Phyton 27 Last year several experienced members of my orchid society recommended mixing Orthene with a little Physan 27 to help decrease the viscocity and spread the spray over leaves and bugs better. I would have thought that fungicide in Physan 27 should do the job without adding Phyton 20 but I guess that the Phyton could be an extra boost. I'd test the mix on a few plants before spaying everything. I also always where a resperator when working with these things. I also wanted to start foliar feeding and having been mixing fertilizer in with the Physan and Orthene. I hope that's not foolish. No ahrm to the plants after two months. btw Orthene has not proved to work well for me over the past three year on scales and mealybugs. I've also used a variety of bombs including pyrythren (sp?), alternating one type and then another and still have perpetual issues with bugs. I'd love to find a silver bullet to be rid of them once and for all.
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Cheers! Joshua |