Re: henna plants
Posted by Natasha Papousek on January 13, 2000 at 22:59:10:
In Reply to: Re: henna plants posted by P.J. on January 12, 2000 at 23:53:30:
Of course, you can put any of my comments on your webpage (nice
summary, BTW)
I think you are correct that the henna seems to be irresistable to
certain types of bugs. And yes, I think they are just in the
environment since I've killed lots of them, had short periods of no
bugs, and then a sudden invasion. Once I got so desperate I sprayed
the poor plants with RAID...the plants weren't happy for a couple
days, kind of droopy, but the bugs were gone, and then the plants
perked up again.
I like the idea of the plant tent...maybe mosquito netting would
work...someday when I have free time (sung to Somewhere over the
rainbow...)
This battle round I actually took my plants into the bathtub...rinsed
them with soap solution and then picked the dead bugs off by hand.
There were lots of tiny little round things -- that I suspect were egg
cases -- which may have been imperious to soap which is why I keep
getting reinfestations so fast...we'll see.
On the bright side, those henna plants (Habibi, Rajani and TamraHenna)
are real fighters. They just keep sending out new shoots and growing
and growing. :)
- Re: henna plants P.J. 03:25:01 1/14/00
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