u/regshugsstrugsluvs

Hey guys,

So a neighboring plant has thrips and I want to treat all the plants with systemic imidacloprid. (Im also spraying every 6 days rotating horticultural oil and insecticidal soap spray)

My questions are

1. ⁠I have Bonide’s tree and shrub 1.47% imidacloprid soil drench and the houseplant systemic granules. I’d love to be able to do a soil drench because working it in to my trailing plants like this SOP seems like a nightmare.
2. ⁠-Anyone have success using the liquid systemic on plants like these and a philodendron splendid? What dilution rate did you use if so?
3. ⁠If I must use the granules, what are the physical mechanics of working it into the soil plants like these? The label says to work it into the top 1-2 inches of soil and I have also read that it’s important to distribute the granules evenly and I don’t even know how I would get them to the soil when the top of the plant is full of pearls, same with the turtles.

To anyone who read this thank you so much!!

Plants are indoors under strong grow lights for 12-14 hours a day. The amount of light they get is PPFD around 450-500.

I water when almost completely dry.

ETA: the SOP definitely got some pest action going on and I realize it lol. And yes there are drainage holes in bottom of container the SOT is in. I made a bunch.

Also I have thoroughly read instruction on granules, just not sure how to distribute evenly and work into soil when there’s a giant clump of leaves that I can’t really move at all to get the granules under lol

Hey guys,

So a neighboring plant has thrips and I want to treat all the plants with systemic imidacloprid. (Im also spraying every 6 days rotating horticultural oil and insecticidal soap spray)

My questions are

1. I have Bonide’s tree and shrub 1.47% imidacloprid soil drench and the houseplant systemic granules. I’d love to be able to do a soil drench because working it in to my trailing plants like this SOP seems like a nightmare.
2. -Anyone have success using the liquid systemic on plants like these and a philodendron splendid? What dilution rate did you use if so?
3. If I must use the granules, what are the physical mechanics of working it into the soil plants like these? The label says to work it into the top 1-2 inches of soil and I have also read that it’s important to distribute the granules evenly and I don’t even know how I would get them to the soil when the top of the plant is full of pearls, same with the turtles.

To anyone who read this thank you so much!!

Plants are indoors under strong grow lights for 12-14 hours a day. The amount of light they get is PPFD around 450-500.

I water when almost completely dry.

ETA: the SOP definitely got some pest action going on and I realize it lol. And yes there are drainage holes in bottom of container the SOT is in. I made a bunch.

Also I have thoroughly read instruction on granules, just not sure how to distribute evenly and work into soil when there’s a giant clump of leaves that I can’t really move at all to get the granules under lol

I finally got my corm to sprout, but the leaf looks like it’s not doing great. Browning but doesn’t seem crispy, almost translucent in some spots which confuses me because I have air holes and also take the lid off for a few hours every day. This also happened to the corm in the very last photo (it’s a Polly corm) - it sprouted a leaf then the leaf slowly died. I did not have a heating mat the majority of the time this went down. I just put one in about a week ago and the second leaf is coming on the dragon scale corm since. But why am I ruining the leaves?!

I have it under the appropriate amount of light for an alocasia - there’s quite a few grow lights around and I measured the foot candles awhile back and it was ideal for dragon scale alo’s.

I finally got my corm to sprout, but the leaf looks like it’s not doing great. Browning but doesn’t seem crispy, almost translucent in some spots which confuses me because I have air holes and also take the lid off for a few hours every day. This also happened to the corm in the very last photo (it’s a Polly corm) - it sprouted a leaf then the leaf slowly died. I did not have a heating mat the majority of the time this went down. I just put one in about a week ago and the second leaf is coming on the dragon scale corm since. But why am I ruining the leaves?!

I have it under the appropriate amount of light for an alocasia - there’s quite a few grow lights around and I measured the foot candles awhile back and it was ideal for dragon scale alo’s.