Top Questions Asked Regarding Problems To Be

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Garden Needs

Top Questions Asked Regarding Problems To Be Solved Chemically PROBLEM

SOLUTION

1. Sooty Mold (Aphids) - Crepe Myrtles

Prevent: DiSyston Existing: Orthene, Triple Action, Orthene Powder (4 to 1 paste)

2. Ants & Fire Ants

Orthene Powder, Greenlight Fire Ant Killer II, Amdro, Hi Yield Fire Ant Killer

3. Weeds in Flower Beds

Prevent: Amaze, Eptam, Preen (for vegetables) Existing: Image (read Label), Poast, Over-The-Top (use spreader sticker with all of the above products)

4. Weeds in Lawns

Prevent: Fertilome Weed & Feed. Sta-Green Weed & Feed for St. Augustine or Centipede, Portait (broadleaf), First Down (grassy) Existing: Weed-Out (granular or liquid), Wipe-Out, Image

5. Fertilization of Lawns

Fertilome Lawn Food with Iron, Sta-Green Centipede or St. Augustine Fertilizer, New Lawn Starter

6. Fertilization of Trees & Shrubs

Tree & Shrub, Nursery Special, Growers Special

7. Fertilization of Vegetable Gardens

Gardeners Special

8. Insects on Houseplants

Orthene, Shultz, Whitefly & Mealy Bug Killer RTU, Organospray

9. Fertilization of Houseplants

Once, Peters, Nursery Special

10. "Safe" Chemicals

Natural Guard, Safer, Shultz, Organospray

11. Brown Patch in Lawns

Benmyl, Terraclor, Fungaway, Daconil

12. Fertilization of Azaleas

ACG Food, Nursery Special, Tree & Shrub Food

13. Rose Sprays - Disease & Insects

Fertilome Rose Spray, Orthonex, Triple Action

14. Lichen

Consan 20, Bordeaux, Copper Fugaside

15. Fungus on Trees

Fungaway, Daconil, Funginex

16. Slugs & Snails

Greenlight Bug & Snail Bait, Hi-Yield Slug & Snail Pellets, Buggetta

17. Fleas - Outdoors

Dursban & Diazinon (granular or liquid)

18. Fleas - Indoors

Total, Home Pest Control - RTU, Dursban (liquid)

19. Powdery Mildew

Benomyl, Fungaway, Funginex

20. Fertilization for Blooming Plants (increase blooming)

Bloom Start, Super Bloom, Bone Meal

21. Yellowing Leaves (Azaleas, Gardenias & other shrubs)

Liquid Iron, Ironite, Copperas

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Garden Needs

22. Changing the Color of Hydrangeas

Aluminum Sulphate for Blue Agricultural or Hydrated Lime for Pink

23. Insects on Vegetables

Sevin (dust or liquid)

24. Whiteflies

TripleAction, Orthene, Shultz, Organospray

25. Changing the pH

To Lower: Aluminum Sulfate, Soil Acidifier, Ironite To Raise: Lime, Gypsum

26. Worms on Calla & other Lillies

To Prevent: DiSyston Existing: Orethene, Thuricide, Triple Action

27. Azalea Gall

Consan 20, Copper Fungacide, Bordeaux

28. Lacewings

Triple Action, Orthene

29. Stinging Catepillars

Bagworm & Tent Catepillar Spray, Triple Action, Orthene, Thuricide

30. Tomatoes: Blossom Drop or Spots

Yield Booster, Stop Rot, Blossom Set-RTU

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