Glossary
Spinosad
Growers call it an insecticide used against thrips and mites. It kills neither the eggs nor the young stage that waits in the soil, so growers say it is applied at dusk more than once; the product label sets the rate and how many times it may be used.
Words that go with it
- MealybugA sap-sucking pest that looks like small patches of white sticky cotton wool around…
- QuarantineGrowers call it keeping a newly bought plant well away from your others for a period…
- ScaleA sap-sucking pest that looks like small white, tan or brown dots stuck to the skin.
- SpringtailGrowers call it a tiny harmless insect often mistaken for a pest.
- ThripsGrowers call it tiny elongated insects that feed at the growing tip and leave tan…
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