Anybody can help me with information about hot water treatment of lily bulbs against bulb mites?

Mohammad Sadegh iranaquatic@yahoo.ca
Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:47:23 PDT
I think that it will not work , 
I have used fen fenpropathrin for about 24 hours , many bulbs died but bulb mites survived !
 
Mohammad Sadegh
Ardabil ,Iran


On Thursday, July 3, 2014 1:42:44 AM, Tim Eck <teck11@embarqmail.com> wrote:
 


Have you tried permethrin and bifenthrin?  They are not systemic but they
should kill mites and persist for a year.

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Sadegh
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Subject: [pbs] Anybody can help me with information about hot water
treatment of lily bulbs against bulb mites?

Hi Friends

I grow lilies in North west of Iran , Bulb mites infected must of my lilium
bulbs and i want to eliminate them from our yard and my bulbs, i use some
pesticides with no success in soil and i want to tr with bulb hot water
treatment. In McRae's Book (Lilies a guide for growers and collectors) he
mentioned that it is possible to control this mites with hot water treatment
, Can i eliminate bulb mites (eggs and adults) with bulb hot water treatment
? I want to treat bulbs in 42 C for 1 hours as McRae Recommend . 

Thank you very much

Mohammad Sadegh
Ardabil ,Iran







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