Narcissus fly - organic control?
Kelly Irvin (Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:57:13 PDT)
Mary Sue:
I scanned through the article, which is very helpful. I seem to have
heard somewhere or read somewhere that vegetable oils can be used as a
spot spray on the foliage base to help with control...
As a matter of fact, I just found an article that refers to canola oil
and pyrethrins as a drench, "http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/2436/",
but I know this is not the source I have in vague memory.
Anybody had any experience fighting the Narcissus fly organically?
Mr. Kelly M. Irvin
10850 Hodge Ln
Gravette, AR 72736
USA
479-787-9958
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b
Mary Sue Ittner wrote:
Dear Iain,
We have a wiki page devoted to this with information and photos that were
contributed from at least three members from across the pond so it
obviously is a problem in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Does anyone know
whether this fly is interested in bulbs from any other family besides
Amaryllidaceae?
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
Mary Sue