Systemic Pesticide for Houseplant - How to Use to Prevent Bugs & Insects - Bonide

[@linakhoury6623]

Hi Devin .Thanks for sharing with us how you prevent bugs from your plants .You take excellent care of your plants . Have a wonderful day .🌿

[@plantvibrations]

Have a great day too!

[@ryden7114]

Hi Devin. My mother in law used to use cigarette butt's & put them in a jar with water & sprayed all her plants with it. Also watered with it. Never had a problem with pests. None of us smoke, so it is hard to find butt's. Love your channel. Keep it up.

[@plantvibrations]

Wow that’s so interesting! I wonder if other ppl do that too!

[@plantvibrations]

Thanks for all of your support 😊

[@elviciosodelavida]

Just buy the cigarettes and soak the dam things. Then you’ll have cigg tea

[@theresenorway]

My granny as well

[@50Street21]

You are always a wealth of knowledge, Devin. Thank you for your insightful information on pest eradication. Cheers! Darryl

[@plantvibrations]

Thank you Darryl! I’m sure your plants are always pest free!

[@darlenemc3586]

perfect timing...thank you! I haven't watched this yet, but am excited to thank you for perfect timing on your part. God Bless!

[@plantvibrations]

I hope it helps!!

[@ChristopherKummetz]

Holy hell!!! your inside forest is looking amazing!!! I have a north facing back room about the same size as yours. You’ve inspired me to want to duplicate what you did. I bet you love working from there. Thanks for the info on systemic pesticides! You’re invaluable.

[@plantvibrations]

That is awesome! Make it happen and send pics!

[@lisaanglim9588]

Thanks for reminding me about the bonide granular pesticide. I have some at home but haven’t used it in a while. I did a few plants but since spring is almost here I’ll have to do them all. I’ve got around 60 plants down from over 80. I’m going to downsize a little more. But now that my amount of plants is manageable. I can do them all over a few days. Instead of trying to do in one day.ine table top at a time, one plant stand, one room at a time. Thank you

[@plantvibrations]

I would love to see your collection sometime!

[@shabnashaji1707]

well explained 👍 Thankyou 🙏

[@plantvibrations]

Most welcome 😊

[@MrSnowball20]

Hey Devin just wondering if you are going to be on QVC anytime soon. I enjoy watching you there because youre always so enthusiastic about whatever youre selling at the moment. (Plus if its Thyme or something lowgrowing you tend to pat it a lot.) ;-)

[@plantvibrations]

Yes! I’ll be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! And haha I guess I do do that lol

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Colorado University recently banned this pesticide so I’m having to research other pesticides in granules. I’m so bummed it worked very well on everything except spider mites and that’s why they banned it

[@plantvibrations]

Interesting

[@michellecastro2475]

Ty. I have thinking.of getting some of this for my plants. Gnats are the enemy .

[@plantvibrations]

Happy to help!

[@cee7105]

Great video Devin I just have one question about the plant pot you used as an example , how do you guage the size of the pot, this is something I can't seem to grasp.

[@plantvibrations]

Use a ruler to measure the height and width and that should help you determine the amount to use !

[@cee7105]

@@plantvibrations Thank you

[@tameracoelho87]

Great video thank you

[@plantvibrations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Aquamarine.Aubrey]

You didn't address spider mites. What do you use for them because this stuff you mentioned brings them!

[@plantvibrations]

Not sure what you mean! I used horticultural soap for spider mites

[@Aquamarine.Aubrey]

@@plantvibrations do you find that the systemic granules do something to the plant that draws spider mites to it? Thanks for the horticulture soap suggestion.

[@Letsbehonest911]

All I have is the liquid. Could I use that on my house plants? I have many different pests that in discovering

[@plantvibrations]

It really depends on the brand, the label should define it

[@jennadightman419]

Do these work for spider mites?

[@plantvibrations]

Insecticidal soap is better

[@cynthiasn6435]

Do you if these products a bio-friendly and don't kill insects like bees, butterflies, ants, ladybugs etc.?

[@plantvibrations]

they are not bio friendly, so they should be used as sparingly as possible!

[@Drewja16]

Hello! I’m unfortunately dealing with my first thrip outbreak and I’ve been using this as well as a spray on all of the plants that I noticed thrips on. I’ve also been washing them off in the shower and I want to start using the granules more often but my concern is should I use them on all of my plants? Or just the ones with thrips? Luckily I don’t have over 200 plants (yet) but I still have quite a few and had to buy a few bottles of this in order to treat every plant. Not sure if I overreacted or if it’s worth it in the long run. Any advice would be appreciated 😅

[@plantvibrations]

Ahhh are the infected plants really special to you? if not I'd just throw them away. its not worth risking it!

[@Drewja16]

@@plantvibrations most of them are yeah, there’s maybe one that I would throw away just cause I was planning on selling it or giving it away anyway, but I found them on most of my plants in every room of my apartment so I kinda wanna wait before I consider that an option. I’m hoping the ones that had them will recover since I treated them but we’ll see. I’ll have to keep an eye on them

[@shawngao1681]

I have plants infested with gnats. Can I use this product to get rid of them?

[@plantvibrations]

You want to use Bacilus thuringensis var israelensis

[@shawngao1681]

@@plantvibrations Thank you!

[@Alingmaliit2017]

Something has been eating my Chinese money plant. Will this work?

[@plantvibrations]

Can you determine what it is?

[@TimurDavletshin]

I use Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) as first line of defence and avermectin if infestation is very high. Both, unlike imidacloprid, have low level of toxicity on non-target species. I used those for 5-6 years with zero need to apply chemicals. But there are cons: those biologicals are non-systemic. So, if plant is infested by spider-mites (imidacloprid is useless for those, btw) it will take 2-3 sprayings to kill it, because it doesn't kill eggs. Second, both BT and avermectin has distinctive smell but it is not particularly strong and goes away fast.

[@plantvibrations]

That’s awesome, thank you for sharing. I haven’t used avermectin before, I will look into it!

[@TimurDavletshin]

@@plantvibrationsspider mites is my biggest problem in spring time but most acaricides are toxic to mammals too... so biologicals was my only choice.

[@TimurDavletshin]

@@plantvibrationsif you will look into non-chemical insecticides/acaricides I'd start with BT and not with avermectin. Avermectin has more safety limitations (at least this is how my local officials certify it). P.S. Neem oil is such a BS. Moderate repellent at best.

[@plantvibrations]

i have used BT var israelensis many times for fungus gnats and it works like magic. i deffff dont use neem, it is pointless and smells bad lol@@TimurDavletshin

[@TimurDavletshin]

@@plantvibrationsyep, BT has many subspecies and even more strains. But AFAIK only Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis and kurstaki are available in consumer packaging (at least locally), israelensis is in canisters only 🙃

[@KayPenn1]

I bought it but still looking at it😂. I am so scared it will harm my plants especially my sensitive tropicals. Have you had any negative reactions from any plants? Do you have any advice on adult fungus gnats? Driving me insane!!

[@plantvibrations]

I’ve never had any issues with it damaging plants! For the fungus gnats the only true solution I’ve found is Bacilus thuringensis var israelensis, you can likely find it on Etsy for sale

[@KayPenn1]

Thank you!

[@jujube2407]

Aphids are EVERYWHERE... I cannot get ahead... only able to knock them back :(

[@LeTangoNoir]

Same here; it's like the year of aphids where I NEVER had any before!

[@plantvibrations]

Which plants are being affected? I’d consider getting rid of them…I used to grow tropical hibiscus a lot but it was so prone to spider mites so I trashed them

[@jujube2407]

@@plantvibrations microdwarf tomato and herbs

[@BugsGoneWild]

i got neat mealworm timelapse videos you might like!

[@plantvibrations]

Sounds cool!!

[@rogerb7066]

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[@plantvibrations]

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[@joinkansas7819]

Keep in mind if you have outdoor plants and use systemic pesticide, beneficial insects will be killed like Monarch butterflies. 😭

[@plantvibrations]

We want to use it as sparingly as possible to protect all the beneficial, you are absolutely right!

[@cq8353]

Thank you for this! I'm quite new to plant parenting and been gifted a pothos with scale and spider mites 🫣 Noob mistake: I repotted them without checking for pests. It's currently throwing a tanrum, so I'm wondering if it's okay to put systemic pesticide while they're undergoing transplant shock 🤔

[@plantvibrations]

That should be fine to do

[@cq8353]

@plantvibrations thank you, Devin! You're an angel. Subscribed permanently! 😊