RE: [CH] Cuttings from chile plants
Freeman, Dale (dale.freeman@dofa.gov.au)
Wed, 6 May 1998 08:42:00 +1000
Robert
I use a variety of methods for aphid control.
Firstly, see if you can herd up some ladybugs. Believe it or not
these work wonders on reducing aphid numbers - real little
predators!
A brisk hosing down (especially on mature plant) is pretty
effective
if done every day.
Mixing up some pure soap with water (maybe a couple of tablespoons
to
a cup of water) and spraying this on them also works (suffocates
the
suckers - suckers like that? ha ha).
On small plants, wiping the aphids with metholated spirits is also
effective.
Finally, a systemic poison works wonders. In Australia one of the
best is trade named ROGOR, the active ingredient being "dimethoate"
this is good as the aphids you miss are poisoned when they suck sap
and there is a residual protection for a couple of weeks. Another
chemical spray that will work is metasystox, but if I remember
correctly, this is a nastier chemical than dimethoate.
Cheers
Dale
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Subject: RE: [CH] Cuttings from chile plants
Author: McWilliams, Robert C. CPT--504MI
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at ACT-ALINGA
Date: 06/5/98 3:28
Your comment sparked a question for this novice gardener. Any
suggestions for aphid control? I'd prefer to go the organic route, but
failing that, chemicals aren't out of the realm of possibilities.
I've also been monitoring the conversations on heat vs taste, and concur
that heat is fine, but not at the expense of flavor. Habs seem to be
the pepper of choice among Chile-Heads. While I'm able to tolerate
their heat, it's certainly uncomfortable. Am I just a C-H wannabe, or
do habs come in a variety of levels on the Scoville scale?
Rob
> ----------
> From: Brent Thompson[SMTP:brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com]
> Reply To: Brent Thompson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 10:16 AM
> To: Dale.Freeman@dofa.gov.au
> Cc: chile-heads@hplbct.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: [CH] Cuttings from chile plants
>
> > Any of you out there had much success with taking cuttings from
> chiles?
>
> Sure. Works fine. YMMV, but my experience has been that the
> percentage of
> cuttings that strike roots decreases considerably as the temperatures
> drop.
> So, for example, if chile cuttings are just stuck into a glass of
> water in
> the kitchen at room temperature, maybe 50-75% will strike (and mostly
> within 2-3 weeks) during height of Summer, but maybe only 25% will
> strike
> (and mostly taking more than a month) during early Fall. (And worse
> success rates could be expected doing it during winter.) Under these
> conditions, treating the cuttings with rooting hormone before sticking
> them
> into the glass of water seems to have only minimal beneficial effect.
>
> My best results have come from treating the cuttings with rooting
> hormone,
> sticking them into little pots filled with potting soil, and keeping
> them
> under bright light in a 24-hour-per day high humidity/high temperature
> (like 90 degrees F) environment. Under these conditions, I would
> expect
> most of them to strike, and mostly within two weeks or so. Of course
> the
> down side is that the inevitable aphids will explode at the 4-week
> mark and
> make the newly developed foliage completely disappear. :-(
>
> --- Brent
>