Re: [CH] plants coming indoors...
Tina Brooks (shoestring_louise@yahoo.com)
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:57:21 -0700 (PDT)
This looks to be a procedure that is up my alley.
I don't use rubbing alcohol, would hydrogen peroxide
work... Failing that... vodka perhaps???
T
--- Hobby Farmer <hobbyfarmer@t-one.net> wrote:
> Tina Brooks wrote:
> >
> > The plants have been soil grown and are going into
> the
> > pots today... Aside from isolating them from our
> other
> > plants, which is pretty much an impossibility if
> we
> > consider flying insects, is there anything else I
> > should do?
>
> We are bringing in a couple this year, too. Here is
> what I do (keep
> in mind I usually do things the hard way). I wrap
> the pot and soil
> up tight in a plastic bag, then use the sprayer in
> the sink or
> bathtub to rinse off all the foliage, especially
> under the leaves.
> After the plant dries I put a little liquid dish and
> a little
> rubbing alcohol in some water in a spray bottle and
> spritz the plant
> down. Dampen the soil, too. After a week or two,
> inspect the plant
> for bugs, especially the tough to kill scale. Scale
> we kill by
> wiping it with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol. We
> don't feed the
> plant until early Spring.
>
> If your friends happen to see you rubbing your plant
> with that
> cotton swab, don't even try to explain....
>
> Hobby Farmer
>
>
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Tina Brooks
VP Marketing, Peppermaster Hot Sauces
www.peppermaster.com
Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc.
Phone: (514) 393-3430
26 St. Jean Baptiste, East
Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
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