Bottom line.... this is an insecticide and it's use will keep us in
the continuous cycle of overuse of pesticides herbicides and over-
fertilization.
-- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Benton" <compost_at_m...> wrote:
> Greetings all
> Does any one have any bad news or perhaps really bad news about a
product
> called Confidor from Bayer?I did some searching and read the bumf
that the
> chem. rep supplies. It seems to have low toxicity but I am worried
because
> part of the chemical description is cloypalarid something or
other .I
> remember this getting some bad press a while back about not
breaking down
> under composting. That if I recall was the herbicide whilst this a
systemic
> poison for the control of various insects.My question is what will
this do
> under a program that is not yet organic but has received 30 m3
compost per
> Ha last year and will soon receive another 20m3 Ha post harvest
this year,
> along with 100 lt AACT per week in season and per month during
winter.
> Is this stuff applied through the irragation going to take out a
lot of our
> good guys or is all that organic matter and with the frequent and
high
> applications of ACT going to keep things alive.?
> BTW I believe that Doc E is coming out to RSA in March so all those
locals
> get your eyes peeled for more details .Doc please tell us this is
not a
> rumour
>
> Regards
> Mike Benton
> Compost Technologies
> mike_at_c... mobile 0823345371
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