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Products have been grouped according to their use and then alphabetically by active ingredient. Pecticides But now its getting very difficult to source sulphur candles as they are now banned for use on plants as a pesticide although interestingly they still can be used as a greenhouse cleaner which is what I use them for. However companies that make them have decided not to bother with re-registering them due to the extra cost and have ceased manufacture Brand name(s) Armillatox (Armillatox remains on the market as a disinfectant, but is no longer permitted to be used for pesticidal purposes)
Brand name(s)Ultimate Slug and Snail Killer, Deadfast Slug Killer, Doff Slug Killer Blue Mini Pellets, Westland Eraza Slug and Snail Killer (be aware that these products may be relaunched with ferric phosphate as the main ingredient) Seriously, it does sound a lot of fiddly (and dangerous?) work just to avoid paying a bit more than a proper sulphur candle which always works at the first lighting and without having to be messed about. The retailers of garlic candles seem a bit reticent to explain how their product works, so I can only assume they use the fact that garlic itself is quite sulphur rich, so they probably work in a similar way to sulphur candles. This list of active ingredients are being or have been withdrawn from sale since 2002. It does not include products that have simply been discontinued. Note that the brand names may be retained even though active ingredients in them are changed. Please be careful to use only the current brands.Products have been grouped according to their use and then alphabetically by active ingredient. Weedkillers/herbicides Brand name(s) Westland Plant Rescue Fungus Control (liquid concentrate and ready-to-use spray) (This active ingredient has not been withdrawn but the product/s containing it are no longer being marketed to home gardeners) Brand name(s)This active ingredient was removed from products and the brand names continue to be used
Out-of-date garden chemicals need to be safely and legally disposed of. They should not be placed in household waste or down the drain. Brand name(s) Armillotox (Armillatox remains on the market as a disinfectant, but is no longer permitted to be used for pesticidal purposes) Brand name(s) Armillatox and Jeyes Fluid (Armillatox and Jeyes Fluid remain on the market as disinfectants, but they no longer are permitted to be used for pesticidal purposes)
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The alternatives seem to be all permethrin based which would kill all crawling/flying insects in the greenhouse but not eggs or fungi - at least as far as I know. Since there isn't much flying or crawling around in it in February/early March it would seem to be a bit pointless. Thiamethoxam (Westland Plant Rescue Bug Killer Ornamental Plants (+ abamectin), ready-to-use spray) Brand name(s) Doff Sodium Chlorate Weedkiller, Gem Stop Weeds Ready-to-Use, Gem Stop Weeds Sodium Chlorate, DeadFast Sodium Chlorate Weedkiller, Vitax Sodium Chlorate Weedkiller I'm interested in any answers too as when I went to get the Jeyes in the GC the shelves were full of organic natural disinfectants which I bought. I filled the sprayer and covered the inside getting into all the little nooks and crannys then left it shut up for two days.
What do you think burning the sulphur gives you over washing down with Jeyes or my organic botanical disinfectant? Every year I spray a product called Algon on the glass and in a few days the green algae disappears. Next comes the hand wash with soapy water. We then jet wash the green house inside and out. It's interesting during jet washing seeing all the spiders that are dislodged. Unfortunately I can't bear the smell of jeyes fluid so cannot use it. I then use a sulpher candle. I do have another type of candle that smells very strongly of garlic. This garlic one you can use with plants insitu. But it stinks !! You have to light it and run. Brand name(s) Growing Success Deadfast Greenhouse sulphur candle. Sulphur candles are still offered as cleaning agents rather than pesticides, and must be used as directed on the label Weedkillers for gardeners (Adobe Acrobat pdf document outlining weedkillers available to gardeners) The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.I cleanse my greenhouse with Jeyes followed by a sulphur candle every year once the former plants have gone so I don't have to worry about the plants being killed off. Open the windows and doors after the candle extinguishes, and let the greenhouse air out for 24 hours. Brand name(s) Bio Kills Moss on Lawns (The manufacturers have ceased to make dichlorophen because there is no longer sufficient market for it) Brand name(s) Bayer Sprayday Greenfly Killer Plus, Bayer Multirose 3-in-1, Bayer Bug-Free, Bayer Bug and Disease Killer, Doff All in One Garden Pest Killer, Scotts Rose Clear 3, Scotts Rose Clear 3 Gun, Scotts Bug Clear Gun
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