Hi everyone
Like most of this community, I have had my fair share of nasties this year - and I was wondering what everyone does to "fumigate" the greenhouse and get rid of everything before the winter? I remember a few years ago you could buy something like a firework and after it was lit, it filled the greenhouse with smoke and killed everything but cant find this in the shops.
Meg
that would be something like a Nicotine Bomb, though Google tells me that's a tune from the combo Mission Of Burma. Jolly tune too!
Perhaps you can still buy sulphur bombs instead
edit - sulphur candle like this. Never used one
http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=BPSC&cookie%5Ftest=1 (http://www.twowests.co.uk/TwoWestsSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=BPSC&cookie%5Ftest=1)
Thanks for this - my father in law has already tried this and it didn't burn too well - the one I was describing is like a small cone made out of cardboard and it burns like billyo!
Maybe I will just have to get out the sponge and bleach spray:-( I was looking for something a little less like hard work ;)
Meg
that's what I do - after rescuing as many spiders as possible
I spray with Armillatox AND do a Sulphur fuming. But not till the Spring.
Quote from: meg_gordon on September 20, 2008, 13:28:47
Thanks for this - my father in law has already tried this and it didn't burn too well - the one I was describing is like a small cone made out of cardboard and it burns like billyo!
Maybe I will just have to get out the sponge and bleach spray:-( I was looking for something a little less like hard work ;)
Meg
you can get something very much like you describe from pet shops (called flea bombs)
dont know if they would kill greenhouse bugs though
lbb
your remebering a fumite smoke cone
alas the eu banned them but you can still get
these http://www.greenfinger-hydroponics.co.uk/articledetails.php?ArticleID=1361
but expensive at £12 but they will kill anything in the greenhouse
Quote from: meg_gordon on September 20, 2008, 13:28:47Thanks for this - my father in law has already tried this and it didn't burn too well
I have always used a sulphur candle. Never had any problems. If the wick is temperamental - just put a piece of string dipped in oil, or a piece of grease proof paper to use as a wick instead. It will burn. It takes 12 hours to burn down.
I use it to clean my hen cree twice per year. Closing off the entrance leaving the hens outside for the duration. So I find eggs all over the place on these days. :)