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View Full Version : What are your thoughts on neem oil and banana plants???


rickiepeter
06-04-2012, 07:59 PM
I have some and wondered if it would be at all good to use it on them from time to time to battle certain bugs or fungus

Richard
06-04-2012, 08:35 PM
Neem Oil is a surfactant. In agriculture it is available by the drum for mixing with pesticides, fungicides, etc. such as copper ammonium. Some unscrupulous companies also sell it to the general public as if it is a pesticide. It will disable small weak insects such as baby spider mites but is otherwise ineffective.

On the otherhand, garden pest control products that contain neem oil can be highly effective. I use the Green Light Brand "Fruit Tree Spray" (concentrate) or "Neem II" (RTU spray bottle).

rickiepeter
06-04-2012, 08:44 PM
The kind i have is in a spray bottle that says neem oil fungicide miticide insecticide,The company is Bonide,ever heard of it,i bought it from Wal Mart which probaly explains it all lol

sunfish
06-04-2012, 08:50 PM
The kind i have is in a spray bottle that says neem oil fungicide miticide insecticide,The company is Bonide,ever heard of it,i bought it from Wal Mart which probaly explains it all lol

Bonide (http://www.bonide.com/products/category.php?category_id=6)