Floramite Experience

[razzapiggy]

About to give my room a nice rub down with Floramite. I have carpet in there so I was going to rub it into the carpet... this is fine right? I am curious if people introduced lady bugs into their room after using Floramite, and weather or not they lived. Most of the readings I find on the product says it's "easy on beneficial insects." Not exactly saying they will live, but it sure looks good in the ad huh?

I sprayed with soaps last time, and all my lady bugs died immediately. I want those little red and black ladies on my team this side, to fight in the ever-lasting war with the evil evil spider mite. Will the Floramite prevent them from living and taking on my enemies? I read you can use floramite until you start flowering... true story?

[razzapiggy]

I was going to spray everything in the room, and also the pots that I grow herbs in... should I rinse all this stuff off after 4-5 hours or just leave it? Sorry to ask dumb questions, I got a very small vial of it with no instructions. I know you aren't supposed to over-head rinse anything for at least four hours, but is it okay to just leave the floramite as is on the pots?

[stinkyattic]

I'd simply run the pots through the dishwasher (heat + soap = DEATH MWAHAHAHA!!!!) and save your pesticide for the other stuff.
I've never even heard of that stuff and am curious as to how it's going to work in a carpeted area.

[rhizome]

Where the hell did you score Floramite? That shit's like $350 a quart. No instructions?!!!

OK, my man, be aware-

- Somebody has sold you an EPA Registered Chemical without the MSDS- very sketchy.
- Avoid skin contact- flush 15 minutes. Irritating mist.
- 12 hour rei
-Extremely toxic to aquatic organisms. Don't even spray this shit in the same building as fish you love- toxic in microgram/liter concentrations. Be very aware that dumping this into groundwater in even microscopic amounts WILL cause envionmental damage.


I would def wipe down anything in the room that I might be likely to touch before I touched my mouth or eyes.

Approved only for use on ornamentals- not approved for food or otherwise human-consumed crops.

How did you work up to Floramite already? It's usually reserved as a " chem of last resort" when nothing else has worked.

[stinkyattic]

http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/mnla/floramite.pdf
http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/msds/floramiteSC_msds.pdf
There's the labelling, including warnings and instructions.
And the 2nd is the MSDS.
After reading them, I think this is something I would not personally touch.