Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de Pacas
I just sprinkled the soil around the seedling with boric acid and I have a spray bottle on standby which will use the 1:1 rubbing alcohol/water mix ...the alcohol kills the bugs and evaporates without hurting the plants according to the gardening article I just read.
Many insects breath through openings in their legs. Boric acid powder kills these types of insects, not by poisening them, but by clogging their breathing orifices. It is a simple mechanical process - the insect walks through the boric acid powder and picks it up on its legs. Boric Acid Powder works a lot better when it is dry.

You can find aluminum silicate compounds, designed specifically for plants and containing only minerals, which function in the same manner.

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