Southern AG 08611 Conserve – NATURALYTE Insect Control Insecticide 8oz

Works great and has longer residual effect (several weeks) than BT. Only caution, watch out for bees as it is toxic to them. Best to apply after sunset. I use this in Arizona to control caterpillars on my Texas Mountain Laurel.

We have tried dozens of different "natural" treatments for colorado potato beetles on our potato patch, with variable results, nothing else was as effective as going through the patch daily and pinching/squishing the beetles, larva & eggs from leaves. Then we tried this, and it works wonderfully, we've had 3 years of solid potato harvests and healthy potato plants - Applied on first sign of potato beetles, and then once a month thereafter to maintain, and potato bug problems are gone!

As far as I know, the product itself is great. But the product photo clearly shows the container is "1 Pint (.474 liters)." The container I was sent is half that - a mere 8 ounces. Considering who sells & ships this, it constitutes an unforgivable ripoff.

This is one product on a VERY SHORT list of insecticides that is affective against Thrips on african violets. There are several others, but probably the chemical that is most effective at this time is Conserve.This is a keeper!It's safe to use to spray violets and will not spot if you use a fine mist and distilled water making sure to drench leaves and flowers to dripping point and it does kill the little buggers! Thing is - if you miss the thrips, eggs or pupas - they will come back. So - you need a repeat treatment - this has to be applied once a week for 3 weeks.Conserve begins to break down in 24 hours - which is good for the home- but whatever bugs escape - they will continue laying eggs. Thrips life cycle takes from 8 to 44 days - depending on temperatures. So you should repeat it the 3 times so every new batch that hatched from the hidden eggs - gets killed off before they can lay new eggs - which doesn't take them very long!Unfortunately, some populations of the Western Thrip may be developing a resistance to Conserve, so it may require rotation of pesticides.

There was a terrible spider mite infestation in my mini orchid vivarium. So far, this seems to have done the trick.

For years I have had trouble with something eating and curling the leaves of my rhododendrons. Finally, I asked my arborist for advice and she recommended this item which I had never heard of and which is not carried in stores. Worked immediately! Also made a huge difference on azaleas. My plants have suddenly started growing much bigger too. Maybe something was sapping their growth...Anyway, try it. I spray about once a week.

On my pepper plants I had an invasion of leafminers, I removed all damaged leaves and applied as directed, so far so good, Pruned my peppers back a little and the new growth is leafminer free. Product works very well. I will post another review in a month or two from now to give the final results. So far very satisfied.

It worked after two applications per directions. But after 2 months of no incident, I saw the damn fuzzy aphids again on one leaf. Thus, my bonsais and other plants may need more applications.Update: I have stopped using this as after a few doses and not that effective, I repotted with new soil. that seemed to cure the infestation…