for the folks that might have missed this booth @ TPIE, and all who could not attend..check out the following web site: www.pharmsolutions.com. pay particular attention to INDOOR PHARM. Suzanne gave a testimonial on it, & that’s good enough for me, just order some

Suzanne rocks, but I have a couple of questions that arose when I read the label and the instructions for use listed on their website...they say not to use the product on "hairy or waxy leaves" and not on "tender new growth"...that effectively restricts a fairly wide range of popular indoor plants from being sprayed with this product, and if one cannot spray new growth (which, as we all know from bitter experience, is exactly where most pests attack first!), the value of the product is limited. It also contains lots of "food grade oils", which sounds nice and safe for people, but what about the plant subjects? Might there be a problem with these oils becoming rancid in interior conditions after a time? What about the possibility of stomate-clogging problems?

Another piece of good news/bad news...being FIFRA-exempt and an unregistered product means you don’t have to notify and post as you would with registered pesticides, which is a good thing; unfortunately, since it apparently hasn’t been thoroughly tested on a wide range of indoor plants for phytotoxic effects, the manufacturer places the onus of testing on the user. That means that the user must test on every plant, and in every situation (direct sun, low temps, high temps, etc.) in which the user plans to spray, in order to be sure the stuff won’t hurt the particular plant in question...then, they tell you to "please test ornamentals first, dilute 50% if necessary."

Maybe I’m just a cynic by nature, but this sounds like a science project to me. Anyone actually used this stuff in an interiorscape over a significant period of time and on a wide palette of common interior plants?

Clem