"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:acce941359741887c13b379e106c3f89@news.secureusenet.com...
> Somebody asked this question at the TPC newsgroup. Does anybody know about
> gardening and pest riddance in Japan?
>
> My landlord put in some new boxwood shrubs recently and now they are full
of
> boxwook leafminers (hamogurimushi).  In addition to eventually killing the
> shrubs, these
> tiny pests winter over and the small flies that come out in the spring
> devour all the other flowers that I want.  They must die.
>
> I know what to do but I can't seem to find the proper insecticide.  I need
> one with an active ingredient called acephate -- and I will need to
> understand how it should be applied.
>
> Later if I can't get to this before the adult flies appear, I'll need an
> insecticide with the active ingredient dimethoate.
>
> In both cases, your help with figuring out what the Japanese words are for
> these two insecticides is appreciated, and some advice on where I can buy
> it, and how to use it is appreciated.
>
> My organic garden book says to wash or spray the infected plants with 2
> tblspns of baking soda, and 3 drops each of Ivory dishwashing liquid and
> cooking oil mixed in a gallon of water.  I've done this but to date with
no
> success.  Perhaps I am too impatient.
>

The Beavis and Butthead in me wants to change your thread from 'pest
control' to 'breast control' - but that would be childish and stupid...ahaha
ahaha....

--
jonathan
"you can take me...but you will never take my bung-hole...for I am the Great
Cornholio"