Mr.Hades
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Growers should use caution when dealing with NPS because of its toxicity to humans and animals. You shouldn't use "No-Pest Strips" and other products containing Dichlorvos on flowering plants because of its chance of leaving residual amounts of the active ingredient on your plants. Dichlorvos (The active chemical in No-Pest Strips) is considered a carcinogen and if used with your plants, it should only be used in the vegetation cycle and plants rinsed with water before flowering so you dont have a chance of leaving chemical residue on your harvest if possible. The active chemical (Dichlorvos) can be rinsed off and breaks-down in water but is also a dangerous insecticide and should NOT be used in living areas where people have a chance to inhale the chemical. (People growing in their homes with children, pets etc.)
There needs to be a sticky thread about this because I seem to see plenty of people on the internet using these things improperly.
Info about Dichlorvos:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts88.html
http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/Pesticide/fs20.dichlorvos.cfm
http://safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/pesticides/misc/dichlorvos.htm
*****This is NOT a thread to discuss the effects of Dichlorvos. It is simply a thread to give caution to those using NPS.
Im not telling you NOT to use them... I have used them myself and still do. They are a very fast, easy, and efficient solution to get rid of spidermites. I am asking you to be cautious because it is a dangerous chemical like most chemical pesticides. The only reason I am posting this is because I have been reading how people are using these things lately. (using them in closet grows where people sleep etc.) I actually noticed this a couple years ago, but even more now.
When used, they shouldn't be used in rooms where people and animals will be, and make sure too use no and/or low ventilation for no more than 7 days... Then plants rinsed off with water to break down the active chemical if there is any possiblity of leaving a residue. The NPS makes your grow room a little gaschamber for the mites and will kill them dead.
There needs to be a sticky thread about this because I seem to see plenty of people on the internet using these things improperly.
Info about Dichlorvos:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts88.html
http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/Pesticide/fs20.dichlorvos.cfm
http://safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/pesticides/misc/dichlorvos.htm
*****This is NOT a thread to discuss the effects of Dichlorvos. It is simply a thread to give caution to those using NPS.
Im not telling you NOT to use them... I have used them myself and still do. They are a very fast, easy, and efficient solution to get rid of spidermites. I am asking you to be cautious because it is a dangerous chemical like most chemical pesticides. The only reason I am posting this is because I have been reading how people are using these things lately. (using them in closet grows where people sleep etc.) I actually noticed this a couple years ago, but even more now.
When used, they shouldn't be used in rooms where people and animals will be, and make sure too use no and/or low ventilation for no more than 7 days... Then plants rinsed off with water to break down the active chemical if there is any possiblity of leaving a residue. The NPS makes your grow room a little gaschamber for the mites and will kill them dead.