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Is neem realistic for large scale farms? We use it in our personal garden, but you need to continually re-apply every 4-5 days with really good coverage for a
by chrisan 4y ago
Is neem realistic for large scale farms?
We use it in our personal garden, but you need to continually re-apply every 4-5 days with really good coverage for a period of time for it to be effective. It has been hit or miss for us. If neem doesn't work then its oh well, plant something else, but we aren't selling a crop.
- photochemsyn 4y agoIt seems to have worked without many problems in France, they had a ban in 2018: https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/France-bans-uses-neonicotinoid-pesticides/96/i36 https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/France-bans-uses-... but there has been a recent exception made for the sugar beet crop: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-sees-no-easy-fix-sugar-beet-disease-without-neonicotinoids-2021-06-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-sees-no-easy-fix...
- ars 4y agoBut did the ban have the hoped for results? When I checked this last, it doesn't seem to have made any difference to insects. Is there new data?
- 0des 4y agoneem in my experience is most effective when applied to both sides of the leaf as well, since most critters like clinging under the leaf.