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Old May 14, 2017   #19
oakley
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I have both. The Safe is an older bottle, the Dyna-Grow is new this past Fall. They both
suffocate on contact. In a very short time, a few hours, i can see shriveled dehydrated
aphids. Much prefer the Dyna Neem. I like the control of mixing my own with pure
castle soap.
The Safe brand does not list the other ingredients, almost 30%. Could probably find out
but i've switched to Dyna. I keep the Safe brand in the garden shed and might use it up
on the fruit trees if needed.

In combination with YellowStickyTraps, food grade DE, you get the trio to wipe them out
or seriously decrease the numbers. The trio seems to attack all life stages.

Sticky traps let you know how well you are doing by a visual maintenance. Takes care of
some of the adult population but not all. DE seems to only be effective on the soft
bodied nymph stage. Neem does its thing on all other stages, and the most obvious as
you can literally watch it work. -DE is super for slugs.

My numbers are way down. Caught 2 on my fresh sticky trap in an entire week and
inspected all my peppers and found one cluster of nymphs that i sprayed.

If unopened i would return it but use it if you have it. It will give you a head start. Like i
mentioned, it will work but not as effective as pure Neem.

Last edited by oakley; May 14, 2017 at 11:01 AM.
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