OCP Ready To Use Eco-Oil is a certified organic insecticide and miticide made from plant oils, supplied mixed and ready in a 750ml spray bottle. It deals with sap-sucking pests on edibles and ornamentals alike, and it carries no withholding period, so a crop can be sprayed and picked the same day.
What it does
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Sap suckers and mites in one. A single bottle covers aphids, mites, scale, whitefly, mealybugs and citrus leafminer, which accounts for most of what troubles a home garden.
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Plant oils, not petroleum. The formulation is 100% botanical plant oils with no petroleum derivatives, and it is approved for use in certified organic gardens.
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Works with the predators. It is safe for bees, lady beetles and other helpful insects, and it attracts beneficial predators into the garden while it does its job.
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Nothing to mix. Ready to use straight from the bottle means no measuring, no jug and no half-made spray sitting in the shed.
How to use it
Spray directly onto affected foliage when pests are present, and cover thoroughly: leaf undersides, stems and soft growing tips are where scale, mites and aphids sit, and an oil only acts on what it wets. The label directions must be followed, and the plants and situations it is registered for are set out there. Reapply as required for ongoing control, since a spray treats what is present rather than what hatches next week.
What it suits
Vegetables and herbs. Same-day harvest is the practical advantage, so a bed you pick from continuously never has to be taken out of service after treatment.
Citrus and fruit trees. Scale and citrus leafminer are the two problems that usually drive a gardener to spray a citrus, and both are covered here.
Roses, ornamentals and indoor plants. Potted plants and garden shrubs take it equally well. It is delivered Australia wide,.
It is not a systemic product. Working on contact, it does nothing for pests sheltering inside stems or below the soil, and ongoing control means reapplying as pests reappear rather than relying on one thorough spray.
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