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Angel Rojas
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On Saturday June 9th at the PA Hamburg show, my brother traded his 09 pair of super dwarf het albino for Paul's 2004 female het albino tiger retic. My brother get the snake home, and notices the snake is drinking copious amounts of water, Paul was notified of this. My brother comes home from work Monday June 11th and goes to check on his snakes, and finds the tiger dead in her cage.....A 16 foot, 90lb. snake is dead in 2 days flat. Paul was notified and tried to blame my brother for the death of the snake. Paul has NOT done ANYTHING to make right on this......When this snake was picked up, it was in a small tote with a big "Hot Shot" pest strip, and the snake was laying directly on it. Here's what has been said about these pest strips:
Caution when using"Hot Shot No-Pest Strips."
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/Fact...dichlorvos.cfm
http://safe2use.com/poisons-pesticid...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.
Caution when using"Hot Shot No-Pest Strips."
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/Fact...dichlorvos.cfm
http://safe2use.com/poisons-pesticid...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.
