What is Confidor good for?
RTU Bottle Confidor Ready to Use pest prevention, in a handy 750 mL spray bottle. For use as a systemic pest preventer which targets sucking insects, and for the systemtic control of insect pests on flowers, shrubs, trees, fruit trees and vegetables in the home garden.
Is Confidor an insecticide?
Imidacloprid belongs to chemical class of neonicotinoid insecticides. It exhibits excellent systemic properties and a significant residual activity.
Can you still buy Confidor in Australia?
Confidor® Ready To Use 750mL Insecticide For Home Gardens Is Now Available To Purchase Online From The NILE Store in Australia. Confidor® Ready To Use 750mL Insecticide For Home Gardens Is Now Available To Purchase Online From The NILE Store in Australia.
Is Confidor harmful to humans?
The level of residues are not expected to cause adverse effects to human health. CONFIDOR 200SL and CONFIDOR 350SC present minimal safety risk to workers when handled according to instructions on the label and the MSDS.
How do I apply for Confidor?
Mix Confidor with sufficient water to allow a constant volume of at least 50 mL of drench mixture per plant. Apply the selected volume of drench mixture in the planting hole at planting or within 2 days after planting.
How do you use Confidor insecticide?
Apply the Confidor mixture, and then water it in well immediately after application. Roses Aphids 3.5 mL/2 L water/plant Use as a soil drench by pouring mixture evenly around drip zone. Use this rate for plants up to 1 m high. For each additional metre of plant height, add 2 mL extra of Confidor to the 2 L of water.
Do Bunnings sell Confidor?
The retail chain Bunnings will stop selling the Confidor pesticide brand for homes and gardens by the end of 2018.
How often should I spray Confidor?
Apply 3 sprays, 2 weeks apart. For best results spray in the morning when there is little or no wind and little direct heat from the sun. As a guide, 2 litres of spray mixture should be sufficient to thoroughly spray a fruit tree up to 3m high or to spray 10 large tomato plants.
How long is Confidor effective?
Longer and more reliable control has been found when Confidor Guard is used at the label rate of 9 mL/tree. This will provide control up to 120 days in trees up to two metres in height.
What can I use instead of Confidor?
THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE CONFIDOR TABLETS BELOW OR PLEASE CONSIDER RICHGRO BUG KILLER GRANULAR WHICH HAS THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT.
Has Confidor been discontinued?
Can you still buy Confidor?
Bayer will continue to sell both Confidor Guard Soil Insecticide and Confidor 200 SC until 31 December 2021, after which time these products will no longer be available.
Why is Confidor bad?
Bee expert Dr Katja Hogendoorn, from the University’s School of Agriculture welcomed the companies’ ban on Confidor. “Neonicotinoids are extremely toxic to bees and very persistent in plants. They end up in pollen and nectar, which are collected by bees, as this is their only food,” Dr Hogendoorn said.
What can replace Confidor?
DISCONTINUED. THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE CONFIDOR TABLETS BELOW OR PLEASE CONSIDER RICHGRO BUG KILLER GRANULAR WHICH HAS THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT.
How long does Confidor last?