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Metcalfa: "Missing" è il nuovo singolo

Master Gardener encourages amateur to fight chemical wars. What brilliant advice! Bravissimo! The following is my translation of a quote from a blog of one of Italy's most famous gardeners, who calls himself "the Master Gardener". His own words are at the bottom of the page* "You're dealing with Metcalfa [pruinosa, commonly known as citrus flatid planthopper] a fastidious parasite, especially in its adult phase, when it is sticky. It is killed with CONFIDOR, diluted 1 centilitre to a litre. This treatment should be repeated every 10 or 15 days even if the active ingredient in the product lasts 60 days. Metcalfa is tenacious, and this is the only way to eliminate it. Best wishes, and Go Start the War!" The Master Gardener .......................................................................... War? Remember Henk Gerritsen's words about when gardening becomes a war against nature we should know that we're doing something wrong? Why would the "Master Gardener" of Italy suggest starting a chemical war with an insect which often does only slight damage to plants? 1) He sells the chemicals to kill the bugs, and 2) He sells ornamental plants and flowers which the bug is often attracted to, and in his greenhouses and gardencentre, if people see these insects on plants they might mistake them for something more harmful. *Si tratta della Metcalfa, un parassita fastidioso soprattutto da adulto per l'appiccosocità, e lo si abbatte con il prodotto CONFIDOR nella dose di 1 cc al litro. Il trattamento va ripetuto a distanza di 10/*15 giorni nonostante il principio attivo del prodotto indicato copra per 60 giorni. Infatti la metcalfa è tenace e la si abbatte solo così. Saluti e.... si dia inizio alla guerra!!