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Gonna do the imidacloprid drench - what are my palm's heights??

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I'm doing the imidacloprid drench for my sabal minors and sabal brazoria because I've had problems with the ox beetle in the past and I just know I'm gonna get a bumper crop this year.  But how on earth do I measure their heights?  Do I measure the trunks or from the ground to the highest frond?  The minors have no trunk, the brazoria has a 6 inch trunk.  But if I measure from the ground to the top of the highest frond, then the brazoria is at least 6 feet and the sabal minors are about 2.5 feet.   I'm confused. 

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8 hours ago, PricklyPearSATC said:

I'm doing the imidacloprid drench for my sabal minors and sabal brazoria because I've had problems with the ox beetle in the past and I just know I'm gonna get a bumper crop this year.  But how on earth do I measure their heights?  Do I measure the trunks or from the ground to the highest frond?  The minors have no trunk, the brazoria has a 6 inch trunk.  But if I measure from the ground to the top of the highest frond, then the brazoria is at least 6 feet and the sabal minors are about 2.5 feet.   I'm confused. 

Thank you! 

I'm tagging along as I recently discovered this issue being a possibility in my area and most of mine are 3-5 yr seedlings\plants.  I have even less of an idea on how much to provide them..

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44 minutes ago, tlow said:

I'm tagging along as I recently discovered this issue being a possibility in my area and most of mine are 3-5 yr seedlings\plants.  I have even less of an idea on how much to provide them..

The measurement thing always gets me.  Instructions are clear for trees, but shrubs are weird. 

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Just stumbled on this video.  It's in Spanish and it appears to be promoting a biological control, but it shows habitat and damage.
 

 

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Generally I just mix this stuff in a watering can and water in a area one foot around smaller stuff.  Use the shrub rating amounts on the label and the heights you mentioned, it won't hurt anything.  I can't tell you more without seeing the concentration on the label.  My concentration is 1.47% and if I were you with this concentration I'd mix about 6-8 ounces in a 2 gallon watering can and water around base of each.  

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I am thinking a couple of teaspoons for good measure in a watering can and walk that around to all of my palms (mostly seedlings 3-5yr olds or so) with a couple of larger ones for good measure.

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