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Pyrethrum Pyrethrum

Latin: Tanacetum coccingeum
Family: Compositae

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 Temperate, Cool
Full sun
18"
6"
Insect repellent
Perennial
Alkaline, well-drained
Seed
Spring
6"
Summer to Autumn
White, pink, rose


COMMENTS:
This elegant herb has finely divided, pungent, gray-green leaves, and daisy flowers in white pink and rose.

Uses: Dried flower centers contain a non-toxic, non-accumulative insecticide, pyrethrum. It is sprinked indoors and outdoors to ward off flies, ants, cockroaches, and bedbugs, and used carefully on animals to kill fleas and lice. The powder needs to be dissolved in alcohol before it can be diluted with water for garden use. To avoid harming useful insects, it should be sprayed at dusk as it decomposes overnight. The active ingredients only become toxic if they are extracted and concentrated. Skin contact can cause dermatitis. Makes a beautiful border plant and cut flower.

Insecticide: 1 Tablespoon of freshly ground dried flowers with 2qt. hot water. Add a little soap and let stand. Strain and put in sprayer container. For more bug spray recipes please view this page Natural Bug Sprays








Commercial Products available from other Merchants


Painted Robinsons Mix Daisy - $ 1.89
The Daisy Painted Robinsons Blend, 'Chrysanthemum coccineum', has bright beautiful 3 inch daisy-like flowers on long stems which makes the Painted Daisy a great cut flower. It's hard to believe that flowers this bright and dramatic come from a perennial plant. Another common name for the Painted Daisy is Pyrethrum. Plant in the spring, 2 weeks before the average last frost date or in the summer up to 2 months before the first fall frost. The Painted Daisy is excellent as a cut flower.
X-clude Encapsulated Pyrethrum Aerosol Spray - 16 oz: G X-clude Encapsulated Pyrethrum Aerosol Spray - 16 oz: G

X-Clude is an aerosol spray version of the PT-1100 Pyrethrum fogger that provides a slow release of pyrethrins for long lasting protection. Can be used up to the day of harvest on all edible plants.
PT-1100 Pyrethrum Fogger - 2 oz (same coverage as 16 oz): G PT-1100 Pyrethrum Fogger - 2 oz (same coverage as 16 oz): G

Pyrethrum total release fogger for use in large grow rooms and greenhouses. Controls Angoumois Grain Moths, Ants, Aphids, Beetles (Colorado Potato Beetle, Confused Flour Beetles, Cucumber Beetle, Dried Fruit Beetles, Flea Beetle, Japanese Beetles, Red Flour Beetles, Watermelon Beetles), Cabbage Worms, Cadelles, Centipedes, Cockroaches, Crickets, Fleas, Flies, Fungus Gnats, Hornworms, House Flies, Indian Meal Moths, Leafhoppers, Mealybugs, Mediterranean Flour Moths, Mites, Moths, Rose Aphids, Rose Chafers, Rose Slugs, Scale, Silverfish, Spider Mites, Spiders, Trogaderma, Weevils (Granary Weevils, Mealworms, Rice Weevils), Thrips and Whiteflies. Labeled for use on 33 different vegetable crops and 94 ornamental and flowering plants. One can covers up to 3000 square feet, or up to 24000 cubic feet. Can be used up to the day of harvest on all edible plants.NOTE: PT-1100 is now packaged in a 2 oz fogger instead of the old 16 oz size, but it still treats the same area due to a huge increase in the concentration of the pyrethrum.
Pro Control Pyrethrum Fogger: G Pro Control Pyrethrum Fogger: G

Pyrethrum total release fogger for use in grow rooms and greenhouses. Controls Angoumois Grain Moths, Ants, Aphids, Beetles (Colorado Potato Beetle, Confused Flour Beetles, Cucumber Beetle, Dried Fruit Beetles, Flea Beetle, Japanese Beetles, Red Flour Beetles, Watermelon Beetles), Cabbage Worms, Cadelles, Centipedes, Cockroaches, Crickets, Fleas, Flies, Fungus Gnats, Hornworms, House Flies, Indian Meal Moths, Leafhoppers, Mealybugs, Mediterranean Flour Moths, Mites, Moths, Rose Aphids, Rose Chafers, Rose Slugs, Scale, Silverfish, Spider Mites, Spiders, Trogaderma, Weevils (Granary Weevils, Mealworms, Rice Weevils), Thrips and Whiteflies. Labeled for use on 33 different vegetable crops and 94 ornamental and flowering plants. One can covers up to 625 square feet, or up to 5000 cubic feet. Can be used up to the day of harvest on all edible plants.
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