Abamectin is a widely used insecticide, used to control insects which attack fruit and vegetables.
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1. Profenofos is used in pests prevention for cotton, vegetables, fruit tree and other crops, but it is not available for alfalfa and sorghum. And it is better to not use this product in garden. 2. Mixed with abamectin, profenofos can be used in asparagus caterpillar and prodenia litura preventions. 3. Mixed with phoxim, cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin and deltamethrin, profenofos can be used in cabbage caterpillar, plutella xylostella and asparagus caterpillar preventions, as well as the preventions for wheat aphids and cabbage aphids.
There are certain methods to control thrips. The most common use is chemical control which depend on the grown crop. The used compounds to manage thrips are:1. untraditional compounds. abamectin, thiamethoxam, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, azadirachtin, pottasium soap (liquid ), Acetamiprid, Novaluron (IGR), Pymetrozine (anti feedent)Beauveria bassiana (fungi)2. traditional compounds.Chloropyrifos, oxamyl (systemic nematicides), lambada cyhalothrin, deltamethrin, cypermethrin (see related link), malathion (if register in your country) .3. reducing moisture as you can.4. yellow sticky traps is the besttrap kind, follow with blue one.
Yes, garden vegetables can be eaten after applying ant insecticide even though there may be a wait between application of the ant killer and harvest of the edibles. The wait is shorter for such homemade organic remedies as boiling water or sprays diluting black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili powder, cinnamon, garlic, hot peppers, lemon juice, mint, pennyroyal, rhubarb, soap, sweet fern or tansy. Baits with the active ingredients of abamectin and of methoprene need waits of four weeks while those with pyriproxfen require six to eight weeks.