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[Dunamisdeos]

I have RASPBERRIES on my RASPBERRY BUSH and I am EXTREMELY EXCITED.

[scriver]

RASP! :O

[Dunamisdeos]

I ate a RASPBERRY that I GREW from a RASPBERRY BUSH you guys.

Also those fucking beetles are all dead I think, haven't seen a live one in weeks. These raspberries are watered in insectoid genocide. Delicious.

[dragdeler]

It's unadvised to use insecticide before consumption, preferably wait 2 weeks at least, even for "natural" products like neemoil. I mean you can rinse sure but you should be doing that anyway.

[Vector]

[butterfly meme]

"Is this living in harmony with nature?"

[Dunamisdeos]

It's unadvised to use insecticide before consumption, preferably wait 2 weeks at least, even for "natural" products like neemoil. I mean you can rinse sure but you should be doing that anyway.

Actually, I've considered this! And thank you for pointing it out!

According to the pesticide I got, it is safe to use 24 hours before picking fruit. It's been more than a week since I used it, so I made sure to wait extra. The beetles seem long gone, the neighborhood put up traps and everything.

[dragdeler]

My guess is the stuff you get at the supermarket has routinely been treated with insecticides before harvest, so it's not the end of the world either, but definitly worth considering. I'd wager if it kills insects it kills humans, insects tend to be able to subsist on much simpler (more entropic) food. I am not excluding the possibility of an insect being super specialised, or an insecticide being able to be processed with the kind of enzymes higher animals might have over insects, but I never heard of such things.

[Dunamisdeos]

This is something I ordered off the internet! It kills the FUCK out of the beetles on contact, and acts as a deterrent as well.

They were quite clear that it will also kill the FUCK out of humans as well, and has clear instructions for diluting it and making sure you don't harvest within a certain time period (which I've gone out of my way to far exceed).

[scriver]

[butterfly meme]

"Is this living in harmony with nature?"

Hey, it's not me that's not in harmony with nature, it's the beetles!

[None]

african violet is SO STRONG

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LOOK AT IT GO

[Arx]

Africa gang rise UP

[Bralbaard]

This is something I ordered off the internet! It kills the FUCK out of the beetles on contact, and acts as a deterrent as well.

They were quite clear that it will also kill the FUCK out of humans as well, and has clear instructions for diluting it and making sure you don't harvest within a certain time period (which I've gone out of my way to far exceed).

As a person who works in authorisation of pesticides and is involved in writing these labels it warms my heart to see people are reading and following the product label. This is important people.

If you have properly followed the label there is no need to "far exeed" the time periods though, the time period already has all kinds of safety margins build in, so don't let your raspberries rot on the plant after the time period has passed.

[Dunamisdeos]

Noice! I'm extra cautious because it's my first time using any kind of diluted substance like this.

Been eatin' my raspberries, ain't had any ill effects, therefore did it right.

[Loud Whispers]

Oh dear god there are snails everywhere the rains have awoken them. Shells, shells in the deep

[Arx]

Sounds like it's time for murder in the dark.