Monterey LG6150 Garden Insect Spray, Insecticide & Pesticide with Spinosad Concentrate, 16 oz

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Works miracles. You can actually see it kill the bugs on your plants in seconds and is really easy to mix. I had a large thrips infestation and was worried I’d lose lots of my houseplants but as soon as I sprayed this on my plants it started working and bugs that were moving around before were completely dead in seconds. Works almost instantly. Great value for money. And helps protect your plants from pests. Just be careful with friendly insects and bees as it will also kill them so I’d recommend moving your outdoor plants into a shed or greenhouse to protect the nice bugs and pollinators. 10/10

so i'm no gardener, in fact i didn't buy this product for gardening or veggies. i keep some pet chickens which have been overrun with mites, and i have spent months and an excessive amount of money buying all purpose made products for the problem. biggest issue being that half the products available are just repellents and do naff all. a month later and we were still overrun with chicken mites. I then started reading about this product in america containing spinosad. sadly being in the uk getting the american product here was a no go, so i thought i would try the next closest thing in the uk and honestly i went on a complete whim here. 1 week later and the mite infestation is minimal. It could be the combination of the treatments i have accumulated nut either way it freaking worked! if this worked on my problem i have no doubt that this will sort any pest problem you have. just be watchful of bees though. seems completely safe for birds from what i've seen.

Use twice as per instructions, worked wonders on all my fruit trees. Will purchase again

Got rid of my thrips within a week

Does what it did very good

Perfect.

Had an issue with thrips for months, used once and I've not seen a single 1 since.

The product works very well, but you must follow the directions to spray several times... at the RIGHT time.

I can’t say enough good things about the Monterey LG6150 Garden Insect Spray! This stuff is a total lifesaver for my organic garden. I’ve been battling caterpillars and thrips on my veggies and flowers for weeks, and after just one application of this Spinosad concentrate, I saw results within days. It’s fast, it’s natural, and it’s now a permanent part of my gardening toolkit. If you’re looking for a pesticide that works without harsh chemicals, this is it! Mixing it up was super simple—just a couple of tablespoons per gallon of water in my sprayer, and I was good to go. The 16 oz bottle goes a long way, too—I’ve treated my entire garden (veggies, ornamentals, and even my fruit trees) and still have plenty left. I love that it’s OMRI-listed for organic gardening and safe around my pets and family. It took care of those pesky leaf-munching caterpillars and even knocked out some fire ants I didn’t expect it to handle. The fact that it’s odorless is a huge bonus—no stinky chemical smells lingering around! The results speak for themselves: healthier plants, no more chewed-up leaves, and a thriving garden. It’s versatile, easy to apply with my backpack sprayer, and gives me peace of mind knowing I’m not harming the good bugs or the environment. This is hands-down one of the best pest control products I’ve ever used! Pros: • Highly effective against a wide range of pests (caterpillars, thrips, fire ants, and more) • Organic and safe for people, pets, and beneficial insects • Easy to mix and apply with any sprayer • Odorless—no harsh chemical fumes • Great value—16 oz covers a lot of ground Cons: • Takes 1-2 days to fully kill pests (they get paralyzed first, so be patient) • Requires careful measuring and mixing, which might be a hassle for some In short, the Monterey LG6150 Garden Insect Spray is a five-star winner for anyone serious about organic gardening. It’s effective, eco-friendly, and easy to use—everything I could ask for in a pesticide. Highly recommend!

I purchased this product to continue my transition to a more nearly organic approach to pest control in my garden (I still resort to Malathion for certain pests). Now, after two thirds or so of the season is behind me, I want to put in my report. I used the Monterey Spinosad product on vegetables (squash, eggplant, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and okra), fruits (primocane raspberries before flowering, apples, plums--both Japanese and European Gage varieties, quince, peach, black currants, red currants, and gooseberries), and one ornamental--hollyhocks. I used a 2 gallon RoundUp pump sprayer set to deliver almost a mist and followed the directions carefully about making sure the product remained well mixed and never saw a single sign of burning on any of the plants, including those with new growth, which was effectively all of them, including the various fruits (I mention this here because it was a complaint of one user). When applying it to flowering plants, I tried to spray well after sunset, but even so at times I did notice a few pollinating insects were still active (the product is said to be safe for bees once it has been dry for thirty minutes). That said, the number and kinds of insect pollinators now out in my garden is amazing. I was watching yesterday as a honeybee tried to get into three pumpkin blossoms in succession, before finding one with some room (the first two had three and four bumblebees respectively, the third only one). I should note that until late June I had not seen a single honeybee anywhere in my garden, but now there are many of them out and about. They really seem to love the Cleomes or Spider flowers. Some bad news: Spinosad is not effective against all insect pests. Shocking, right? Anyway, having seen a few posts on GardenWeb and elsewhere by people claiming it works to prevent squash borers, I used the product on my summer squash plants, beginning on July 11th (after removing the spun row cover) to try to control squash vine borers. Unfortunately, my 7 to 10 day application intervals were either too long to prevent squash vine borers from successfully getting into my yellow and zucchini squash plants, or the product does not work against them. I view the latter explanation as the more likely reality as vine borers are not listed on the label. It also does not control cucumber beetles or Japanese beetles (nor does it specifically claim to control either pest). I didn't spray for specifically for them, but when I applied the spray they were both present on various plants and were not inconvenienced by its use that I could tell. On the other hand, the product label does say "leaf-feeding beetles" are controlled by it under its guidelines for use on ornamental plants. Next, the control of cabbage worms and flea beetles was excellent (Note: flea beetles are not specifically listed on the label). I did use spun row covers on my cole crops till the end of June, but the Imported Cabbage butterflies have remained active in and around my garden (one landed and began laying eggs even as I was removing the spun row covers!), and yet since shifting to the spinosad product I haven't seen a single caterpillar or "worm" on any of my cole plants. The eggplant in my garden can and have in the past quickly become stunted by flea beetles. The spinosad product knocked them out and seems to protect the plants for at least a week, though after that they can quickly move back in. I accidentally performed a very good control test on this particular pest when I failed on the second application to spray three eggplant I'd planted in a somewhat obscure location. Those three plants, left untreated for 19 days, were riddled with flea beetle holes by the time I did spray them and have not really recovered. The product also seems to have completely prevented weevils from damaging my hollyhocks, which have always had a problem with these insects. Of course, I haven't seen a weevil on them yet this summer, so maybe the weevils just took a year off. Unlikely but possible, as the hollyhocks are now in a different location than they were. The product label again does not specifically list weevils. I used Spinosad on almost all the fruiting trees and the currants, gooseberries, and primocane raspberries to control both tip-boring larvae (on the peach and primocane raspberries after I noticed a problem) and as a preventative measure on the raspberries to suppress fruit flies. I stopped that last attempt as soon as flowering commenced. Regarding fruit flies, I haven't seen any yet, though I expect the nasty spotted winged drosophilas to show up now that the fruit is starting to ripen. They were a big problem in August and September last summer. Overall, I think the Monterey Spinosad spray is great when used correctly for the insects listed on the label.

If you buy the gallon size it’s much cheaper per oz.

First time gardener. Like many with the lockdown I am attempting to grow food/vegetables for the first time. All was going well until the pests came along and started devouring all my beautiful new plants. Everyone I knew was having the same frutrating heartbreaking problem. I tried all the "natural" advice on youtube, lol none of it worked and some of it (dish soapy water & vinegar) killed a few plants. Also keep in mind. Dish Soap is a chemical ;) So I ordered this and a small pump pressure Sprayer as a last attempt. And with a hope & a prayer sprayed away. And it worked! No more bugs! Except those annoying yet harmless seemingly indestructible fungus knats! and my remaining plants are fine. I now use this about once a week just around the outside of and underneath my grow bags (where bugs like to hide) and to make a perimeter around the grow bag area. I only use it on my actual plant leaves if I find a catapiller or if I find the tiny holes on the leaves (flea beetles) starting again. It does say on the bottle that it can be used in organic gardening. So I guess it safer..? But Bottom line and Reality check. My first lesson in growing food. You cannot successfully grow food outside without some kind of pesticide. Its just nature. Plants are natural-nature and so are Bugs natural-nature. After doing some research yes, even "organic" farmers DO use chemical pesticides & fertilizers. They are just less harmful approved ones. The fantasy of zero chemical food growing is just that, a fantasy. That being said. This does work and with this and a homemade sun screen "greenhouse" my plants are happy & growing again.