{"id":8735,"date":"2016-05-27T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2016-05-25T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T01:54:13","slug":"neo-nicotinoid-free-what-does-this-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/05\/27\/neo-nicotinoid-free-what-does-this-means\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNeo-Nicotinoid Free\u201d &#8212; What Does This Means\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8741\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pesticides-on-Store-Shelf-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8741\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8741\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8741\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pesticides-on-Store-Shelf-5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Pesticides on Store Shelf\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pesticides-on-Store-Shelf-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pesticides-on-Store-Shelf-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Pesticides-on-Store-Shelf-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pesticides on Store Shelf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year several\u00a0big box store and regional independent garden center chains announced that the plants they sell in 2016 will be \u201cneonicotinoid-free\u201d. Large regional nurseries and greenhouse operations are also jumping on-board the anti-neonic bandwagon. This means that pesticides containing the ingredient\u00a0acetamiprid and imidacloprid are members of the neonicotinoid class, and are forbidden to be\u00a0sprayed on plants sold at\u00a0these stores.<\/p>\n<p>Neonic insecticides are thought to be harmful to bees. Studies have shown that small amounts of neonics can harm bees feeding on the pollen and the nectar of treated plants and\u00a0larger doses can kill. More and more gardeners are making it a point to stop using insecticides that contain neonics and to buy only plants not\u00a0treated with these pesticides.<\/p>\n<p>Terms like \u201cbee-friendly\u201d and \u201cuse of beneficial insects\u201d carry greater value. Plant growers are learning that the term &#8220;bee-friendly&#8221; delivers a\u00a0more positive message\u00a0with buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Neonic pesticides include: imidacloprid, acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, nithiazine, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam. A\u00a0short list of popular brand names pesticides that contain the ingredient <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Imidaclopyrid include<\/span>: several Bayer Advanced\u2122 Products, Ferti-lome 2-N-1 Systemic, Hi-Yield Systemic Insect Spray, Marathon, Merit, Ortho Bug B Gon\u00ae Year-Long Tree &amp; Shrub Insect Control.<\/p>\n<p>Neonics, imidacloprid in particular, are commonly applied to plants as foliar sprays and soil drenches. Because these pesticides are systemic, they&#8217;re\u00a0taken up by the entire plant and can even spread into the surrounding soil. Depending on the type of neonic and amounts used, one application of a foliar spray can last up to 4 &#8211; 5\u00a0months in herbaceous plants and a year or more in woody plants.\u00a0Soil drenches, which are commonly used on roses and trees, can last two or more years in the plant leaves (needles), twigs, and root system. Treated seeds will carry through the pesticide inside the \u00a0developing plant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be aware:<\/strong> Imidaclopyrid is still sold by\u00a0most of these garden centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year several\u00a0big box store and regional independent garden center chains announced that the plants they sell in 2016 will be \u201cneonicotinoid-free\u201d. Large regional nurseries and greenhouse operations are also jumping on-board the anti-neonic bandwagon. This means that pesticides containing the ingredient\u00a0acetamiprid and imidacloprid are members of the neonicotinoid class, and are forbidden to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1319,9,816,853,1030,975,828,729],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8735"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8744,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735\/revisions\/8744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}