Rotenone/Pyrethrin Spray Application Rates

Site Pests Volume of Product/Gallon of Water Comments
Fruits and berries such as apple, pear, plum, cherry, grape, currant, gooseberry, rasberry, blackberry, strawberry, and blueberry Aphids, Leafhoppers, Exposed Thrips 1 Teaspoon Do not apply within one day of collection. Repeat every 5 - 10 days or as needed.
Imported Currant Worms, Gooseberry Fruit Worms, Rasberry Fruit Worms, Blueberry Maggots, Cherry Fruit Flies, Strawberry Root Worms (adult), Red-necked Borers, Japanese Beetles, and Mites 2 Teaspoons
Strawberry Leafrollers and Rose Chafers 4 Teaspoons
Vegetables such as peas, bean, beet, cucumber, squash, muskmelon, potato, tomato, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, celery, asparagus, pepper, eggplant, onion, carrot, and corn. Aphids, Leafhoppers, Exposed Thrips 1 Teaspoon Do not apply within one day of harvest. Repeat every 5 - 10 days or as needed.
Cabbage Worms, Bean Beetles, Beet Webworms, Sod Webworms, Asparagus Beetles, Japanese Beetles, Lygus Bugs, Whiteflies, Garden Fleahoppers, Harlequin Bugs, Oblique-banded Leaf Rollers,Stink Bugs, Celery Leaftiers, Melon Worms, Tortoise Beetles, Garden Webworms, Alfalfa Webworms and Mites 2 Teaspoons
Colorado Potato Beetles, Cucumber Beetles, Flea Beetles, Vegetable Weevils, Squash Bugs (nymphs), Squash Vine Borers, Eurpoean Corn Borers - 3 to 4 applications or more as eggs start to hatch and repeated at 5 to 7 day intervals. 4 Teaspoons
Ornamentals such as Poplar, Linden, Dogwood, Willow, Birch, Boxelder, Maple, Oak, Elm, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Yew, Spirea, Lilac, Zinnia, Aster, Petunia, Geranium, Dahlia, Gladiolus, Phlox, Sweet Pea, Marigold, Carnation, Chrysanthemum and Rose. Aphids, Leafhoppers, Exposed Thrips 1 Teaspoon Same as for vegetables above.
Oblique-banded Leaf Rollers, Sawfly larvae, Boxelder Bugs, Japanese Beetles, Elm Leaf Beetles larvae, Mites, Lygus Bugs, Lace Bugs, Greenhouse Whiteflies, Stink Bugs, Garden Fleahoppers and Greenhouse Leaftiers 2 Teaspoons
Cucumber Beetles, Rose Chafers, Ants, Aster Beetles, and Flea Beetles 4 Teaspoons