What is the active ingredient in Confidor?
Imidacloprid
Imidacloprid, the active ingredient of CONFIDOR 200 SL and 350 SC insecticides, acts by blocking the activity of nerves in the peripheral and central nervous systems.
How do you use Confidor insecticide?
Use this rate for plants up to 1 m high. For each additional metre of plant height, add 2 mL extra of Confidor to the 2 L of water. Prior to application remove mulch and dead vegetation, and moisten the soil surface. Apply the Confidor mixture, and then water it in well immediately after application.
Is Confidor an Imidacloprid?
Imidacloprid belongs to chemical class of neonicotinoid insecticides. It exhibits excellent systemic properties and a significant residual activity.
Can you still buy Confidor?
Bayer will continue to sell both Confidor Guard Soil Insecticide and Confidor 200 SC until 31 December 2021, after which time these products will no longer be available.
What is an alternative to Confidor?
Hello, they’ve been replaced by Bayer Initiator Systemic Plant Insecticide & Fertiliser.
Can I use Confidor on vegetables?
Confidor will control green peach aphid, silver leaf whitefly, woolly aphid, grey cabbage aphid and turnip aphid on an extensive range of vegetables, plus various other insect pests in ornamentals.
How often can you spray Confidor?
Confined environments such as glasshouses: Annuals – Do not apply more than one spray of Confidor (or other group 4A insecticides) to any one crop. Perennials – Rotate with registered insecticides from other groups. Use a maximum of three Confidor (or other group 4A insecticides) sprays in any 12 month period.
Is Confidor spray systemic?
Confidor Guard is a systemic insecticide and works very differently from older insecticides such as the organophosphates (OPs). Confidor Guard is taken up by the roots of plants and travel within the sap flow.
What replaced Confidor?
Why is Confidor banned?
Public pressure is growing in Australia to ban the sale of pesticides called neonicotinoids because of their harmful effects on bees. The retail chain Bunnings will stop selling the Confidor pesticide brand for homes and gardens by the end of 2018.
Can you buy Confidor in Australia?
Confidor® Ready To Use 750mL Insecticide For Home Gardens Is Now Available To Purchase Online From The NILE Store in Australia.