Has anyone tried topical ivermectin on plants? In Florida we battle many bugs and fungi. Really wondering if this might be a miracle alternative to chemicals.
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Since it was discovered in soil in Japan, I'd say it couldn't hurt to try... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043740/
I know it comes in liquid form. Would be interesting to try in different dilutions. Put in a spray bottle and give it a try.
I can say that I had a skin issue that started early teenage years and had it for probably 20+ year. Wasn't bad but more unsightly and just a pain in the ass. It would migrate to different places. Sort of started as acne and then i started noticing spots on my knees and elbows. Small pimple type things then would become large scar areas that took forever to go away. Then went to my arms, then to my scalp. When the ivermectin thing began, I thought what the hell, why not give it a try. So I got a tube of the paste at a local feed store. Just dabbed it on the spots and it worked when literally nothing else would. Doctors tried to give me multiple topical meds.. All of which did nothing. Could never give it a legit diagnosis. I never told the doc about my trying the ivermectin. But after 20 or so years of this crap, it's all gone. Needless to say, I purchased 12 tubes of this online just to have on hand. My local store sold it for over double what I got it for online. I may order some of the liquid form as well. Never know when they may try to take it completely away again. It's inexpensive enough now, so get it while you can.
Not to hijack your topic, but just throwing out other things it works on and who knows what else it will help with and/or fix completely. On plants is a great idea! Makes me wonder if it could be put in with tiki type torches and used as a bug repellent. Although not sure if the heat/burning would do anything to the chemical aspect of it. That I would have to research a bit further.. I'd love to hear other peoples ideas on what we may be able to use it for.
How about the fact that a bunch of little warts went away after doing oral iver regimen? ( take 5 days with zinc (zinc always with food) and repeat monthly, three cycles.
I had a small wart on the palm of my hand that was there for about twenty years. Rubbed a little glob of horse paste on it a few times and it's gone. Has been gone for four years.
Might be a great science project for a young child.
In case ivermectin DOES become "unavailable", I've known several people with that exact same skin condition. Since docs couldn't help, we tried something else: about a teaspoon of pool shock (specifically calcium hypochlorite 65% or better) in a tub of warm water. Soak everywhere affected for 20 mins (don't get in eyes). Problem solved after one soak.
That kind of pool shock converts to hypochlorous acid - same thing your immune system produces - so totally biocompatible. It would taste disgusting and I would not recommend, but you could literally drink that water in the tub and it wouldn't hurt you.
Good question
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IIRC, also helps with arthritis
I've heard that electroculture helps for pests, but I haven't seen any hard studies on it. I'm currently doing a little test on some plants at home, but it's too early to see any results.
Interesting topic! I’m currently fighting the little white flying bugs (think may be called mealy bugs(?)) on all my vegetables plants. We also have a spot in our front yard that plants never live long because they get some type of fungus and die. I’d like to know if it helps to keep bugs off plants and help with fungi also, and hope it wouldn’t kill the plants in the process.
Right now on my veg plants I’m trying water, dish soap & a little neem oil. It seemed to help some but will have to do another spray of it, I just wanted to wait a few days in between to make sure I don’t kill my veg plant.
We have a very small vegetable garden. I started this last year and lost very little produce to bugs. Garden pest treatment: 10 oz water, 1 T canola oil, drops of dish soap. Spray on plants (and their fruit) to keep bugs away. I spray periodically or after a good rain. I also use on my potted plants. Bugs can go live somewhere else. About a third of our property is wooded, so there are other plants for bugs to eat.
Have you tried Diatomaceous Earth? Non toxic, cheap, and effective. Some people mix it with water and drink it, for parasites.