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Topazin 10 EC etc

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Sheila Blueskies

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Topazin 10 EC etc
« on: July 25, 2012, 10:00:17 AM »
Hi, I've searched for several hours on the internet for a database with English instructions for my Greek?Cypriot pesticide/ plantfood products. Dimeran 40 , I found on the Cypriot government website, but others seem very evasive, all I can get is the very basics. I'm looking for PDF translations of LYPHASE, Topazin 10EC etc.
Can anyone help please?
P.S. I know I can ask at the garden centres, but it's not exactly handy for where I live.
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John J

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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2012, 01:29:41 PM »
Sheila,
Lyphase is a glyphosate based systemic weed-killer. Application depends on where you want to use it and on what.
Topazin 10EC I don't know.
If you want to e-mail me we can discuss the problem and I can put you in touch with an outlet in Limassol that belongs to MGS member Dimitri Shukurouglou. The manager and staff are very helpful and knowledgeable.
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David Bracey

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« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2012, 02:20:33 PM »
Dimeran 40 is an insecticide based on dimethoate.

I cannot find Topin.  It could be Topsin or Topaz.  These are trade names.  Both are fungicides.

If you google these names you will find a PDF list from Malta and Greek Depts of Health/Agriculture

http://www.viorylagro.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=53&lang=en
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Alisdair

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Re: Topazin 10 EC etc
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2012, 06:38:53 PM »
Dimethoate 40% has been judged safe as an insecticide by the EC.

Like David, I can't trace any insecticide called Topazin. Topazin is registered as a trade mark in the UK for a soothing lotion for horses!

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David Bracey

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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2012, 08:36:52 AM »
Sheila, please look on the Topazin label and see if you can find the common name.

As I say it is probably a fungicide.  It could be based on carbendazim.

I would not rec dimethoate for garden use.  There are much better and safer products in spite of Alisdair`s comments ie pyrethrum or synthetic pyrethroids.
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Alisdair

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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2012, 08:56:32 AM »
As always, best to make up your own mind about dimethoate as a pesticide. There certainly is a risk to bees.
The most recent comprehensive review of safety/use is by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which you can read by clicking here.
And Sheila, for the English-language instructions label for dimethoate 40, click here.
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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