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Neem oil & wait time

18 years ago

Hello Everyone,

On the advice of several posters here, I sprayed my key lime tree with Neem oil, soap, and water about 10 days ago to fight scale. I made the mistake of spraying in the late evening just before dark thinking it felt fairly cool outside. Spraying first and checking the temperature later is NOT a good idea! ;-) With our temperatures being around 100 during the day, 93 degrees felt cool to me. So I wheeled the lime tree indoors (smell and all) for the night so it could be kept cool. I've been very happy with the results. There's been no sign of scale and the leaves look good.

Being a little wiser, I checked the temperature this morning before spraying it again. My question is

How long should I wait before allowing it to go back out in the sun?

I've read many posts on Neem oil on different forums and the times given vary from hours to days.

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