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Registered: ‎04-03-2016

We have discovered leaf miners in our box wood bushes.  Don't remember seeing this in prior years.  I don't want to lose my landscaping.  Any products to suggest?  ( I don't think buying wasps is in my choice of treatments.)

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Me, I let it happen and try to keep the box bushes healthy.

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Systemic insecticides are typically the best chemical option. They get absorbed into the plant and kill anything feeding on the plant. You don't want to use a systemic on any food plant, but for a purely ornamental plant, they're hard to beat. Anything that takes a bite out of the plant gets a bite of poison. (Which is why you don't want to use them on food plants.)

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