This same letter is
posted on the Vista Verde Web site with a response from Dr Matteo
Garbelotto and people can see both sides and make up their minds re the
pros and cons.
I have not
personally made any slander statement against you or your products. You
can fine out all the information laid out in Dr Russell’s letter of every
search engine world wide. So sue them too!!!!
The letter is not
an attempt to defame you but, to inform and make aware her friends and her
neighborhood to be cautious when using the product for spraying. The
information expressed in her letter was partly her own opinions and
information available on the web. She is entitle to freedom of speech
under the constitution. At that time of year there were a lot of people
out spraying a lot of trees. Your product is considered as a pesticide and
has certain cautionary statement on your label that, I am sure you are
well aware of and privy to certain fact that the public are not aware of.
Many of the
articles on my web site are for information purposes and in many cases
they inscribe my personal opinions and are covered by my right to freedom
of speech just as you have the same privilege to rant at me. Again, I
repeat I have not made any slander statement against you or your products.
Re the use of
Potassium Phosphite. This is how I use it
http://www.oakwilt.com/t_rains.html
as a nutrient and for Post Oaks or White Oaks that developed root problems
during the torrential rains last summer.
We discussed
Agri-Fos and Pentra Bark and a friend in Fredericksburg wanted to try the
mixture with Kestrel and I told him that they would not mix as
Propiconazole products together would coagulate like vinegar and milk due
to the pH factor and you agreed for the same reasons. So you are wrong in
assuming and accusing me of using PP with Kestrel and Pentra Bark.
Furthermore it would be cost prohibitive to apply this kind of spray
application using three different chemicals and only one labeled to
treat oak wilt. Just think of the mess you would have if you sprayed that
kind of cocktail on a tree. That would be SICK. I do very little
spraying of pesticides because of a respiratory problem.
I strictly use
Kestrel 14.3 MEC PROPICONAZALE for my oak wilt Injections and Owen Towne
(Phoenix Environmental Care) can vouch all for my purchases of
Kestrel.....Pot Phos is not labeled to use for the treatment of Oak wilt
but only for Sudden Oak Death and for grass problems.
You need to get
your facts straight and be careful with the accusations, regarding the
product I use to treat Oak Wilt. I must maintain careful records of all
the chemicals I use, and these records are always available for the TDA to
inspect.
In as much as the
information in the letter. It would be your responsibility to prove the
falsehoods or gross exaggerated statements regarding your product as to
the fact that independant research groups have determined their findings
regarding the active ingredients and posted these facts on the web even
for your own interest .... should you be so inclined to look up that
information.
Basically I have
the right for freedon of expression and that includes me posting that
letter to inform the public. I have advised you that I will remove it and
it would be in your best interest to back off because you don't want me
for a enemy.
Jim Rediker
This one is for
you, the reader to decide but, sure sounds like Quest Products Corporation
is not all up front nor very transparent about Pentra Bark ... AND IT'S
POTENTIAL TOXICITY !!!!!
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