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Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU
Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU is a superior ready to use insecticide spray that easily controls house plant and garden insects within residential sites.
Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU, manufactured by Monterey, is a effective and versatile insecticide specially formulated to control pests on ornamentals, fruits, and vegetables all the way to the day of harvest.
As a mineral oil based insecticide, this product will naturally kill pests like spider mites, fungus gnats, and thrips by suffocation during the growing and dormant season of plants.
Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU succesfully eliminates a variety of pest, including their eggs on numerous residential plants and trees. Effectively protects trees, flowers, and shrubs without the use of harsh chemicals allowing homeowners to enjoy a thriving interiorscape and household from the nuisances of harmful insects.
Tools Needed
Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU comes ready to use with no other application tools needed.
How to Use
- Step 1: Shake the Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU well before use.
- Step 2: Completely cover the target pest and plant with spray solution. Do not apply over fruit after waxy bloom form. Do not spray Walnut foliage.
- Step 3: For ornamentals, trees, and shrubs ip to 4 applications of Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU during the growing season are typically sufficient to control pests. Use a 2 week application interval. For hobby greenhouses, use once a week initially. As the listed pest is controlled, decrease the frequency to 2-3 weeks as needed. For interiorscapes and households, do not exceed 3 consecutive applications without allowing a 2-week interval without application.
Where to Use
Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU can be used on listed fruits and vegetables (through harvest day), flowers, ornamentals, and trees and shrubs.
When to Use
Apply Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU during the early evening or early morning when pest activity is first noticed.
Do not spray plants suffering from drought (moisture stress). Do not apply during periods of prolonged high temperature combined with high relative humidity.
Safety Information
Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU is safe to use around children and pets when applied according to the product label instructions. Always wear the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) when applying this product.
Keep people and pets out of the area during application. Do not allow people or pets to enter the treated area until sprays have dried.
Special Considerations
Avoid contact with powerful oxidants such as liquid chlorine, concentrated oxygen, sodium hypochlorite, and calcium hypochlorite.
Do not use this product with dimethoate, herbicides or fungicides such as Captan, Folpet, Dyrene, Karathene, Morestan or any product containing sulfur.
Do not use with Sevin 50W formulation (carbaryl) on deciduous fruit trees.
| Restricted Use | No |
|---|---|
| Shipping Restrictions | AR, DC, HI, ID, MA, ND, RI, WV, WY |
| Availability | Online |
| Signal Word | CAUTION |
| Keith's Pro Tip | "Certain plants may be sensitive to oil. A small number of plants should be test sprayed prior to general spraying." |
| Time to Kill | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU will control pests within several days. |
| Chemical Type | Insecticide |
| Formulation | Emulsifiable Concentrate (EC) |
| Application Methods | Spot Treatment |
| Product Drawbacks | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU removes the glaucous (blue) bloom from such evergreens as Colorado Blue Spruce and Koster Spruce. |
| Active Ingredient | Mineral Oil 1.0% |
| Application Equipment | Gloves |
| Mix Rate | N/A |
| Use Sites | Outdoors |
| Yield | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU coverage will vary. |
| EPA Registration No. | 6218-78-54705 |
| Shelf Life | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU will last for 3 years when stored in a cool, dry, locked area out of reach of children. Do not store this product in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time. |
| Comparable Products | Year-Round Horticultural Spray Oil For Gardens |
| Children or pets? | No |
| Property Characteristics | None |
| Availability | Online |
| Restricted Use | No |
| Brand | MONTEREY |
| Keith's Pro Tips | "Certain plants may be sensitive to oil. A small number of plants should be test sprayed prior to general spraying." |
| Product Drawbacks | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU removes the glaucous (blue) bloom from such evergreens as Colorado Blue Spruce and Koster Spruce. |
| Target Pests | Aphids, Aphid eggs, Blackfly Sooty Mold, Mites (eggs) including European Red Mite, Scales (hard, soft), Beetle Larvae, Sourly Scale, Fruit Tree Leaf Roller (eggs), Pear Leaf, Blister Mite (eggs), Pear Psylla, Two Spotted Spider Mite, Pear Rust Mite, Tent Caterpillars, San Jose Scale, Peach Twig Borer, Cottony Peach Scale, Whitefly, Adelgids, Eriophyid Mites, Gall Mites, Lace Bugs, Leaf Beetle Larvae, Leafminer, Mealybugs, Psylids (immature), Sawfly Larvae, Scale (immature), Leafminers, Thrips, Leafhopper, and Fungus Gnats. |
| Application Equipment | Gloves |
| Application Methods | Spot Treatment |
| Active Ingredient | Mineral Oil 1.0% |
| Product Type | Insecticide |
| Formulation | Emulsifiable Concentrate (EC) |
| Application Rate | N/A |
| Shelf Life | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU will last for 3 years when stored in a cool, dry, locked area out of reach of children. Do not store this product in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time. |
| Yield | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU coverage will vary. |
| Use Sites | Outdoors |
| Time to Kill | Monterey Horticultural Oil RTU will control pests within several days. |
| Comparable Products | Year-Round Horticultural Spray Oil For Gardens |
| Incompatible Home Siding | Brick, Hardie Plank, Stone Veneer, Stucco, Wood, Vinyl |
| EPA Registration # | 6218-78-54705 |




