Keeping the cheapskate going.... I cut my gallon milk jugs just below the handle and viola, a nice size container. And with the way we go through milk I make about 3 a week. Not to mention garage sales. I had a lovely lady once give me all the old plant containers in her garage (almost a garbage bag full). All because I noticed a couple she had in her Free box. :0)

ctopher, you have me on a technical point. Nothing is virus free including you and me. If a hosta is symptom free and is tested for viruses and one is found it is assumed not to effect hosta in a negative way so it would be ignored. IÂm sure that some viruses have a positive effect so no one would want hosta to be virus free without knowing the effect of such a radical procedure. Back to the value of virus indexing, Walters is testing for viruses that are known to cause problems in hosta such as HVX. They can say to a high level of accuracy that these hosta are free of known harmful virus. I felt I had really good news and find myself in a semantic discussion.

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Bo, pretty expensive for 3 acres but call your local feed store. Stay away from the garden centers for it, I'm sure they'll be a lot higher. Since you make repeat applications, it can get pretty high. That's why I don't do the paths out to the horses. I just do a good buffer zone around the house and gardens and I do the paths in the garden area. You WILL get them flying in from surrounding areas, but those will eat the dead ones on your property (and the bait) and die too. There is nothing that will keep them from flying in, but with the numbers we get out here, if I can make a dent in them, I'll do my best. Jolana, how often do you put the NOLO out? I know you have to re-apply after a rain or a dew, but was thinking I would do it again in a couple of weeks.... By the way, even though it sounds gross, there's nothing more satisfying than watching one grasshopper chow down on another grasshopper :) Kristi