A caterpillar to avoid
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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Comments (27)Hello, I haven't had any problems associated with the questions being asked me. No fish taste on my blueberries, in fact extra huge and planted in the ground, nor any of my tomatos or any vegi's for that matter... I have friends that eat my citrus fruit, that rave on how tsasty they are, but or course they do not eat the rind. I have use it on my peaches and pears up to a the day of harvest on my rasberries and nothing. I just rinse off the fruit, although none that had a fish taste that I didn't rinse either As for spraying them, the dosage I use is what is set to come out of my MG jug. I always water very early in the am, then come back a coupe of our later when i am home, and spray all my plants with water again...If I do not respray, I still have no burn, because when ever I spray any kind of fertilizer, organic or chemical, and or pest sprays, it is always done hours before or after the heat of the full day sun..Not sure if the emulsion makes a diiference on my plants, but it is pure and cold pressed, a proccess that Neptune's Harvest brags is better than any other fish product... Just a habit I guess spraying hours from the heat of the sun with anything but just water... Buylady, I do not know a thing about Superthrive. Tony does and she might be able to shed some light on this.. I hope everyone is having a great summer thus far, but I think I am about to enter into a drought period...Oh boy! Buylady, I am so happy your plants are finally outdoors! maybe the good bugs will attack the bad ones, as long as you stay with natural pesticides...Focus on ridding the pests and your soil mix, and your plants will never look as good as you could ever imagine in such a short period of time.. Keep smiling and be strong.. Hi everyone!...See MoreUMass Extension Landscape Message April 6, 2012
Comments (4)dekprizm: You may be seeing winter moth caterpillars. The UMass Extension Landscape Message April 20, 2012 is just out and has these recommendations: "For infested plants with opened or opening buds, a spray of Bacillus thuringiensis Kurstaki (B.t.K.) can be quite effective. However, B.t. needs to be ingested by the caterpillars to be effective and if the foliage is not yet near to being fully expanded, then wait for that to happen. Otherwise, the new foliage material that appears over the next several days, after spraying B.t., will not be covered with B.t. thus allowing the caterpillars more leaf surface to damage before ingesting the pesticide. An application of a product that contains Spinosad as the active ingredient should provide excellent results at this time or in the coming weeks during the caterpillar feeding stage. Many pyrethroid insecticides are labeled for caterpillars as well. Avoid spraying apples and crabapples with Spinosad or pyrethroid products if they are in bloom. Pyrethroids can be very harsh on pollinators, such as bees. Spinosad products are toxic to bees at the time of application but this threat diminishes significantly 24 hours after application." It sounds like B.t. is the safest, if your conditions are right. If you have to use Spinosad or pyrethroids, then it's important to apply the product very early or very late in the day when bees, etc. are not active. I'm just repeating what I'm reading here - I haven't used any of these products (I haven't had serious infestations here). I'm sure others here with more experience will respond. Claire...See MoreUMass Extension Landscape Message April 27, 2012
Comments (1)New message is posted, time to slip away. Claire...See MoreUMass Extension Landscape Message May 4, 2012
Comments (1)Time to give way to the May 11 Landscape Message. Claire...See MoreIris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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