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hamilton,Ontario

well..... out turning the garden today when i came across a flying )(*&^%^%$%#^%)*+)(**(^&%#$#%@*(&) after two swats it took off. When i looked at my plant...which is way behind and only about 2 feet long due to this years work schedule...i found approx 11 eggs on the base of the stump within about 6" of one another...I individually pulled each egg and destroyed...but cant warrent I got every one as alot where close to stop and dirt which has a hole about a half inch down into the ground as well they are very hard to see....so i have Triazacide, Mialath & sevin from past years....If you were me...what would you reccomend as a precaustion...my garden is only around 4 feet x 14 feet and these guys get me each and every year.......your thoughts??????????...I cant see anymore I think i got em all............

6/28/2008 2:41:00 PM

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If this happens every year then I can'thelp but wonder why you haven't already sprayed Lambda-cyhalothrin. If you haven't yet, you have several hours yet before the sun goes down.

6/28/2008 6:18:23 PM

hamilton,Ontario

is this available in canada....

6/28/2008 11:55:30 PM

Williamsburg,KY

Get those dang things!

6/29/2008 7:09:53 AM

Ontario, Canada.

See the link below. It is available in Canada but you will need a licence to buy it.

http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/partI/2005/20050409/html/regle6-e.html

6/29/2008 12:53:51 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Here I'm using Merit 75% and Talstar (6.9% bifren...spelling it is beyond me tonight) at 1/8th teaspoon Merit and 1/2 oz Talstar to a gallon. Dedicate a brand new sprayer to this, trust me. And wear a paint vapor respirator and cover up and use rubber chemical gloves. Spray in the last two hours before dark, top and bottom of leaves, and drench ground especially around stump. Next morning right after sun is up, water plant to get the Merit to be taken up. Repeat every ten days.

You can't eat the fruit, the flowers, or the seeds, but. It kills just about everything that wants to really munch on your plant. I will swear by it after another told me. Here we found one on 10 June so we have sprayed that day and every tenth day since (and found one on the 18th in another patch) and will do so until harvest. Next round is Monday the 30th...

Spray will burn leaves so protect/avoid the last five inches (12-13 cm) of the growing tips as you spray. Any heat or sun will burn leaves, that's why you spray at evening and water in in the morning. The Talstar is a contact, the insect lands and gets it and dies... the Merit is taken up by the plant and kills the insect when it tries to munch.

Thank VTJohn and Urban Farmer (Frantz) for that recipe.

6/29/2008 7:13:00 PM