Comments on: Spring Pest Control – beat ‘em don’t eat ‘em http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/ crafting a good and delicious life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/comment-page-1/#comment-829 admin Thu, 14 May 2009 14:41:52 +0000 http://plantedathome.com/blog/?p=1081#comment-829 Thanks again SK for my swap package. This is my summer of the bean so your timing is perfect! I've got big plans for creating bamboo structures for the beans to climb on...stay tuned. Lorene Thanks again SK for my swap package. This is my summer of the bean so your timing is perfect! I’ve got big plans for creating bamboo structures for the beans to climb on…stay tuned.
Lorene

]]> By: admin http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/comment-page-1/#comment-828 admin Thu, 14 May 2009 14:34:20 +0000 http://plantedathome.com/blog/?p=1081#comment-828 Sluggo is iron phosphate, and yes it is effective...expensive but effective. The good news is you don't have to use very much to control the buggers - a light sprinkling does it. I've always characterized it as "like you were feeding chickens" - as if I had chickens or knew how I would feed them... At any rate, a light application conserves the spending product while still controlling the pest and a lighter application will break down quicker and is less likely to be washed into a storm drain. Of course if IT WOULD STOP RAINING maybe there would be less runoff altogether!!! Sluggo is iron phosphate, and yes it is effective…expensive but effective. The good news is you don’t have to use very much to control the buggers – a light sprinkling does it. I’ve always characterized it as “like you were feeding chickens” – as if I had chickens or knew how I would feed them… At any rate, a light application conserves the spending product while still controlling the pest and a lighter application will break down quicker and is less likely to be washed into a storm drain. Of course if IT WOULD STOP RAINING maybe there would be less runoff altogether!!!

]]> By: admin http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/comment-page-1/#comment-827 admin Thu, 14 May 2009 14:30:04 +0000 http://plantedathome.com/blog/?p=1081#comment-827 I've heard of this product...I think of it as a "magic bullet" as I've had good luck with nematodes controlling cutworms. I wonder if this product would target the "good guys" as well; believe it or not there <em>are </em>native slugs that are beneficial - they eat the bad guys. I’ve heard of this product…I think of it as a “magic bullet” as I’ve had good luck with nematodes controlling cutworms. I wonder if this product would target the “good guys” as well; believe it or not there are native slugs that are beneficial – they eat the bad guys.

]]> By: sk http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/comment-page-1/#comment-826 sk Thu, 14 May 2009 13:44:29 +0000 http://plantedathome.com/blog/?p=1081#comment-826 Hi Lorene! Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. The black beans are pole beans, and it's best to soak them for a few hours before you plant them. I totally meant to write that on the package!! I'm so glad to find your blog--I am looking forward to reading through it. best wishes for a delicious summer, sk <abbr><em>sk’s last blog post..<a href="http://dearlittlewater.blogspot.com/2009/05/trying-real-hard.html" rel="nofollow">trying real hard...</a></abbr></em> Hi Lorene!
Sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to you. The black beans are pole beans, and it’s best to soak them for a few hours before you plant them. I totally meant to write that on the package!!
I’m so glad to find your blog–I am looking forward to reading through it.
best wishes for a delicious summer,
sk

sk’s last blog post..trying real hard…

]]> By: Karen http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Karen Thu, 14 May 2009 01:26:53 +0000 http://plantedathome.com/blog/?p=1081#comment-813 So Sluggo is really, really okay? I have been relying on it but worry that residue washed into the storm drains is not good. I keep meaning to do my research... ew, picking cutworms by night, I have just never been able to bring myself to do it! I should have, I had a climbing hydrangea in my previous garden that arrived with chewed leaves, so the worms got a headstart and never gave up! I keep waiting for the aphids to show up on my honeysuckle, they always do as soon as it blooms. Could it be the harsh winter did them in? Nah, probably not. <abbr><em>Karen’s last blog post..<a href="http://greenwalks.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/surprising-returnee/" rel="nofollow">Surprising Returnee</a></abbr></em> So Sluggo is really, really okay? I have been relying on it but worry that residue washed into the storm drains is not good. I keep meaning to do my research… ew, picking cutworms by night, I have just never been able to bring myself to do it! I should have, I had a climbing hydrangea in my previous garden that arrived with chewed leaves, so the worms got a headstart and never gave up! I keep waiting for the aphids to show up on my honeysuckle, they always do as soon as it blooms. Could it be the harsh winter did them in? Nah, probably not.

Karen’s last blog post..Surprising Returnee

]]> By: Nemaslug http://plantedathome.com/2009/05/13/spring-pest-control-beat-em-dont-eat-em/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Nemaslug Thu, 14 May 2009 00:46:14 +0000 http://plantedathome.com/blog/?p=1081#comment-812 I don't know if it is available in the USA, but in the UK there is a product that contains a parasitic nematode that targets and kills slugs. In my experience this has been considerably more effective than the traditional methods. I don’t know if it is available in the USA, but in the UK there is a product that contains a parasitic nematode that targets and kills slugs. In my experience this has been considerably more effective than the traditional methods.

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