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  • From: "Adriana" <gutierrez-lagatta AT charter.net>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Grasshoppers
  • Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 18:42:20 -0500

If you are not organic, Texas A & M University has a simple formula for bait using wheat bran, sevin dust and Molasses. It works...

Homemade Grasshopper Bait Recipe*
20lb Wheat Bran 2 Gallons Water
1 Qt. Cottonseed or Other Vegetable Oil 1 Qt. Molasses
1 Qt. Flowable (Liquid) Sevin or Sevin XLR Large Rubber or Metal Tub (For mixing)
Mixing Instructions:


1.. Mix Molasses, Water and Vegetable Oil together in a suitable container (bucket, etc).
2.. Add 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap to emulsify the oil and water mixture together.
3.. Mix the liquid Sevin into the oil/water mixture, stirring well.
4.. Slowly add the water mixture to the wheat bran in a tub or other suitable container and mix together. Allow this mixture to sit for 24 hours to allow the wheat bran to absorb the liquids.
5.. Stir the bait after the soak period. Apply the bait in small piles around fruit trees, garden areas and other places where grasshoppers are causing problems.
6.. This bait works better on young grasshoppers, but works on large ones as well.



Has anyone had success with Nolo Bait?

Since it is so slow acting, it is probably not possible to tell.



  • [Market-farming] Grasshoppers, Adriana, 05/26/2005

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