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  • From: <miranda AT tagoresmith.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Grasshopper control
  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:25:25 -0400


Try Neosema locustae, a parasitic protozoa that attacks grasshoppers.
It's a lot more discriminating than the average chicken--the only things
it attacks are members of the Acrididae family (locusts, crickets,
mantids, walkingsticks), but the crickets kept chirping even after the
grasshoppers were gone, so I didn't feel like a total creep.

Most biological supply houses sell it and can give you advice about the
amounts to use and where to place it relative to your garden and
prevailing winds.

Miranda Smith





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