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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Grasshopper control
  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:23:58 -0500

But remember, it can't be shipped to many states - about 25 out of the 50!

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

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> From: miranda AT tagoresmith.com[SMTP:miranda AT tagoresmith.com]
> Reply To: Market Farming
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:25 AM
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Market-farming] Grasshopper control
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>
> 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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