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- From: <sunnfarm AT netscape.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:17:42 -0700
Patrick. Imidacloprid is applied only one time at seeding or transplanting. You can drench root balls of transplants while they are in the flats or water them after planting. You can plant seeds and go back and water each hill or inject it through drip lines. Main thing is to protect the plant while its small. The pesticide only lasts a few weeks and is mostly gone by the time of flowering and harvest. Later in the season you have to use other insecticides together with your weekly fungicide applications to continue control. Its not recomended to use imidacolprid more than once a season on each crop to prevent insect resistance. The two ounce per plant example I gave was already diluted in water, not 2 ounces of actual pesticide per plant. Calculating the exact amount of imidacloprid per plant especially if like me your planting fractions of an acre per week is very time consuming because your using micro amounts of pesticide... Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.
--- mulkey AT tunl.duke.edu wrote:
From: "Patrick Mulkey" <mulkey AT tunl.duke.edu>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:07:19 -0400
--- mulkey AT tunl.duke.edu wrote:
From: "Patrick Mulkey" <mulkey AT tunl.duke.edu>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:07:19 -0400
Can to expand on the use of Imidacloprid for example 2 oz. to how much water. How often do you apply? How late in the season can I use this? Other tips I see this advertised as a rose care and fly product.
I have yellow squash and cukes just coming into production.
Patrick
Chapel Hill, NC
From: sunnfarm AT netscape.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:22 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem
I lost my squash crop 4 years in a row from bacterial wilt from cuke beetles. Then I applied Imidacloprid diluted in water two ounces at the base of each plant. Once absorbed it systemically controls beetles and no wilt, no squash bugs or vine borers either. Bees feed in mornings and don't come out in mid day heat so I limit spraying in the afternoons and evenings. I use overhead irrigation and depend alot on the deep root system to keep the crop growing. I have one of the best crops ever so far this year... Bob.
Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
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Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem,
Richard Stewart, 08/01/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/01/2010
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[Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem),
Richard Stewart, 08/01/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem),
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 08/01/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem),
William H Shoemaker, 08/02/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem), waldenfarm, 08/02/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem), Pamela Crowe, 08/02/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem),
William H Shoemaker, 08/02/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem),
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 08/01/2010
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[Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem),
Richard Stewart, 08/01/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem, sunnfarm, 08/01/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem,
Rob Wallbridge, 08/02/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem,
Road's End Farm, 08/02/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem, Rob Wallbridge, 08/02/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem,
Road's End Farm, 08/02/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Zucchini problem,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/01/2010
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