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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt
- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:32:53 -0400
Actually, I think that's a fairly standard treatment; but I've never used it, so can't give advice as to how. I think, however, that you may want to try to inject the Bt actually into the borer, if you can tell where it is. Another technique (that I have used a couple of times) is to just take a pocketknife and slice lengthwise through the bulge where the borer is -- you can probably kill the borer and not kill the squash stem. Cover the injured stem with soil afterwards; the plant may put extra roots down there, which will help make up for any injury. Pyrethrum every 5 days, in addition to being a large nuisance and a difficult schedule to keep anywhere with erratic rain, is likely to be hard on beneficials. Also, if you're concerned about organic use, be careful: not all formulations are permissible. (Also true of Bt formulations, of course.) -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market organic produce, small scale On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:17 AM, <sunnfarm wrote: The borer would have to eat a lot of bt before it died. I can not see how it would work. Spray pyrethrem every 5 days and you should not have any problem with borers... Bob. |
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[Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
grizzdover, 07/25/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Etienne Goyer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt, Etienne Goyer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Etienne Goyer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
sunnfarm, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Road's End Farm, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Brian, 07/26/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt, Jackie Jameson, 07/28/2011
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[Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Mike Brabo, 07/27/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/27/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Mike Brabo, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/28/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry, Etienne Goyer, 07/29/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/29/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Mike Brabo, 07/28/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Consolidation of the seed industry,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 07/27/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Brian, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
Road's End Farm, 07/26/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Injecting Winter and Summer Squash with Bt,
pureprairiefarm, 07/28/2011
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