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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello,

How does this stuff apply, and is it too dusty/dirty to use near the home?

tom

Ed & Pat Fackler wrote:

> Jjerk5@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Anybody out there have any experience with "Surround". It's supposed to 
> > be a
> > barrier made from a kaolin and acts as a covering rather than a pesticide.
>
>      My response-------
>
>      To expand on Don Yellmans typical comprehensive reply, we've done a 
> few trials with Surround.  While it literally does work by forming
> the barrier, the one thing which I want to reinterate from Don's 
> description is the need for total coverage.
>      Also, the "barrier" apparently is difficult for many insects to adhere 
> to, or simply they can't negiotiate the surface of fruit.
>      I've seen results from one large commercial orchard which was simply 
> outstanding in results.
>      It is available in smaller quantites from Gardens Alive of 
> Lawrenceburg, IN and Fedco Trees (John Bunker) of ME.
>
> Ed, So. Indiana, heaven, etc.
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a



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