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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

Try neem seed oil.  It's sold at the big boxes as Fruit and Nut Spray by Greenleaf.  It's totally organic (they make toothpaste out of it in India) and works very well on stink bugs.  When I lived along the Gulf in Texas, where the bugs are epidemic, neem seed oil was the best tool.  It paralyzes their intestines and they starve.

 

Two cautionary notes:

1.  The stuff will clog sprayers if you don't clean thoroughly.  I add dish detergent to the spray as a sticker and then pump through dish detergent in the cleaning water.

2.  Spray in the morning or evening, as the oil acts like a prism and will burn foliage in the middle of the day.  Also, avoid times when pollinators are on plants, as they will die from neem, too.

 

Hope this helps.

Doreen Howard

Zone 5a-4b, along the IL-WI border

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Alan Haigh

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:22 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] stinkbugs on fruit

Alan Haigh The Home Orchard Co. Carmel NY

Here in southeastern NY stinkbugs were unusually devestating to Asian pears and damaging to other pears and peaches this year.  I can control my other pests by sprays within 2 weeks of pedal fall but the stink bugs cause their damage all summer.  I really would like to get some control without further application of restricted pesticide.  I had some sabadilla dust sitting around so I tried that and it did seem to work OK but I can't seem to find any more of that.  I know these pests hang out in broadleaf weeds and hedgerows but there's not much I'm going to do about that.  Any suggestions?

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