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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

I get good control of curculio with malathion.  However, I'd switch to Imidan 
if I could find a source.

Anton
Zone 8
Carolina

-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 6, 2008 7:20 AM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] chemical pest control
>
>I would never use malathion for curculio unless I was closely monitoring for
>the pest and very confident of my timing.  I think I'd rather use even
>Surround, on the basis of efficacy alone, just because it provides twice the
>duration of protection although that protection is not complete.  For those
>unwilling or unable to use phosmet (Imidan), I'd recommend Sevin as would
>the commercial consultants that I'm aware of.
>
>Some states do not allow Avaunt for non--commercial applications but it is
>very affective against curc.  Unfortunately it doesn't control a slew of
>other pests that Imidan and Sevin do.
>
>The question of the safety of using organophosphates is a little complicated
>but the government is phasing them out, whatever you want to read into
>that.  Personally, I don't think that a hobbyist doing very little spraying
>is at any great risk if they limit their exposure as much as possible.  I
>don't look forward to a world where I can no longer purchase Imidan for use
>in my very low-spray program.  It will be very difficult for me to protect
>the scores of small orchards for which I'm now responsible.