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[sherwin <sherwindu@att.net>]

On 3/25/2012 9:45 PM, Ginda Fisher wrote:
> I sprayed my apples with spinosad this morning, to combat winter moths. This 
> afternoon it began to drizzle, and continued drizzling most of the day.
>
> Was the spray wasted? Should I re-do it when the weather clears? Should I 
> wait 10 days, as per the label?
>
> (I'm also a little nervous, because this is the first time I've used leftover 
> spinosad from last year. But it looked okay this year. Maybe it didn't 
> freeze, since the winter has been so mild.)
>
> thanks,
> Ginda
> eastern MA, zone 6
    Ginda,

    Did you mix a 'sticker' in with your spray.  If so, the spray would 
have probably mostly
    dried in the few hours after application and the sticker would have 
minimized the washing
    off effect.  If not, you probably lost the effect of the morning 
spray.  Not sure why you have
    to wait 10 days, but if most of it washed off, seems like it's ok 
to reapply now.

                 Sherwin Dubren