As with all of my notes, they will be continually updated as I get new information.
This is what I have so far.
Garden Pest Treatment
ANTS:
Ant Be Gone: Sprinkle on the mound, or unearth the tunnels and sprinkle inside
APHIDS:
Nemoil (Triple Action Plus):
Powdery Mildew
Kills Mites
Kills 'sucking' insects
BEATLES AND GRASSHOPPERS:
Seven (dust) or Carboral (spray)
spray or dust around the crown and down each vine
DEER:
Human hair WILL NOT keep the deer away
Some sprays will work momentarily, but are not very reliable
8' fence
Deer can jump an 8' fence, but they will not do it for food
EARWIGS:
Tango trap / Tango foot:
Spray the bottom stem and around the ground of fruit trees - earwigs get stuck in the spray and cannot make it up to the fruit
FIRE BITE:
Streptomiosin cures it if it comes from the air
GOPHERS:
The most effective way to get rid of a gopher is to use gopher bate and a probe
Poke holes in the middle of each mound, and around the edges
When you feel the dirt 'give' a few inches, you know you have found the run
Insert the gopher bate in both sides of the run
Keep in mind that there will be runs connected to each hole or mound
poke holes in-between mounds to find the run
Sometimes gophers plug up the entrance of their holes, as well as down both sides of the run, making it difficult to reopen.
Gopher traps
You need to be able to get into the gopher hole
You must leave the hole open (gophers do not like the light coming in - they will come to plug it up)
Most holes are locatednear the side of the mound, not in the middle
You need to leave a trap on both sides of the run
Stake the trap to the ground; cats will come and take the gopher (along with your trap)
For example:
Gopher bombs are not recommended for our area (UT) - the soil is too porous for them to work successfully
MOSQUITOES:
Spray the source (the pond, etc.) with Malathion
If you live close to open water, you cannot completely exterminate all of the mosquitoes
RACCOONS AND SKUNKS:
Buy a skunk trap (wire gated trap)
Use fish smelling cat-food as bait
For Racoons:
Take it far away from your home and drop it off
For Skunks:
You must put the cage behind an object, so that when the skunk is trapped it will not see you coming and spray
Shoot it and bury it (there is no way to transport it without getting sprayed)
WORMS:
B.T. (Thuricide)
it is non-toxic
WESTERN CHERRY FRUIT FLY:
Bugs live in the cherries: The cherries fall to the ground, and they stay in the ground throughout the winter. In the spring they climb the tree and infest the cherries again.- The best cure is to stop the cycle:
- Gather all of the cherries that fall to the ground and throw them away
WEEDS:- If spraying (Roundup) weeds in the garden:
- Use a large piece of cardboard to shield the plants that you want to survive
- This technique is faster and easier than hoeing
- Hoeing brings up all of the wed seeds, putting them in place for germination and causes more weeds
- To get rid of huge rooted weeds (like morning glory):
- Spray with Round up, but first:
- Water and fertilize the weed to equalize the size of the top with the size of the roots
- Wait until it almost blooms
- Spra with roundup
- Roundup spreads through the weed in order to kill it; but it must hava a large enough top to absorb enough spray to spread through the large root system
- For horse-rod weeds:
- Use Casaron
Products
MALATHION:
- Malathion is used for several bugs/pests
- It is toxic: must use it early in the season so it wears of before you harvest
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