Friday, June 11, 2010

Grasshoppers are taking over!!!!

Christine's Corner:
If you feel like the grasshoppers are taking over then we have several products to help control them before they eat you out of house and home (or garden and pasture)!
For the home owner we recommend: Tempo or Bayer Multi-Insect killer we also have: Malathion, Cyonara Lawn & Garden, Sevin, Bifen, &/or IGR -insect growth regulator.
Make sure and read the label before applying, not all of these are safe for vegetable crops and the ones that are usually have a PHI number which refers to the number of days between the time you spray and the time you can harvest.
For your pasture we have Sevin XRL 2.5 gal that is non-restricted and will cover 10 acres and commercially we use restricted Tombstone and Dimilin. Tombstone is a good contact kill and Dimilin is good to use if you have smaller grasshoppers that haven't reached the adult stage, it is also a grow inhibitor. The combination of 2oz Tombstone and 1oz Dimilin together will give the best kill for all stages of grasshoppers!
Come by the store or call if you have any questions!

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