Does it prevent apple maggots from eating fruit? If yes, when should this be sprayed, and how often?
614797
It worked well keeping them off of mine I sprayed every two weeks, and in between at time of infestations.
614798
I have a persimmon tree and this spray helped with all sorts of bugs that were ruining the fruits--even birds and squirrels. Just follow the directions on the bottle I sprayed one tree with no fruits and then sprayed another tree just twice each (I think I went overboard) that had fruits to see if anything would happened and no--all is good. I think this spray saved my tree and it's fruits. Good luck!
1274935
I would only use this product for Emerald Ash Borer control on Ash trees. The best control is ordering a stock of ladybugs from Garden's Alive. The only other control I have had to resort to is malathion spray when the little buggers appear. Please understand that using this product is poisoning the tree for the season. Butterflies and beneficial bugs also. Not a good trade off when the butterfly/honeybee populations are decimated because of this chemical. Please contact your county extension service. They love questions like this. Hopefully they can help you find a less toxic more targeted approach. I would only use this product for Emerald Ash Borer control on Ash trees. The best control is ordering a stock of ladybugs from Garden's Alive. The only other control I have had to resort to is malathion spray when the little buggers appear. Please understand that using this product is poisoning the tree for the season. Butterflies and beneficial bugs also. Not a good trade off when the butterfly/honeybee populations are decimated because of this chemical. Please contact your county extension service. They love questions like this. Hopefully they can help you find a less toxic more targeted... » Read More I would only use this product for Emerald Ash Borer control on Ash trees. The best control is ordering a stock of ladybugs from Garden's Alive. The only other control I have had to resort to is malathion spray when the little buggers appear. Please understand that using this product is poisoning the tree for the season. Butterflies and beneficial bugs also. Not a good trade off when the butterfly/honeybee populations are decimated because of this chemical. Please contact your county extension service. They love questions like this. Hopefully they can help you find a less toxic more targeted approach. « Show Less
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Mix equal parts sugar and this product and place in a container that you can secure the top of. Sugar attracts the ants to this source. Poke holes in the bottom of the containers so the ants can enter to ingest the product. They will eat it and carry it back to the nest where it will either kill them or render them infertile, there are two schools of thought on this - but it certainly does work even on those HUGE carpenter ants that are downright scary looking. In the beginning, you may need to reapply every year or two. It only takes a small amount of borax. Borax has some toxicity and shouldn't be ingested, it is much less toxic than commercial ant killer, and you don't spray it around the house. Safer for you, your children and pets. Been using it since I was a teen and I'm in my 50's now and still telling people how well it works. It also works on some roaches but since I can't tell one breed from another can't tell you which ones.
147750
I would not recommend it unless you are having troubles with pests. This is a pesticide and you should be careful putting it on any fruit you intend on eating or harvesting.
961925
I used Bayer Advanced Fruit & Veg systemic as a last resort remedy last season, because all other methods failed. I saw a dramatic difference in all my vegs, berries, & flowers. We didn't have a cold enough winter & every kind of chewing sucking insect was in full force, in swarms! I do not have grapes, my neighbor has a small vine of seedless Thompson grapes in her veg garden, I shared with her the systemic & she saw great results too. This year was another mild winter, so I am prepared for the bug army this year. I am already spraying & watering using the BA systemic. I noticed no difference in bee activity, no dead bees either, I talked to the farmer neighbor who has an orchard & bee hives. He said he has for years used systemic on his orchards & no difference in his bee hives. Hope you have good results as I did.
1836961
The product will kill soft scale insects and the fruit may be consumed after the period of time indicated on the product label which I believe is six weeks. However, another product that will work faster and allow you to consume the fruit immediately is insecticidal oil like Neem oil.
87515
This would be great with the bitter apple spray I currently use. I spray the babies and just about no more nipping.
1762007
I've had a redworm bin for 21 years without having to buy more worms. I've had many fungus gnat and fruit fly infestations and have used this product many times. (Usually I move the bin outside, wait several days until the gnats disappear, then start a new bin using worms harvested from a worm bin I moved outside in my previous infestation cycle, hopefully many months before. I'm always afraid it will be only 99.9% effective and I'll breed resistance if I start out with too many gnats.)
2251511
I found this product to be VERY effective. No more *new* gnats after 2 weeks. One tip I found online to be helpful is to put a small dish or saucer of apple cider vinegar near the infested plants. Believe it or not, the gnats are attracted to the vinegar and they drown/die in it. I would really hesitate to put a dish of sugar water out. Here in FL, at least, it would only attract more and different pests.
531058
I have two answers, so pick the one you like best :). (1) Maggots, or larvae of any kind, are NORMAL. I don't actually have any in my bin at the moment, but I wouldn't be alarmed if I did. Flies are attracted to decaying material and lay their eggs in it. It's (going all Lion King on you) part of the circle of life. They're helping break up the compost for you. (2) If you don't like the idea of maggots in your compost, yes, being more wet attracts them more. Add more brown material and flies should be less attracted.
181245
In my experience, yes. We had a terrible fruit fly problem that was not going away with the traps. I used the spray 1X and it worked. All gone.
659533
My experience with Grannicks Bitter Apple would indicate that it is effective because it is "bitter" to the taste. It will keep dogs from chewing and biting, but is very limited and short-lived as far as being a deterrent as far as "smell" is concerned. I would not use it for the application you mentioned.
1160121
I don't have the answer but I can suggest that in the summer when the fruit flies are around, I found putting saran type plastic wrap on the outside of the filter then putting it back into the lid kept them from getting into the compost bin. Good suggest regarding the Lysol!!I would like to know the answer to this question as well.
122002
I take a far more potent dose than that. I take 12 drops per day in a glass of water with a tsp of vinegar, my purpose being to fight infectious arthritis (can't say I am curing my arthritis, but I can say I have no sense that I am being poisoned by that much Lugols). You seem to want merely to disinfect your driking water source. I don't have any experience doing that; but it seems to me you could very safely put 10 or 12 drops in the 5 gallons, and I would guess that you should let it sit for an hour or so before drinking to allow time to kill the bugs.
1280543
If it's a cherry tree from which eating of the fruit is planned, I'd check the fine print very carefully or check with the manufacturer about the advisability of that. I have no experience with it on cherry tree borers. I used it last spring and again this spring for emerald ash borers. Borers are in our area and the ash trees are still alive, but I'll know way more about it's effectivity in 5 or 10 years.
832523
BTW, a little goes a long way. Just one quick burst should do it. Of course, I am only referring to yellow jackets. Not sure of it's affect on other pests.
1013201
The way I have been using it is on a one gallon sprayer, I use a cupful. it works on a variety of pests and its safe on edible vegetables and fruits. I have been using it for a few years with good results.