Re: seedlings etc

Hi Narda

I got really irritated a few days ago and did a heavy dusting all over
the soil surface with .5% chlorpyrifos that is supposed to kill soil
type varmints...  As of last night, the little wigglers are still
kicking, and I now have several of the flying variety as well - alive. 
:(  At this rate, I may chuck the whole mess in the garbage...  I don't
happen to have diazinon on hand as I never use chemicals of any kind
outdoors, but I may go out and buy some of that too.

Helen

NardaA@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/12/01 7:12:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> eoneill@attglobal.net writes:
> 
> << I'm not sure where your white worms came from..But my best guess is that
>  eggs were present in the Promix and even your boiling water/nuke treatment
>  didn't get them.
>   >>
> 
> We were baking the soil last year for an hour or so in a low oven.  Yum nice
> smell.
> 
> Helen if you want to save these seedlings I would try the big stuff, maybe a
> misting with diazanon, what you are describing is pretty severe.  I rarely
> see more than one or two gnats at a time and just ignore them.
> 
> Betsy did not say how her neem oil was working.
> 
> Narda
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