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Re: ANTS, flee beetles, & GRASSHOPPERS

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At 11:08 PM 6/6/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Thanks, Cathy.  Do keep looking for that grasshopper killer.  I shopped
>today and all I could find that was sorta safe for gardens (but deadly to
>pets -- keep cats, dogs, chickens, etc off until it dries) was 80% Sevin
>Dust.  It sounds fierce and we live in the country with more animals than
>can be contained in the house!  And the 80% Sevin Dust costs $60 for 12
>acres ... nothing smaller.  My, my!  I'm just about ready to get it after
>all the work I have put into my garden.  Our fruit trees are covered with
>mosquito netting  ... and I am wondering how they will get pollinated?  Oh
>well.  (And please excuse the wrong spelling of "flee".  I was just so
>devastated when I saw my garden) ... Nickie

The safest control for grasshoppers is Nosema locustae, protozoa that cause
disease in grasshoppers. It's most effective on small (1/2 inch) hoppers.
Garden City seeds (www.gardencityseeds.com) carries it, and so does
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply (don't have catalog handy). Gardens Alive
probably has it too. Besides, Sevin kills bees, then you're really in a
world of hurt. Margaret L


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