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Re: Grasshoppers?

Suzanne Arnaud wrote:
>

>   Last year I had a horrible problem with grasshoppers.  This year
>shortly after my seedlings came up I again found some of the heads of
>my plants gone.  I went out and got some liquid spectricide and
>diluted it to half strength and gave my garden a good spray.  No
>problem since.      (snip)

I don't have a bottle of spectracide on hand but  suggest you read
yours very carefully, as it it a violation of law to use an insecticide
in a manner inconsistant with its labeling.
        Drenching the universe with diazanon (sp?) may solve a short
term problem with grasshoppers, but who will care when we are extinct
from our misuse of this little planet.
        I suggest that you check with your coopereative extension
office and see if they have any suggestions for controlling
grasshoppers and also get their read on IPM. Total war is not
necessarily the answer to a nibble or two.
        Happy gardening ... Ed Flynn, zone 7, Maryland
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