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Re: Grasshopper control

At 2:11 AM +1000 9/9/98, Nan Sterman wrote:
>Hi everyone!  Here in Southern California, we seem to be experiencing an
>onslaught of grashoppers -- big brown ones that are six or seven inches
>long, small green ones that are two or three inches long (are these the
>younger sibs of the brown ones?).  I've never seen so many!  How can I
>deter them without spraying the little buggers with poison?  What have you
>done in such a situation?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nan
>
>Nan Sterman, Master Composter in residency
>San Diego County, California
>Sunset zone 24, USDA zone 10b or 11

I had the same trouble last year
I sprayed a little neem oil about - mixed with alcohol and water.
They disappeared within the hour never to be seen again!

Michael Bailes.
Herbarist
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