BT Stands For Little Bugs...RE: Was 'Little Bugs'

BT is Bacillus thurungis(sp).  BT is a type of bacteria that is lethal
to certain insects.  Fungus gnats and caterpillars, to be specific. 
Bear this in mind, in that if you have a butterfly garden, this is NOT
going to benefit them.
Fungus gnats eat fungus that grows on the surface of soil that is kept
damp all the time.  ie your seed flats.  They are happy to exist on
this, until their population explodes, at which time they begin to do
some damage to small hair roots.

Isabelle Hayes wrote:
> 
>   It is BT that I mix
> >into water and drench the plants with it.  The BT kills the gnats and
> >doesn't harm the plants.
> >If you have some BT, mix some into water and water your plants with it.
> >It only takes one time.
> >
> >--
> >The Greenhouse Nursery
> 
> Thanks so much for your suggestion; may I impose on you to tell me what BT
> stands for, or is that the way I ask for it?
> 
> Also, so far there has been no effect on the seedlings; is that likely not
> to continue?
> 
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