Re: An annual plea....
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- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 02:59:47 -0400
No clue on the deer flies - we have a few, but not enough to be a bother,
but looked in my files of back posts from various lists and appears that
repeated application of Round-UP to *bruised* foliage or covering it with
black plastic for a year are the only methods others have found to be
successful. This is considered one of the horrible weeds when it gets
going where you don't want it. Good luck!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Bolt Upright <berlin@wycol.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 5:16 PM
>
> Every year I toss out two questions, in hopes that there might be someone
> who has the solution to at least one of them. The first concerns Deer
> Flies. As if the Deer aren't bad enough, there's these bonafide Satan
Bugs
> to contend with in the Summer. Some Southerners may call them Horse
Flies,
> but most Northerners will know exactly what I'm talking about. No
> repellent seems to work, and if bitten, I swell up like a balloon. So
much
> for Summer fun. Someone told me that Noxema makes a repellent, available
> only in Canada, that's effective against them, but I've yet to find it.
>
> My other curse is Equisetum, otherwise known as Horsetail Grass,
Horseshave
> Grass, and/or That Evil Weed That NOTHING Can Kill. I've tried
everything,
> including double doses of RoundUp. This year I'm going to cover a
useless
> (but extremely fertile, thanks to the loads of compost I've dumped in it)
> bed in black plastic and roast the thing all Summer long. Does anyone
have
> any other suggestions to battle this noxious pest? I'll try anything, up
> to, but not necessarily including, pagan ritual.
>
> keith, WNY, zone 5, verging on (not kidding) drought
>
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