Re: Help! Vine bore +BT Specifics
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Help! Vine bore +BT Specifics
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 01:20:56 EDT
In a message dated 98-08-12 18:00:35 EDT, you write:
> Help!-I've got one 5 feet past my pumpkin on the main vine-and 35% of my
> plant
> supplying the pumpkin is beyond the Borer.I've obtained the syringe and the
> BT
> and will attempt to inject it but I dont know the specifics:
> a. For what distance left and right of the damage do I inject and do I
> inject at every 1/2 inch or 1 inch or what?
> b. What concentration do I use-foliar and growth spraying require 3tsp/
> gal.
> c. Does it work or should I razor knife it open and get him/her?
> Time is of the essence......Please help !!!!!!
> I'm going to check the archives now but I anyone can save me some time I'd
> be
> greatfull--Glenn
Well first, have you considered injecting parasitic nematodes? They supposedly
work better, and faster. I injected my Burpee Prizewinner with a treatment for
a borer a month or so ago and it worked. I am guessing you would use the same
tecnique, you inject the stem about every 4 inches for the first 3 feet of the
vine, and additionally if the borer is further. I don't know how much though
for BT. For the nematodes, you inject about 5000 nematodes per injection.
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