Re: Bored...using Merit/Grubbex

We are using the Merit,with success(so far). At the beginning of the season,
we applied Merit, and when the soil warmed, also applied benificial
nematodes to the patch figuring if one didn't get those critters the other
would. In preious years we had trouble, but so far, so good.
Cyndi
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> List-I open up this subject looking for results of your attempts at using
> Grubbex/Merit systemic insecticide.I used it.I used it 4x......it doesn't
> work in my patch.Instead of World Class Giant Pumpkins I have World Class
> Giant Borers...............everywhere.
>   I must admit when I read about this system I thought to myself, "If it
> sounds too good to be true it probably is".The very thought of letting a
> borer eat away til its dead didn't sit right,but having  to go away for a
> week+ in the middle of Borer season prompted me to try it. I have yet to
see
> one in my vine but there all over the leaf veins...especially at the
> leaf-stalk juncture.They're big-fat and juicey...they don't look affected
at
> all.Now when the wind blows the leaves collapse....bummer....I guess its
> another learning year.
>   Who's using it with success?
>   What did I do wrong?
>    And if you're using
> it....beware........................................Glenn A.
>
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