SVB thinkings

My patch this year has SVB, first time that I've noticed, thought that I was immune to them SOB's but I am wrong. I've killed three moths and watched one fly away.
 
I'm giving my kids 5 cents for each egg they pick and $1 for each moth they kill.  I'm out over $8 (no moths though, my kids know a good thing when they have it :).  I don't think this will do the trick.
 
Frank Perigrine from nearby Madison wrote that he injects nematodes and has good success with it.  Question for you Frank; "Do you use any other pesticides for other insects?  If you do, will the pesticide have any effect, to be concerned about,  for the nematodes?"
 
Open Question for the list; "What kind of happenings could be expected if a grower injected pesticide into the vine? What about a solution of a grub killer?  Is there such a product on the market?
 
Is a product containing pyrethrins considered organic?  Would that work as a pesticide to control the SVBs ?
 
Thank-you for any thinkings you share with me.
 
Best plant is a healthy (so far) Hester 743, ~ 10 feet, first female is as small as a BB.
 
John "Cornhusk" Barlow
Southwestern Wisconsin (Gays Mills)
616 pounds in 1996 (first year luck !)
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