Re: Sevin
Sevin is toxic to Honey Bees only if you spray the plants after the bees
wake up in the morning and and prior to them buzzing through your plants.
If you put Sevin down prior to the bees waking up (very early in the
morning) then by the time the bees come out and the leaves dry down somewhat
you should have no problem.
Another thing, I would recommend hand pollintion on AG's, this way you can
control the genetics.
Dave
Sterling, MA
Another thing, most
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Peters" <gpeters@ll.mit.edu>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: Sevin
> What about reduces the number of honey bee's as Sevin is highly toxic to
> honey bees
>
> At 09:41 AM 5/14/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Marv,
> >
> >I don't thing Sevin is the problem at all, it's a very mild pesticide in
> >comparison to many others. I think what is happening is that the female
> >flowers you are pollinating are aborting naturally, it's natures way of
> >saying 'something is not right'.
> >
> >Dave
> >Sterling, MA
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <Lubadub@aol.com>
> >To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:50 AM
> >Subject: Sevin
> >
> >
> > > I have used Sevin for quite some time on my pumpkins. I read somewhere
> >that it is used by some apple growers to reduce the number of blossums on
a
> >tree that become actual apples. This way they get fewer but larger
apples. I
> >have had problems some years with female pumpkin blossums dying rather
than
> >forming pumpkins after I pollinated them. Does anyone think that the use
of
> >Sevin as a pesticide on my pumpkins just might be contributing to this? I
> >have started to use Sevin later in the season now, after I have some
> >pumpkins going, as it is an effective pesticide against most everything
> >except spider mites. It actually enhances the growth of spider mites in
my
> >patch and so I intermittently apply some Malathion which seems to
eliminate
> >them.
> > > Marv in Altoona
> > >
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