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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2021 9:13:47 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Aug 22, 2021 9:15:52 GMT -6
Does Bt work on army worms?
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2021 10:24:08 GMT -6
Does Bt work on army worms? Probably. I did a quick internet search and just about any insecticide seems to work. I've decided to ignore them and see what happens. They don't damage roots so I'm going with using them as a great way to mix undigested biomass with enzymes and dump it back into the soil. I wasn't to keen on the idea of mass spraying my blooming clovers and killing all those pollinators. May be a mistake but I'm counting on everything coming back in cool weather.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 22, 2021 10:27:25 GMT -6
Does Bt work on army worms? Probably. I did a quick internet search and just about any insecticide seems to work. I've decided to ignore them and see what happens. They don't damage roots so I'm going with using them as a great way to mix undigested biomass with enzymes and dump it back into the soil. I wasn't to keen on the idea of mass spraying my blooming clovers and killing all those pollinators. May be a mistake but I'm counting on everything coming back in cool weather. That's why I asked about Bt. Reportedly harmless to insects, only impacts worms/larvae and breaks down quickly
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 22, 2021 10:37:17 GMT -6
Probably. I did a quick internet search and just about any insecticide seems to work. I've decided to ignore them and see what happens. They don't damage roots so I'm going with using them as a great way to mix undigested biomass with enzymes and dump it back into the soil. I wasn't to keen on the idea of mass spraying my blooming clovers and killing all those pollinators. May be a mistake but I'm counting on everything coming back in cool weather. That's why I asked about Bt. Reportedly harmless to insects, only impacts worms/larvae and breaks down quickly I did not know that!
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 22, 2021 19:12:45 GMT -6
Get some generic Warrior and spray them. No big deal.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 22, 2021 21:04:42 GMT -6
Do you get dew down there?
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 22, 2021 21:10:09 GMT -6
My tomato lady in SF used diatomaceous earth on vegetables. Not sure if that’ll do it, but It worked on some kind of leaf eaters. Like feeding them a bowl of crushed glass. And free calcium.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 23, 2021 5:53:01 GMT -6
My tomato lady in SF used diatomaceous earth on vegetables. Not sure if that’ll do it, but It worked on some kind of leaf eaters. Like feeding them a bowl of crushed glass. And free calcium. We get lots of dew down here. Wet in the mornings. Diatomaceous earth works for a lot of things but these army worms hit acres at a time. Neighbors south of us lost 60 acres of alfalfa in 3 days. Any measures taken has to be big. I wonder if diatomaceous earth stops scorpions? I would like to get them out of the house if I could. I might try to find some Warrior like Mo said or some Bt for the yard.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 23, 2021 6:28:18 GMT -6
My tomato lady in SF used diatomaceous earth on vegetables. Not sure if that’ll do it, but It worked on some kind of leaf eaters. Like feeding them a bowl of crushed glass. And free calcium. We get lots of dew down here. Wet in the mornings. Diatomaceous earth works for a lot of things but these army worms hit acres at a time. Neighbors south of us lost 60 acres of alfalfa in 3 days. Any measures taken has to be big. I wonder if diatomaceous earth stops scorpions? I would like to get them out of the house if I could. I might try to find some Warrior like Mo said or some Bt for the yard. Oh that is fast. Ouch.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 23, 2021 6:34:17 GMT -6
My tomato lady in SF used diatomaceous earth on vegetables. Not sure if that’ll do it, but It worked on some kind of leaf eaters. Like feeding them a bowl of crushed glass. And free calcium. We get lots of dew down here. Wet in the mornings. Diatomaceous earth works for a lot of things but these army worms hit acres at a time. Neighbors south of us lost 60 acres of alfalfa in 3 days. Any measures taken has to be big. I wonder if diatomaceous earth stops scorpions? I would like to get them out of the house if I could. I might try to find some Warrior like Mo said or some Bt for the yard. Talstar P takes care of Army Worms and Scorpions.
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Post by buckvelvet on Aug 24, 2021 9:49:31 GMT -6
Are those tent works? Looks a lot like tent worms we get here?
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 24, 2021 10:06:29 GMT -6
We get lots of dew down here. Wet in the mornings. Diatomaceous earth works for a lot of things but these army worms hit acres at a time. Neighbors south of us lost 60 acres of alfalfa in 3 days. Any measures taken has to be big. I wonder if diatomaceous earth stops scorpions? I would like to get them out of the house if I could. I might try to find some Warrior like Mo said or some Bt for the yard. Talstar P takes care of Army Worms and Scorpions. Little Cat got stung on the bottom lip last night by a scorpion. I've been using Lambda Star for a house spray, need to get me some Talstar P!
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 24, 2021 10:08:08 GMT -6
Are those tent works? Looks a lot like tent worms we get here? These guys don't make any tents or web looking things. Also don't get into trees, they prefer to eat cool season grasses.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 24, 2021 10:10:44 GMT -6
Talstar P takes care of Army Worms and Scorpions. Little Cat got stung on the bottom lip last night by a scorpion. I've been using Lambda Star for a house spray, need to get me some Talstar P! That’s half strength generic Warrior. Great on Army Worms. Does nothing on Scorpions.
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