Oraganic IPM (Integrated Pest Management)

NaturalFarmer

NaturalFarmer

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Plants that attract lacewings:

Achillea filipendulina Fern-leaf yarrow

Anethum graveolens Dill

Angelica gigas Angelica

Anthemis tinctoria Golden marguerite

Atriplex canescens Four-wing saltbush

Callirhoe involucrata Purple poppy mallow

Carum Carvi Caraway

Coriandrum sativum Coriander

Cosmos bipinnatus Cosmos white sensation

Daucus Carota Queen Anne's lace

Foeniculum vulgare Fennel

Helianthus maximilianii Prairie sunflower

Tanacetum vulgare Tansy

Taraxacum officinale Dandelion

http://www.farmerfred.com/plants_that_attract_benefi.html
 
NaturalFarmer

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They are natural born killers for sure. I love them but you are 100% correct. They will eat anything (I've heard even mice and small birds but I assume not the ones in Maine).
 
CaliSmokes

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NaturalFarmer said:
They creep me out but are pretty easy to control thankfully. Unless we are talking root aphids.
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Glad I caught them early, kind of panicked when I saw them. Had some captain jacks and realized Aphids are the ONE bug is does nothing against. The insecticidal soap is life now, it kills almost everything. They were multiplying so fast, thousands of them were on a dead rose bush. Took the whole bottle.
 

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NaturalFarmer

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Corydalus or Dobsonfly by the looks. The larvae is called a hellgramite and are the BEST fishing bait for rivers you will ever find. I assume you have a river nearby?
They bite like hell though (or pinch I should say) and you have to get the hook under their thorax to keep them alive. I grew up on a river that had huge larvae (some 6" long) and bass will hit them immediately on your cast .
You can find them in slow current under rocks with a seine net, they tuck into a ball at first and then wiggle like hell because they cant swim. This drives the fish nuts.
FYI- Don't knock over the pail of them in the canoe with bare feet.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

PROBABLY WAY MORE INFO THAN YOU WANTED...Thats me tho.
 
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CaliSmokes

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NaturalFarmer said:
Corydalus or Dobsonfly by the looks. The larvae is called a hellgramite and are the BEST fishing bait for rivers you will ever find. I assume you have a river nearby?
They bite like hell though (or pinch I should say) and you have to get the hook under their thorax to keep them alive. I grew up on a river that had huge larvae (some 6" long) and bass will hit them immediately on your cast .
You can find them in slow current under rocks with a seine net, they tuck into a ball at first and then wiggle like hell because they cant swim. This drives the fish nuts.
FYI- Don't knock over the pail of them in the canoe with bare feet.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

PROBABLY WAY MORE INFO THAN YOU WANTED...Thats me tho.
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Can't thank you enough for all the info, I couldn't find it anywhere. They swarmed out of the mud, hundreds flying in all directions.
 
DonBrennon

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NaturalFarmer said:
Corydalus or Dobsonfly by the looks. The larvae is called a hellgramite and are the BEST fishing bait for rivers you will ever find. I assume you have a river nearby?
They bite like hell though (or pinch I should say) and you have to get the hook under their thorax to keep them alive. I grew up on a river that had huge larvae (some 6" long) and bass will hit them immediately on your cast .
You can find them in slow current under rocks with a seine net, they tuck into a ball at first and then wiggle like hell because they cant swim. This drives the fish nuts.
FYI- Don't knock over the pail of them in the canoe with bare feet.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

PROBABLY WAY MORE INFO THAN YOU WANTED...Thats me tho.
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We're only here for the INFO Bro, keep up the good work:clap: bongsmilie
 
NaturalFarmer

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Does anybody use OG Biowar? Let me first sat that I am not a fan of this product or the company or Cap really for that matter and I will let that be known from the get go. Plenty of shadiness to begin with in terms of WHAT IS IN THE PRODUCT and where it is sourced not to mention he lack of effectiveness. Maybe it doesn't make a difference to Capulator that this isn't an Organic product (told me he never put much thought into it as he figured all microbes are organic) but it does to me. The fact that Metarhizium is in it tells me that not only is it not organic (petroleum carrier), but it uses Monsanto's product MET-52. I question whether the spores are even alive considering the talc carrier he uses.
I guess we should assume the OG means ocean grown?
Fuck Monsanto and any product who uses it without telling their customers!
OG Bio-shade would be a better name.
 
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