Diatomaceous earth sprinkled liberally all around the plant and refreshed as needed. Slices them up. It's beneficial as well.
yeah , I guess you could rinse the DE off after harvest in a bath. If i do outs again i'm going with the net technique and adding beneficial insects and other beneficial plants inside the net, and ill be able to cover them when we have rainy weather season
I use an airless paint sprayer. I spoke with a person at Bioworks about applying using my equipment for Cease and Milstop. They assured me it would be fine.
Those levels seem way higher than needed.
I just apply to the ground. Caterpillars can't make it to the plants. Slices the little bastards up.
That is the max listed rate for foggers and misters for 10,000 sq. ft, probably for application on root crops for storage, not the application rate table.
That makes way more sense.
Sometimes. Sometimes not. If laid on one plant they'll leave it for untouched ones. The DE also handles beetles.
Man I always thought they fell down from the trees, cause I've seen them come down from a web so I figured you'd need a screen
Depending on species of moth or butterfly you probably have. Some drop in. Some are hatched on the plant. Some crawl from one spot to the next. Netting is not recommended by me because of shading. By the time the holes are small enough to block tiny worms or caterpillars they're providing shade all day.
Every time I get them it's too late to do anything but it's good to know you should be ready for anything , DE on the surrounding soil would definitely help. I wonder if next year I could make nice setup with a canopy
I used to let my chickens have the run of the garden. Pot and all. They might peck a vegetable trying to see if it's edible. But watching them gobble a giant tomato worm is pretty satisfying.
