Who knows something about pesticides?

[glen]

How do I figure out what I need to spray on my crops?
Diazinon?
Malathion?
Dursban?

Combination?

I am growing Tomatoes, Strawberries, herbs, and Corn.

 

[N8Magic]

When you say crops, do you mean acres of field tomatoes, or a small garden?

If its the latter, why not look into natural alternatives rather than polluting the water table with pesticides?

 

[notfred]

while I'm at work.... http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp/

 

[crazyx26]

the place where you buy the chemicals should have someone there who could answer that

also read the label on the front of the bottle. that should tell you what you are allowed to mix it with and what weed/pest control you will get.

 

[glen]

small backyard garden:
50 Tomato plants
20 corn plants
150 Strawberry plants

 

[loup garou]

You shouldn't use Dursban on crops, although it is incredibly effective. It's also tough to come by with the ban its under. Too bad, it was a great under slab treatment for termites.

Diazinon is also an organophosphate, but not as effective. I don't know about Malathion.

 

[N8Magic]

<< small backyard garden:
50 Tomato plants
20 corn plants
150 Strawberry plants >>



Wow, nice garden. I wish my backyard was appropriate for a garden. I'm still waiting for the builder to grade it.

 

[glen]

Dursban is outlawed now?
Why?

 

[308nato]

Well, being a farmboy who has spent his whole life polluting the water table to feed the world i would say:

Diazinon is for yard/basement dwelling pests. Put that around your foundation but not in your garden.
Malathion is a last resort for infestations in garden plants.
Dursban even I wouldn't put on something I am going to eat.

Stick with anything having "pyrethrins" in the active ingredients. Any unpronouncable chemical beginning with "pyr" is fine. Do not water the plants with it. A little is all it takes.

Going au naturele in a small garden can be done. Lots more attention must be paid to the types of critters you are finding daily though. As far as a large farm going all natural....it is unaffordable unless you have a niche market ready with the tree hugging cheese makers.

 

[loup garou]

<< Dursban is outlawed now?
Why? >>


Link

 

[loup garou]

<< Well, being a farmboy who has spent his whole life polluting the water table to feed the world i would say:

Diazinon is for yard/basement dwelling pests. Put that around your foundation but not in your garden.
Malathion is a last resort for infestations in garden plants.
Dursban even I wouldn't put on something I am going to eat.

Stick with anything having "pyrethrins" in the active ingredients. Any unpronouncable chemical beginning with "pyr" is fine. Do not water the plants with it. A little is all it takes.

Going au naturele in a small garden can be done. Lots more attention must be paid to the types of critters you are finding daily though. As far as a large farm going all natural....it is unaffordable unless you have a niche market ready with the tree hugging cheese makers. >>


Thanks for the info, 308. I work with pesticides everyday, but I'm not familiar with their usage in crops...we specialize in urban entomology.

 

[308nato]

<< Thanks for the info, 308. I work with pesticides everyday, but I'm not familiar with their usage in crops...we specialize in urban entomology. >>



You don't drive that little pickup with the man size cockroach mounted to the roof do you?

 

[loup garou]

<<

<< Thanks for the info, 308. I work with pesticides everyday, but I'm not familiar with their usage in crops...we specialize in urban entomology. >>



You don't drive that little pickup with the man size cockroach mounted to the roof do you? >>


Nope, I drive the big Federal Government white suburban with blacked out windows.

 

[glen]

What is Ortho's Bug-B-Gone?
http://www.ortho.com/content/products/outdoorbug.cfm#3

 

[loup garou]

<< What is Ortho's Bug-B-Gone?
http://www.ortho.com/content/products/outdoorbug.cfm#3 >>



That's diazinon. MSDS