Pics from my side gig this week

[dirtytoeddawg]

Right at sunset with the small sprayer going. Little fungicide, foliar zinc, & some nasty stuff for the aphids & other critters.

Finished up mowing down the clover at the farm in the north end of the county.

 

[Charles Norris]

What do you put out for aphids? Those fuckers wreck my garden. Bought ladybugs one year, but I’d rather spray something.

 

[dirtytoeddawg]

What do you put out for aphids? Those fuckers wreck my garden. Bought ladybugs one year, but I’d rather spray something.

Right now just using Upcyde, in June will start running Imidaclorpyd. Both have properties that don’t do too much damage to beneficials like lady bugs. By August we turn up the heat with generic Lorasban & Agmectin to burn the whole orchard down insect wise. When we run that last mixture for 2 applications there isn’t much left living in the area for a few weeks.

Those all require a commercial license (which really isn’t that hard to get in our state) & are expensive AF & can kill a careless man so just stick with whatever you can get your hands on at the local gardening joint. Or buy ladybugs.

 

[Renegadenole]

Right now just using Upcyde, in June will start running Imidaclorpyd. Both have properties that don’t do too much damage to beneficials like lady bugs. By August we turn up the heat with generic Lorasban & Agmectin to burn the whole orchard down insect wise. When we run that last mixture for 2 applications there isn’t much left living in the area for a few weeks.

Those all require a commercial license (which really isn’t that hard to get in our state) & are expensive AF & can kill a careless man so just stick with whatever you can get your hands on at the local gardening joint. Or buy ladybugs.

@dirtytoeddawg called it out correct. It’s a scorched earth approach. If you have a problem on the home front stay a natural as you can. When you go scorched earth all the good stuff dies with all the bad stuff and everything gets out of wack. It’s not easy to go back.

I personally had an issue with Japanese beetles. I sprayed bifen everywhere. Couldn’t understand a couple years later why the flies were so bad. It’s because I also killed all the stuff that feeds on flies. Now, flies buzz me while sitting on the porch admiring my sculpted landscape free of root eating beetles.

 

[GarnetPild]

@dirtytoeddawg called it out correct. It’s a scorched earth approach. If you have a problem on the home front stay a natural as you can. When you go scorched earth all the good stuff dies with all the bad stuff and everything gets out of wack. It’s not easy to go back.

I personally had an issue with Japanese beetles. I sprayed bifen everywhere. Couldn’t understand a couple years later why the flies were so bad. It’s because I also killed all the stuff that feeds on flies. Now, flies buzz me while sitting on the porch admiring my sculpted landscape free of root eating beetles.

Good call on staying natural on the homefront imo. I always am scared to use many chemicals, having well water. Even stuff like round up makes me nervous. Never gotten into pesticides besides spray for roaches.

 

[ChicagoFats]

Right now just using Upcyde, in June will start running Imidaclorpyd. Both have properties that don’t do too much damage to beneficials like lady bugs. By August we turn up the heat with generic Lorasban & Agmectin to burn the whole orchard down insect wise. When we run that last mixture for 2 applications there isn’t much left living in the area for a few weeks.

Those all require a commercial license (which really isn’t that hard to get in our state) & are expensive AF & can kill a careless man so just stick with whatever you can get your hands on at the local gardening joint. Or buy ladybugs.

What kind of precautions do you have to take to not get fucked up by the chemicals?