On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:04:13 -0400, Paul E. Lehmann
wrote:

Kay Lancaster wrote:


"Paul J. Dudley" wrote:
Last month ( mid June ) I had applied Seven
dust to my grapevine due to Japanese Beatle
infestation. I applied by hand ( gloved ). I
grabbed a handfull at a time and just tossed
it across the whole of the foliage and grape
clusters.

Didn't you read the directions... that's the
dumbest method for applying Sevin.


The dust was given to me in a mason jar by my
girlfriends father,
complete with no instructions. Just toss it
across the whole of the vine like he does his
peach trees. So that is what I did.


You'll probably take this as more sarcastic
criticism, but stories like this are why I'm not
sure most people should be allowed to use other
than a flyswatter as a pesticide.

You accepted an unlabeled jar of unknown
chemical of unknown concentration,
with no instructions, and you didn't know how
to apply it.

How do you know it was carbaryl, and not, say,
Paris green? Or maybe one
of the herbicides? Or flour?

Some day, a stunt like this is going to bite you
badly. This might be that.

Why don't you offer constructive advice instead of
bashing. I would be willing to bet YOU are
equally guilty of being ignorant on a specific
topic equally as hazardous or even more so.

I did, Dippy, in my first post. If you're going to use a pesticide, make sure
you follow the label directions. No label. Mason jar.
This is playing chemical Russian Roulette.
And it's a violation of US federal law. And if this wasn't in the US, then
it's likely to have violated the laws of most other countries.

Not to mention the law of common sense: you don't keep toxic materials
in a food container. Especially not an unlabeled food container.

Learn from your mistakes. If you can.