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14-03-2009, 11:15 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Billy[_7_]
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Bt breakdown?
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Because it isn't a poison as such, it is a microorganism. Grubs and
caterpillars need to get it into their gut by eating it for it to be
effective, which is why you put it on to leaves and other parts of the plant
that makes up their diet, they don't eat dirt.
David
That makes some sense.
But again, if my soil gets "infected" by Bt with repeated
applications, I can stop buying the stuff and just
dust the leaves with the infected soil year after year, right?
That is, dryness doesn't kill it. Wetness doesn't kill it. So where
does it go, once it's in soil? I guess
something else in the soil must kill it. Nothing to live on there?
Well, I'd say the same thing when it's
dissolved in water, but it seems to do just fine that way. Powder and
liquid forms of Bt are active, I am told,
for years.
Logic is only as good as its' premise.
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Billy
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now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of
conception until death." - Rachel Carson
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