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Is my BT good?
Here I am in the middle of a Tent Caterpillar infestation and am feeling
frugal. My question is rather BT (Bacillum Thurengus SP?) will hold over a year or so. I guess I will find out because I sprayed the critters with the old spray, but if enough of you reply that BT goes dead in a year I will go out and buy fresh BT spray. Thanks, Ken. |
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Is my BT good?
I know I have used the same container of BT for 3 or 4 years and it
still seemed to be completely effective against cabbage worms. I use the dry wetible powder form. I have the feeling you might be using the liquid. Steve Kenneth D. Schillinger wrote: Here I am in the middle of a Tent Caterpillar infestation and am feeling frugal. My question is rather BT (Bacillum Thurengus SP?) will hold over a year or so. I guess I will find out because I sprayed the critters with the old spray, but if enough of you reply that BT goes dead in a year I will go out and buy fresh BT spray. Thanks, Ken. |
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Is my BT good?
"Kenneth D. Schillinger" wrote in message ... Here I am in the middle of a Tent Caterpillar infestation and am feeling frugal. My question is rather BT (Bacillum Thurengus SP?) will hold over a year or so. I guess I will find out because I sprayed the critters with the old spray, but if enough of you reply that BT goes dead in a year I will go out and buy fresh BT spray. Thanks, Ken. I blast the nests with a propane torch, Ray |
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Is my BT good?
Liquids it is...
Ken. "Steve" wrote in message ... I know I have used the same container of BT for 3 or 4 years and it still seemed to be completely effective against cabbage worms. I use the dry wetible powder form. I have the feeling you might be using the liquid. Steve Kenneth D. Schillinger wrote: Here I am in the middle of a Tent Caterpillar infestation and am feeling frugal. My question is rather BT (Bacillum Thurengus SP?) will hold over a year or so. I guess I will find out because I sprayed the critters with the old spray, but if enough of you reply that BT goes dead in a year I will go out and buy fresh BT spray. Thanks, Ken. |
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Is my BT good?
Ken wrote
Liquids it is... Ken. "Steve" wrote in message ... I know I have used the same container of BT for 3 or 4 years and it still seemed to be completely effective against cabbage worms. I use the dry wetible powder form. I have the feeling you might be using the liquid. I have used the Safer brand liquid and found it to be good for several years, but I have also had a Bonide brand liquid that never even worked the first year I bought it. It had the appearance of being curdled and smelled putrid. I think it had been frozen. Will that ruin it? The Safer stuff had a sweet smell and a much smoother appearance. Lightnin Dave |
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Is my BT good?
On Mon, 3 May 2004 16:39:39 -0500, "Lightnin Dave"
wrote: Ken wrote Liquids it is... Ken. "Steve" wrote in message ... I know I have used the same container of BT for 3 or 4 years and it still seemed to be completely effective against cabbage worms. I use the dry wetible powder form. I have the feeling you might be using the liquid. I have used the Safer brand liquid and found it to be good for several years, but I have also had a Bonide brand liquid that never even worked the first year I bought it. It had the appearance of being curdled and smelled putrid. I think it had been frozen. Will that ruin it? The Safer stuff had a sweet smell and a much smoother appearance. Lightnin Dave They're living beasties.. I'd imagine freezing wouldn't do it much good as storage at high temperatures wouldn't.. anything curdled and stinking.. I'd say is dead. Janice |
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