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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
Mosquito Dunks, do they work for rain barrels?
We sell whole white oak whiskey barrels, they have many uses. One of the uses is as rain barrels for gardens. I have been asked if a product know as "Mosquito Dunks" would be safe used in water for the garden? Has anyone used them, and are they safe? Kentucky Rustic Bourbon Whiskey Barrels http://www.moffetts.biz/wholebarrels.html -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
We have been using them in our rain barrel (one quarter of a dunk per
barrel) and have seen a reduction in mosquitos around the rain barrel. The product info. states that it is safe for birds, pets, and wildlife. I don't feed our dog water from the rainbarrel, but I do feel safe using the rain barrel water to water the plants in our yard where our dogs play. Heidi kyrustic wrote: Mosquito Dunks, do they work for rain barrels? We sell whole white oak whiskey barrels, they have many uses. One of the uses is as rain barrels for gardens. I have been asked if a product know as "Mosquito Dunks" would be safe used in water for the garden? Has anyone used them, and are they safe? Kentucky Rustic Bourbon Whiskey Barrels http://www.moffetts.biz/wholebarrels.html -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
Thanks for the info. I'll tell them it's safe to use the water on their
veggie gardens. -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz "Heidi" wrote in message om... We have been using them in our rain barrel (one quarter of a dunk per barrel) and have seen a reduction in mosquitos around the rain barrel. The product info. states that it is safe for birds, pets, and wildlife. I don't feed our dog water from the rainbarrel, but I do feel safe using the rain barrel water to water the plants in our yard where our dogs play. Heidi kyrustic wrote: Mosquito Dunks, do they work for rain barrels? We sell whole white oak whiskey barrels, they have many uses. One of the uses is as rain barrels for gardens. I have been asked if a product know as "Mosquito Dunks" would be safe used in water for the garden? Has anyone used them, and are they safe? Kentucky Rustic Bourbon Whiskey Barrels http://www.moffetts.biz/wholebarrels.html -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
they use Bacillius Thurengi or Bt, which is a natural insect organism. It's
safe, we're not insects, but it disrupts their intestinal systems and they die and the Bt is still released in the soil or water to be ingested again. The dunks work for about 30 days and there are enough on a card to treat six times. "kyrustic" wrote in message ... Mosquito Dunks, do they work for rain barrels? We sell whole white oak whiskey barrels, they have many uses. One of the uses is as rain barrels for gardens. I have been asked if a product know as "Mosquito Dunks" would be safe used in water for the garden? Has anyone used them, and are they safe? Kentucky Rustic Bourbon Whiskey Barrels http://www.moffetts.biz/wholebarrels.html -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
The worry is that not only do they kill mosquitoes but that they kill other
things as well (bees for example). I put mosquito fish (rosie reds) in my small water gardens (barrel size). This year I put in 2 guppies which I will now have to bring in for the winter since they are tropical.... Anyone want some guppies (now 3)? "kyrustic" wrote in message ... Mosquito Dunks, do they work for rain barrels? We sell whole white oak whiskey barrels, they have many uses. One of the uses is as rain barrels for gardens. I have been asked if a product know as "Mosquito Dunks" would be safe used in water for the garden? Has anyone used them, and are they safe? Kentucky Rustic Bourbon Whiskey Barrels http://www.moffetts.biz/wholebarrels.html -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
Mosquito dunks kill nothing but mosquito larvae.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 03:28:23 GMT, "dkat" opined: The worry is that not only do they kill mosquitoes but that they kill other things as well (bees for example). I put mosquito fish (rosie reds) in my small water gardens (barrel size). This year I put in 2 guppies which I will now have to bring in for the winter since they are tropical.... Anyone want some guppies (now 3)? "kyrustic" wrote in message ... Mosquito Dunks, do they work for rain barrels? We sell whole white oak whiskey barrels, they have many uses. One of the uses is as rain barrels for gardens. I have been asked if a product know as "Mosquito Dunks" would be safe used in water for the garden? Has anyone used them, and are they safe? Kentucky Rustic Bourbon Whiskey Barrels http://www.moffetts.biz/wholebarrels.html -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
regular Bt will kill any caterpillar. Bt israeli will only kill mosquito and midge
larvae. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: The worry is that not only do they kill mosquitoes but that they kill other things as well (bees for example). I put mosquito fish (rosie reds) in my small water gardens (barrel size). This year I put in 2 guppies which I will now have to bring in for the winter since they are tropical.... Anyone want some guppies (now 3)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
I read a while back that there was concern about its toxicity to bees....
From what I can find now there is only one species of bees that it is highly toxic to. Others may suffer a shorter lifespan but not one that anyone seems concerned about. It certainly seems the case that the cost/benefit ratio is on the side of using it. I still like guppies better though... DK http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/npic/factsheets/BTgen.pdf wrote in message ... regular Bt will kill any caterpillar. Bt israeli will only kill mosquito and midge larvae. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: The worry is that not only do they kill mosquitoes but that they kill other things as well (bees for example). I put mosquito fish (rosie reds) in my small water gardens (barrel size). This year I put in 2 guppies which I will now have to bring in for the winter since they are tropical.... Anyone want some guppies (now 3)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
The article said Bt sub-species. Not likely talking about Bt-i.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:52:15 -0400, "D Kat" opined: I read a while back that there was concern about its toxicity to bees.... From what I can find now there is only one species of bees that it is highly toxic to. Others may suffer a shorter lifespan but not one that anyone seems concerned about. It certainly seems the case that the cost/benefit ratio is on the side of using it. I still like guppies better though... DK http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/npic/factsheets/BTgen.pdf wrote in message ... regular Bt will kill any caterpillar. Bt israeli will only kill mosquito and midge larvae. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: The worry is that not only do they kill mosquitoes but that they kill other things as well (bees for example). I put mosquito fish (rosie reds) in my small water gardens (barrel size). This year I put in 2 guppies which I will now have to bring in for the winter since they are tropical.... Anyone want some guppies (now 3)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
I don't really know. As I said, it was something I read some previous
summer about the dunks and it convinced me not to use them. However I can really find nothing useful about it now in the time I think it is worth investing. I don't know if the story has disappeared because the original story that I'm referring to did not make the distinction between the different bacteria strains, if it was based on an in process study that didn't pan out, if it has just been swept under the rug because everyone is far more concerned about the diseases passed by mosquitoes than they are to what may be only a minor impact on the environment, or what (however I am noticing that being an environmentalist is about to take the same four letter word status as liberal how holds). The one thing that I do know is that I am happy that it motivated me to get rosie reds and this year guppies. They are far more entertaining than a floating chunk of dunk. I'm not saying what people should or should not do.... I'm simply musing on line... I'm currently having my a$$ chewed off in rec.ponds for similar musings so I'm getting a bit nervous about doing it at all. DK "animaux" wrote in message ... The article said Bt sub-species. Not likely talking about Bt-i. On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:52:15 -0400, "D Kat" opined: I read a while back that there was concern about its toxicity to bees.... From what I can find now there is only one species of bees that it is highly toxic to. Others may suffer a shorter lifespan but not one that anyone seems concerned about. It certainly seems the case that the cost/benefit ratio is on the side of using it. I still like guppies better though... DK http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/npic/factsheets/BTgen.pdf wrote in message ... regular Bt will kill any caterpillar. Bt israeli will only kill mosquito and midge larvae. Ingrid "dkat" wrote: The worry is that not only do they kill mosquitoes but that they kill other things as well (bees for example). I put mosquito fish (rosie reds) in my small water gardens (barrel size). This year I put in 2 guppies which I will now have to bring in for the winter since they are tropical.... Anyone want some guppies (now 3)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
On the bulk packages it says to keep the stuff out of wounds, not to
eat it or get into eyes. I have three garden ponds within a shovels throw from 6 hives of honeybees. I have used dunks in the ponds and the bees drink from them with no sign of a problem. You will have no problems with using them in rain barrels. |
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Are "Mosquito Dunks" Safe?
"dkat" wrote in
.net: I don't really know. As I said, it was something I read some previous summer about the dunks and it convinced me not to use them. However I can really find nothing useful about it now in the time I think it is worth investing. I don't know if the story has disappeared because the original story that I'm referring to did not make the distinction between the different bacteria strains, if it was based on an in process study that didn't pan out, if it has just been swept under the rug because everyone is far more concerned about the diseases passed by mosquitoes than they are to what may be only a minor impact on the environment, or what (however I am noticing that being an environmentalist is about to take the same four letter word status as liberal how holds). The one thing that I do know is that I am happy that it motivated me to get rosie reds and this year guppies. They are far more entertaining than a floating chunk of dunk. I'm not saying what people should or should not do.... I'm simply musing on line... I'm currently having my a$$ chewed off in rec.ponds for similar musings so I'm getting a bit nervous about doing it at all. DK Keep in mind, that the mosquito larvae actually have to ingest the bacteria to be affected. I stuck a dunk in a 5 gallon bucket of water and after 2 days, most of the larvae are dead, but there as still a few hanging around. The dunk in question is over a year old and has been through the mail. If you've got a rain barrel and it's not raining, it might be better and cheaper just to introduce a thin layer of oil to the surface of the water .... kill rate for me was 100% in under a day. Of course, don't use any oil that you wouldn't eat anyway. For gutters and out of the way places, the dunks are a better idea. - Salty |
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