Austin Gardeners,

I have all my gutters drained into large plastic garbage cans and I use
pieces of the BT dunks to keep mosquitoes from hatching out.

However, there was a woman on a tv gardening show the other day (just
got in on the last of it) and she said that organic matter in the water
will keep the dunks (BT) from working to kill the larva of the mosquitoes.

She said we need the pliable window screen material covering the tops of
the garbage cans and held in place with those bungie cords to hold the
screens in place to keep leaves and such from failing in it.

So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?

Gae Xavier

Gae Xavier wrote:
So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?

I doubt that information is accurate, since dunks work just fine in ponds.

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Victor Martinez wrote:
Gae Xavier wrote:

So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?


I doubt that information is accurate, since dunks work just fine in ponds.


Hey Victor!

My pond has plants and fish and is nice smelling and clear looking, but
my trash cans with drainage off the roof get a lot of tree debris and
leaves, so the water is brown and brackish and the gunk at the bottom
smells like sewer.

So, I suspect that is the sort of organic matter that she was referring
to not well-balanced pond water.

Gae

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:32:32 -0500, Gae Xavier wrote:

Victor Martinez wrote:
Gae Xavier wrote:

So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?


I doubt that information is accurate, since dunks work just fine in ponds.


Hey Victor!

My pond has plants and fish and is nice smelling and clear looking, but
my trash cans with drainage off the roof get a lot of tree debris and
leaves, so the water is brown and brackish and the gunk at the bottom
smells like sewer.

So, I suspect that is the sort of organic matter that she was referring
to not well-balanced pond water.

Gae

It doesn't matter. All ponds have sludge at the bottom, especially if
there are fish. The dunks work, and the information you read is
incorrect.

The smell in the bottom of the trash cans are anaerobic organisms.

Jangchub wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:32:32 -0500, Gae Xavier wrote:


Victor Martinez wrote:

Gae Xavier wrote:


So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?


I doubt that information is accurate, since dunks work just fine in ponds.


Hey Victor!

My pond has plants and fish and is nice smelling and clear looking, but
my trash cans with drainage off the roof get a lot of tree debris and
leaves, so the water is brown and brackish and the gunk at the bottom
smells like sewer.

So, I suspect that is the sort of organic matter that she was referring
to not well-balanced pond water.

Gae


It doesn't matter. All ponds have sludge at the bottom, especially if
there are fish. The dunks work, and the information you read is
incorrect.

The smell in the bottom of the trash cans are anaerobic organisms.

Look, I didn't come on here to argue with you two smart guys.

All I know is the woman on Central Texas Gardener show made a statement
to keep your water containers clean of organic debris if you want your
dunks to work properly.

Good Luck to You -- Gae

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Jangchub wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:32:32 -0500, Gae Xavier wrote:


Victor Martinez wrote:

Gae Xavier wrote:


So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?


I doubt that information is accurate, since dunks work just fine in
ponds.


Hey Victor!

My pond has plants and fish and is nice smelling and clear looking, but
my trash cans with drainage off the roof get a lot of tree debris and
leaves, so the water is brown and brackish and the gunk at the bottom
smells like sewer.

So, I suspect that is the sort of organic matter that she was referring
to not well-balanced pond water.

Gae


It doesn't matter. All ponds have sludge at the bottom, especially if
there are fish. The dunks work, and the information you read is
incorrect.

The smell in the bottom of the trash cans are anaerobic organisms.

Look, I didn't come on here to argue with you two smart guys.

All I know is the woman on Central Texas Gardener show made a statement
to keep your water containers clean of organic debris if you want your
dunks to work properly.

Good Luck to You -- Gae

If you put a screen over the containers, why would you need to use a dunk?
Just saying.......

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:06:30 -0500, Gae Xavier wrote:

Jangchub wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:32:32 -0500, Gae Xavier wrote:


Victor Martinez wrote:

Gae Xavier wrote:


So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?


I doubt that information is accurate, since dunks work just fine in ponds.


Hey Victor!

My pond has plants and fish and is nice smelling and clear looking, but
my trash cans with drainage off the roof get a lot of tree debris and
leaves, so the water is brown and brackish and the gunk at the bottom
smells like sewer.

So, I suspect that is the sort of organic matter that she was referring
to not well-balanced pond water.

Gae


It doesn't matter. All ponds have sludge at the bottom, especially if
there are fish. The dunks work, and the information you read is
incorrect.

The smell in the bottom of the trash cans are anaerobic organisms.

Look, I didn't come on here to argue with you two smart guys.

All I know is the woman on Central Texas Gardener show made a statement
to keep your water containers clean of organic debris if you want your
dunks to work properly.

Good Luck to You -- Gae

She was incorrect. Nobody is arguing with you, trying to inform, not
argue.

The dunks don't prevent hatching. They hatch out and eat the
Bt-Israelensis aka Bt-K strain and die. The dunks do have a shelf
life. I use them all the time and they work perfectly well.

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:36:46 -0500, Gae Xavier wrote:

Austin Gardeners,

I have all my gutters drained into large plastic garbage cans and I use
pieces of the BT dunks to keep mosquitoes from hatching out.

However, there was a woman on a tv gardening show the other day (just
got in on the last of it) and she said that organic matter in the water
will keep the dunks (BT) from working to kill the larva of the mosquitoes.

She said we need the pliable window screen material covering the tops of
the garbage cans and held in place with those bungie cords to hold the
screens in place to keep leaves and such from failing in it.

So if you do not keep those containers clean of organic matter, the BT
will not work on the skeeters. I had no idea! Who knew?

Gae Xavier