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Amanda ohio

what is your go to for the best results

6/23/2024 8:54:36 AM

Syracuse, NY

For cucumber beetles and squash bugs, I use Bayer Complete or whatever brand that is with Imidacloprid in it in a blue bottle;
Something 'Bayer Crop Science'? Well, here's the Label TYPE you'd be looking for:

https://www.bing.com/shop?q=Bayer+Complete+Insect+Killer+Label&redirected=pdpToShop

Additionally, I think Lowe's had it last time I bought it and it is VERY difficult to ever find the exact thing
I'm looking for, even for someone else. You'll want the one with TWO parts to the formula, or if just one, it being Imidacloprid
and the other I think is Treflurothan or similar - Again, very hard to find the one I'd want. I have about half a bottle from years past, to be mixed at One Tablespoon per gallon of H2O and watering-canned onto the plant and Cucumber Beetles and Squash bugs. They won't be back after this for a few weeks at a minimum. KILLS BEES ALSO, so, when you see unopened, not-to-be-used male flowers, pinch them off and trash-bin them.
It is systemic and the bugs die upon being drenched and/or through biting into your plants.
Select the 'Shopping' function on Google for this and only pay up to like 20 bucks for a 32 oz. bottle...some places sell it for $150!
Yeah, no wonder I'm a cynic---eric g

[Last edit: 06/23/24 6:40:32 PM]

6/23/2024 6:32:02 PM

Kutztown, PA

I alternate the Bayer pumpkinpal mentioned with Carbaryl (Sevin), if you can get it. The new Sevin has a different active ingredient. In August I use some insecticidal soap for Aphids if they show up.

6/24/2024 11:02:17 AM

Kutztown, PA

For fungicide I use Daconil but only when it's going to be humid for a few days.

6/24/2024 11:53:51 AM