Recent content by SwampCat

The old Bonide fruit tree spray worked great for me - but they changed the formulation and I have not has as good of luck with them. I am in SW AR and we deal with hot humid weather and a fungicide in addition to a pesticide is a must. Right now I am spraying a combination of malathion...

One coon this morn - that makes seven and one possum within 100 yards of my orchard - over the last 3 days Put some ammonia nitrate on my sunflowers and millet today. Sunflowers are going to be too tall in a few days to get in with tractor. Millet is now really taking off. Millet below

Live trapping and relocating = moving the problem to someone else😎

I have not used organic sprays that have been effective on peaches or plums. Maybe on apples?

About half my kiowa blackberries did not produce primocanes this year. Will the crown die?

reports indicate that Sri Lanka's food production did experience a significant drop after banning glyphosate and other agrochemicals, with some estimates suggesting a 50% drop. Specifically, agricultural production dropped by 54% in the 2021 Maha season. This drastic decline was due to the...

I am not sure the new roundup is safer than the old roundup Supposedly fluaziflop kills grass For glyphosate, The EPA classifies glyphosate in the least toxic category (Category IV) for acute oral and dermal toxicity, meaning it's considered practically non-toxic and non-irritating...

I can remember back in the late 60’s - I was early teens - before gly. my cousin farmed about 60 acres in NW MO. I would go there in the summers - and we would walk the soybean rows - four rows apart, me and my two cousins - three abreast with hoe in hand. We would start at daylight and work...

A few fruit tree robbers the last couple days

Not down here - gly is still king

I have calcareous soil in SW AR - high PH. Persimmon, honey locust, and cedar is what likes my ground

A bug zapper will short out in 15 minutes on my back porch. We keep a bug zapper just inside the back door in an attempt to get the new bugs when they come in the back door.

anyone up for some peach fed coons? A toenail from a fourth - makes those hard to catch first fawn I have seen. Didnt lead it enough😎

Jelly

Y’all want me to send you some? Over 20 inches rain between Apr and May. We got skeeters