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May 11, 2019 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
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Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew w/ Spinosad
I picked up a couple bottles of this at the end of the season last year at Lowes. This year, flea beetles have been horrible and a few of my young eggplants were struggling.
Spinosad cleared them out and the eggplants took off. I had extra spray left so I sprayed the lower leaves on my tomatoes and it killed the flea beetles and aphids on them. Gotta' give Captain Jack's an A+ Last edited by jtjmartin; May 11, 2019 at 04:42 PM. |
May 11, 2019 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Thanks.
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May 12, 2019 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Good to know.
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May 16, 2019 | #4 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: San Marcos, CA
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May 21, 2019 | #5 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
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"Summary: Spinosad is a natural insecticide. The active ingredients in spinosad, spinosyn A and spinosyn D, are complex organic compounds made by soil microbes. Spinosad is a broad-spectrum pesticide but is only active if ingested or contacted while in liquid form, so has little residual effect on most beneficial species. Jack DeAngelis, PhD OSU Ext. Entomologist (ret.)" |
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May 16, 2019 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1,124
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I'll have to give Captain Jack's a try this summer!
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May 17, 2019 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Southeastern PA
Posts: 1,420
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Last year I had flea beetles on my eggplants and I tried something that I had read about online. I sprinkled used coffee ground on the plants and all around the ground around them. I can't say for sure that it worked because I didn't have any plants without coffee grounds but all 3 of my plants were flea beetle free and grew up healthy.
I am going to do this again this year since i just planted my eggplant seedlings yesterday. |
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