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mathews, VA

Could I should I use the bayer product as a foliar as well as a soil drench and how to mix into the sprayer and how much to mix as a soil drench for my pumpkins? ( I have squash vine borers)

7/29/2009 7:57:13 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

What percent Imidacloprid? If you're handy with math, you need .2#AI/A.

7/29/2009 8:01:07 PM

mathews, VA

1.47%

7/29/2009 8:04:40 PM

mathews, VA

Mr. d & me says hello He will be back on line next week when he gets lighting proof house

7/29/2009 8:15:21 PM

mathews, VA

What is .2AI/A ??????

7/29/2009 8:17:29 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Be ready to check this math with a calculator. It's been a long day. LOL If I don't screw this up this post will be worth keeping for future reference

What is .2AI/A ??????


In agriculture that is the standard abbreviation for "two tenths of a pound of active ingredient per acre" which is the normal rate for consumer imidacloprid products. Pro versions are .3#AI/A so we need to adjust for that value.

.3 divided by 1.47%.
That consumer branded material is a liquid which weighs about 10lbs/gallon. As such 10 x .0147 = .147 lbs per gallon.
<Pro liquid contains 2 lbs per gallon>
<Obviously the 2F pro stuff is a lot more economical despite the higher initial cost per gallon.>

Pumpkins need .3 lbs so...
.3 divided by .0147 = 20.4 gallons per acre.
1 acre = 43,560 sq ft so....
20.4 gallons = 2612 oz per acre divided by 43.56 = 60 oz per 1000 sq ft.

Therefore we need 60 oz of the 1.47% Bayer Tree & Shrub to treat 1000 sq ft at the correct rate a farmer or other professional grounds applicator would use.

There is nothing economical about those little blue bottles of retail branded Merit but applied properly they work exactly the same as the pro materials.

7/29/2009 9:45:06 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Tell Ed I'm sorry to hear of his lightning woes. I hope no one was hurt!

I got zapped by lightning once. Just standing in an open doorway (wrong place during lightning) but knocked me off my feet & threw me 10' across the living room. Scared the cr@p out of me.

7/29/2009 9:51:04 PM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Cokeguy, welcome to Virginia growing! Hope to meet you at the weigh-off this fall. Talk to Ed about our Virginia Giant Vegetable Growers Association. We would love to have you as a member! Email me sometime.

7/30/2009 6:53:05 PM

ordinary,VA

Steve and everyone Thanks for helping out Cokeguy. Bryant is a good friend with a beautiful little girl who would very much like a giant pumpkin for Halloween.
I should be back up and running next week sometime..the house is being re wired after the lightning strike. we had a house full of people over for a pizza party when the the house lite up like the 4th of July. Thank God everyone no one was hurt.right now negotiating with the insurance company over the cost of boxers i was wearing at the time :)
hope everyone is doing well. pumpkin still hanging on 286ott first day of August...

Hey Mark Bobby sent me a tex he was hit hard with hail and wind..........

8/1/2009 4:08:09 PM