Hi, Folks!
Emily wrote:
Our community garden (6/15 Green) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, has been
plagued by a phenomenal mosquito population over the past two years. We're
trying to get a head start this year on covering out water barrels and other
measures to avoid having as much of a problem this
sorry, Em--but as I recently learned to great personal heartbreak, it turns
out that that's mostly a myth. See here:
http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=751
(but note that they DO eat lots of garden pests!)
Here's some good skeeter control ideas:
Purple Martins are the secret to mosquito control. We have a number of
houses on our property at the Sunshine Community Gardens in Austin.
Check out these links for information:
http://www.purplemartin.org/
http://www.purplemartin.org/main/letter.html
Kathleen Cobb
Sunshine Community
Hi, Emily,
Have you considered 'dunks' (they look like very
shopworn donuts) of BT (Bacillus thuringiensis
subspecies israelensis)? They are, like BT for control
of cabbage worms, a naturally occuring bacteria.
Unlike 'garden' BT, which clobbers any caterpiller
that eats it, the 'dunk' BT seems
Hi, Emily,
Have you considered 'dunks' (they look like very
shopworn donuts) of BT (Bacillus thuringiensis
subspecies israelensis)? They are, like BT for control
of cabbage worms, a naturally occuring bacteria.
Unlike 'garden' BT, which clobbers any caterpiller
that eats it, the 'dunk' BT seems
Greetings:
Members of the community garden in which I am involved want an organic
garden. However, the chemical the city sprays to control mosquitos is
Anvil 10 + 10 ULV. According to the MSDS, we should Avoid contamination
with food and feedstuffs. (So much for all of that fresh basil, lettuce
A LOT of people are fighting such fights; and the saddest part of it all is
that its just PR poison. The way to prevent mosquitoes is to do just
that--prevent them. Those spray trucks are just to try and calm down people
complaining about being bit.
Studies estimate that less than 1/10 of 1%
Cover all your standing water! That's the best solution.
Mosquito dunks are the next line of attack. You can also put a few
drops of Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap in the water barrels. The soap
doesn't harm plants but it drowns the larvae. It wears out a day or
two so it's not a long term
Friends,
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Regards,
Adam Honigman
Hell's Kitchen,
NYC
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