Tree Damage From Crop Spraying

[pdqdl]

Now you are lying. And it wouldn't be the first time I called you out in a lie.

And you're just plain full of ****. And once again you have derailed and devolved this thread.
You really are talented that way.

Ahh! We certainly have a debate now.
I posted two sentences, you quoted them, and then called me a liar.

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Clarify what you are calling a lie, and I'll prove you wrong.

 

[MattGPT]

And you're just plain full of ****.

Oh no. This won't do.

If you are going to insult someone, be clever and creative. Sexual organs and/or excrement based taunts are so...80's.

Pick on his overly expressed **** heidelbergensis genes.

Classify a new bug Mygreivance pdqdl-is, reportedly at plague proportions.

Anything other than "He's a poo poo head with boy germs". Actually, boy-germs is still pretty devastating, lol.

 

[pdqdl]

Actually, boy-germs is still pretty devastating, lol.

Not so much if you are proud of being a carrier.

 

[MattGPT]

Oh damn, we are not in P&R.

Oops, we done a bad...sorry.

 

[pdqdl]

Oh damn, we are not in P&R.

Oops, we done a bad...sorry.

Yeah, but I captured it as a graphic.

So's I can look at it later, after TNT moderation removes it.

 

[MattGPT]

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That comment, btw, is also against forum rules. Religious content is expressly limited to the political & religious forum. Just sayin'.

I know, reported myself for the same.

Tagged @les-or-more to move it, or delete it. And to apologise.

 

[pdqdl]

If you are going to insult someone, be clever and creative. Sexual organs and/or excrement based taunts are so...80's.

Eh. She doesn't seem to appreciate clever nor creative comments.

 

[pdqdl]

I know, reported myself for the same.

Tagged @les-or-more to move it, or delete it. And to apologise.

Why not just remove it from your post, and not bother moderation?
I don't think anyone else will listen to it and have any further arguments. Kinda dry stuff, to my point of view.

 

[pdqdl]

I know, reported myself for the same.

Tagged @les-or-more to move it, or delete it. And to apologise.

What if he happens to be on an AS sabbatical? Use the "report" feature in the lower left. It's actually the fastest, easiest way for moderation to find and take care of it. Besides, that's what management wants us to do, as expressed in the rules.

I'm pretty expert on the rules too. I'm hoping my previous comment quoted by TNT is what she was calling a lie, 'cause I'm ready for that debate.

 

[les-or-more]

I think we are ok now so behave yourselves.

 

[pdqdl]

So much for being on Sabbatical!

 

[pdqdl]

"the defensive chemicals of M. sulciventris are known for being among the most debilitating to vertebrates, which is likely a defence specifically aimed against birds. They can cause damage to human skin and even cause temporary blindness if sprayed into the eyes."

Of course it is. It's a stink bug from Australia. Doesn't everything down there come with it's own special variety of deadly toxin?

It is as if God cleaned up most of the toxins during creation, then tipped the dustpan over when he got down under. Oops! And now it is time to go...This day is over with, and I've still got to make man tomorrow.

 

[farmer steve]

Ha! Looks exactly like the ones here. Is it literally the same bug, or a very similar/related one? Green, then orange, then brown?

Ours never swarm anywhere, never really come in the house. Just on the trees

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ss...E0MTU1ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ss...INjQ5MWowajeoAgiwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[Del_]

Leaf footed bugs on Burmese Okra. Easy to control control them with diatomaceous earth using a Dustin Mizer hand powered duster.

Colorful little suckers. The pierce okra pods causing the pods curl.

 

[diver64]

Speak of the devil... just spotted one on my front door trying to get out.

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We get them in our house every year for some reason. Yes, they really stink.

 

[Sidecarflip]

Pesticide/herbicide drift when spraying will always be an issue if the applicator of the chemicals isn't being cognizant about applying them. I regularly spray my alfalfa fields with herbicide (to kill off broadleaf) which adversely impacts the alfalfa and with pesticide to kill off potato leaf hoppers which can decimate alfalfa plants.

Having said that, I'm always aware of what prevailing winds are doing as well as the height the spray nozzles are in relationship to the ground plus the atomization pressure I'm using to apply them.

'Drift' can and will always be an issue and make no mistake about it, herbicide drift from 24D (B) can and will damage both hardwood and softwood trees (it's a known defoiliator) but it all comes down to being cognizant and pro active about application.

 

[diver64]

I'm surrounded by fields of rotating crops. Soybeans, tobacco and alfalfa. The farmer is very good about picking a low wind day to spray but I've learned not to plant the garden until after he does it or I cover everything with plastic.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

I'm surrounded by fields of rotating crops. Soybeans, tobacco and alfalfa. The farmer is very good about picking a low wind day to spray but I've learned not to plant the garden until after he does it or I cover everything with plastic.

That's what I did last year.

 

[Mad Professor]

Yes, tree nursery.
Is it normal to spray it like that?

TNT, most likely dormant oil. Unless mixed with another pesticide/fungicide/herbicide pretty harmless. A real heavy runoff is bad for aquatic organisms. I wouldn't worry about the froggers unless there was a lot of drift and heavy rains.

Works by smothering insects and their eggs. This time of year mostly the eggs. There is light and heavy oils. The light oils can be used on some growing crops. The heavy oils are known as dormant oils and applied winter/early spring. I use it primarily for tent and gypsy moth caterpillar eggs, scales and mites. Also works on some fungus.

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/agrian-cg-fs1-production/pdfs/Drexel_DamoilTM1e_Label.pdf

Very similar to what I see being used in the fruit orchards around here. The big nozzle can be directed right at the target plants/trees to lessen the chance of drift and over spray.

 

[Mad Professor]

Some of the "true bugs", notably the boxelder bug, are notorious for overwintering as adults. They find a defect in the seals of your house, then slowly crawl inside during autumn. Then they swarm outside on a warm day, presenting themselves in swarms to breed. Sometimes they just wander around inside, hoping nobody kills them before spring emergence. Other "stink bugs" have other methods of surviving winter, like laying durable eggs.

I posted a pic of a boxelder bug a few pages back.
By the way, the boxelder bug isn't particularly smelly.

Only if you limit your understanding of insects to the order of Hemiptera

"True bugs" consist of a lot more species than stink bugs. "Stink bugs" should be more appropriately called "sheild bugs", due to the shape of their carapace.

Some folks call this one a stink bug, too, but it is more appropriately called an assassin bug:
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Yeah, they smell bad when you grab 'em too. This one, however, kills off the other stink bugs, no matter how bad they smell. Wasps, bees, spiders, too. It will eat anything it can grab.

What is the taxonomy of this one? Related to the "Stink bugs", maybe cockroaches? Smelly by the looks of things?

Think a dormant oil would control it?