I put pine straw on my potted soil cause it was icing outside and it was what I could get. I know better than to use pine, so I picked up some wheat straw today while at the feed store getting food for the pond fish. IMO, the straw might be a good way to need IPM, which I don't have yet.
I pre-nest my Martin gourds with pine straw that I treat with a dusting of Sevin before I put it in. The birds and babies do just fine, and mites are always a threat. It's what I am doing today - got 64 gourds to get up. Mites are what I target with the seven.
Can I treat my wheat straw mulch with Sevin dust before I put it on the living soil, to thwart the mites that surely infest the straw? I will need to top feed and water through it, so Sevin will get into the soil if I do. My body doesn't care.
Shoulda asked Chris.
dammit.
I pre-nest my Martin gourds with pine straw that I treat with a dusting of Sevin before I put it in. The birds and babies do just fine, and mites are always a threat. It's what I am doing today - got 64 gourds to get up. Mites are what I target with the seven.
Can I treat my wheat straw mulch with Sevin dust before I put it on the living soil, to thwart the mites that surely infest the straw? I will need to top feed and water through it, so Sevin will get into the soil if I do. My body doesn't care.
Shoulda asked Chris.
dammit.
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