[compost_tea] Re: Mystery Organic Spray

From: Tom Jaszewski <tom_at_livesoil.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:08:25 -0000


Dave,

Excellent point, and yes it's very scary. He seems to be writing
about TurfPro. In which case, in my experience with the product, the
insecticidal action is greatly over blown in that quote! (we hope!)

Tom



--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, David Anderson <squtch@g...>
wrote:
>
> Does this scare anyone else when they read something like this?
>
> Not so much the product (at least till I know more) but the "all
bugs
> bad" attitude. Killing everything with an exoskeleton so quickly has
> got to be bad for the ecosystem of your garden, whether it is
organic
> or not.
>
> When I see a beetle wandering through my garden, I tend to wonder
what
> it is up to, and watch it for a while. I don't panic and decide to
> kill first and ask questions later. Hell, even the few bad boys
that I
> saw around didn't really seem to like my healthy plants, so they
went
> elsewhere. The deer and rabbits on the other hand love the healthy
> plants.
>
> Dave
>
>






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