Safer label. Ready to use puffer bottle kills a variety of caterpillers and worms using Dipel. Kills over 20 leaf eating insects. Biological insecticide for vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, flowers, and lawns. OMRI listed. Active ingredient: Bacillus thur bedspreads curtains : Safer Brand 5162 Caterpillar Killer with B.T. Garden Dust, 8 Ounces>Compare Prices<
The dust really worked to stop the tomato worms from eating my pepper and tomato plants - once I figured how to use it.A simple hold-it-flat-to-puff would have been helpful.
We tried a preparation containing bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) 10-15 years ago to kill grubs in the lawn. It was a failure. I later read that manufacturers were shipping dead preparations. (Bt is a family of bacteria living naturally in soil. The bacteria in the preparation must be live to be useful.)Now (June 2011) we had cabbage worms eating the leaves of our young Brussels sprout plants. Extension services recommended Bt, so we bought this product. It worked! The directions are not very thorough, but the package is a very effective dust sprayer. Shake the package, aim the orifice and give the bottle a good steady squeeze and you get a nice dust spray. Focus on the new buds. Our plants are doing fine without worm damage in the new growth a week after treatment.Bt breaks down in sunlight [...]. We sprayed the dust just before nightfall.
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