Well, I'm finally out of Dursban

[redkneck]

My buddy that runs a garden store stocked up on Malithon and Dursban before the ban, and I did too. We finally ran out. What's the next best thing?

[wtnhunt]

Pretty sure I still have some malathion here somewhere out in the garage. Don't know the next best thing, think it depends on the use John. Use sevin in the garden, usually use bifenthin(sp) and permethrin based stuff in the yard.

On the old stuff, used to be a jug of chlordane down in my barn, brought it up to the garage probably 8 or 9 years ago.

[redkneck]

I use sevin in the garden, acephate on the fire ants, but in the last year, the stupid..... uhhhh.... err... I call them "pee" ants to put it nicely... have moved in the yard. No beds to treat, but they will nest in anything around, and I want to get ahead of them. Just not sure the best replacement for the old faithful concentrates.

[wtnhunt]

I call them "pee" ants to put it nicely... have moved in the yard. No beds to treat, but they will nest in anything around, and I want to get ahead of them. Just not sure the best replacement for the old faithful concentrates.

Usually use granulars in the yard and liquid around the foundation. Had been using eliminator ant flea and tick killer http://www.penningtonseed.com/ProductSubCategory.aspx?id=69 in the yard, putting it out about every 2-3 months, but have yet to get anything out this year with the yard still a mess. Tried ortho products and last year tried a ortho product recommended by someone to get rid of the mole bait in the yard. Have not had as good a results with the ortho products when it comes to the other insects in the yard though.

[redkneck]

The only luck I have had with moles are traps, and that in itself takes days sometimes to get one of them. The moles aren't really the issue, it's the dogs digging the moles that is the problem. A lab can dig more dirt up than a small backhoe. :clown:

[wtnhunt]

Sorry we have gotten your thread a little off topic here John. lol. Moles here are a real problem and we do get some damage unfortunately. Our ground is pretty uneven and when it rains hard enough that the water gets in the tunnels it erodes the ground and leaves a mess. Have washes all over that were at one time mole holes/tunnels also bent a number of blades prior to getting the little kubota.

I had decent results with the victor traps in the immediate yard area, problem is that the area I mow is about 3 acres and the only area that is really flat is the area around the house. I usually keep insecticide down in the area around the house, that helps some.

[redkneck]

Yeah, that's a lot of acreage to catch moles on. They're not that big of a problem for me. Biggest problem right now is the tomato worms, but just gave them a nice dusting of sevin, hopefully that will keep them at bay for a while.

[dogdoc]

Sevin is what I use.

[treefarmer]

My buddy that runs a garden store stocked up on Malithon and Dursban before the ban, and I did too. We finally ran out. What's the next best thing?

Dursban/Lorsban are still sold under a variety of names (see Chlorpyrifos active ingredient). Many uses were removed from the label, but there is still a lot of it floating around.

[Phredator]

I use Imidacloprid on just about everything around the house these days. A gallon cost an arm and a leg but it will last you many years. Imidacloprid is the chemical name, the stuff I bought is trade named 'provado'

[wtnhunt]

Malathion ban???

My buddy that runs a garden store stocked up on Malithon and Dursban before the ban, and I did too. We finally ran out. What's the next best thing?

Our wal mart as of last Friday has several 32 oz sized spectracide branded bottles of malathion, started to pick up a couple but needed something for our beans and got "worry free". Isn't malathion supposed to be banned? Still using sevin for our tomatoes and pretty well everything else except for our beans, have gone to a pyrethrum for them since the epa no longer approves sevin for fresh legumes.