I know this is a really dumb question, but my mind's gone blank. What is that stuff that farmers put on their crops to kill bugs and all that junk? It starts with a 'P'.
2007-10-02 14:18:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Pesticide.
No, not a dumb question. Every one gets mind blanks at times. Just wait until you're a grandma like me, LOL.
Have a great night.
2007-10-02 14:21:16 · answer #1 · answered by Sharon 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pesticide is the correct answer. What pesticide you use, how much you use, what are you trying to control and what alternatives are there?, are other questions to think about also. What you put on your garden can be absorbed by the roots of what you are growing. There are ways to grow a garden without using the "Total Nuke" method of pesticides.
A few ways to do this, which do take more time, are:
1. Crop Rotation. Don't grow the same crop in the same place within three years.
2. Check in the morning and at dusk for pests on your plants. Be sure to check on the underside of the leaves for eggs. Hand remove what you find. A jar of water mixed with Ivory soap to place them in.
3. Use Ivory soap (non detergent) and mix with water as a spray to kill soft body pests.
4. (Hope I spell this right) Prithium or Pyrithium. Something like that, is a good pesticide to use if you need one. Sevin is another mild one that breaks down pretty quick.
5. Keep a log of what you grow from year to year and note what type and when pests start to appear. That way you can take steps to prevent them in the next year.
Good luck.
2007-10-02 22:30:19 · answer #2 · answered by Down in the garden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pesticides
2007-10-02 21:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by Lolita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pesticide.
2007-10-02 21:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by cireengineering 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
HEY - did ya forget where you logged on when you asked???? there is never a stupid question if you don't know........you're in "yahoo answers"!!!
it is pesticide-which is not always a good thing.
2007-10-02 21:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pumpkins
2007-10-02 21:22:31 · answer #6 · answered by I'manalienfrog 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pesticide do not use get a product called spinosad at a good nursery
2007-10-02 21:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by Marcia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only stupid ? i have ran into is the one asking where is the paint section at wal-mart,
yours is not a dumb ?
2007-10-02 21:24:18 · answer #8 · answered by William B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pesticides? DDT
2007-10-02 21:21:57 · answer #9 · answered by Steve 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's called a senior moment, not stupid lol
2007-10-02 21:26:13 · answer #10 · answered by blondie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋