Wish it wasn't so smelly, usually mix a deodorizer if I use it.
Haven't used or purchased any in a while because of that lol.
That's why I like Acecaps. They come sealed up so they don't smell. Drill and insert, so there's no smell on the site, no drift and no movement in soil.
I just can't justify injuring trees for a few weeks of protection, especially the 1/2" holes. I'd rather do a trunk spray or soil injection with a different chemical like dinotefuran. Or canopy spray with something mellow for some knock down. I generally only trunk inject emamectin benzoate for some tough invasives since it's supposed to last 2-3 years. Idk depends on the job, pest, tree species etc but I haven't found myself keeping it around for much.
I want to use acephate to treat browntail moth and winter moth.
Have you had good control of pests with emamectin benzoate? I have the type by Rainbow, called Mectinite for micro injection, but I haven't used it yet.
Have you used dinotefuran to control leaf feeding caterpillars? Thank you
Nope, I don't think it's too effective for lepidoptera. We don't really have much of an issue with lepidoptera pests where I live. Most of the outbreaks occur going into winter when target hosts are senescing. In the rare case it's bad I usually knock down with something like BT or spinosad, or introduce parasitic wasps and plant beneficial flowering plants . I would consider using acephate if it made sence, probably as soil drench.
Yep, mectinite is great.
Sean, is there a way to use emimectin benzoate other than injections? Mectinite is only for injections as far as I know. I've been noticing a lot of BTM nests in Topsham and Durham this winter, by the way.
I remember finding a foliar eb formulation but think it was only for greenhouses or agriculture.. I heard rainbow was playing with a formulation as well.
