I wonder if bacillus thuringer would kill them. Very nice bionic control if it does, and you only have to apply once.
Marshall marmar...@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 5/3/04 11:47:18 AM Central Daylight Time, > hollandsi...@charter.net writes: > > >> If the borer beetles are coming up from debree and or the >> soil---yes,tanglefoot would stop them.If the beetles are flying in >> then---No. > > Hmmmm -- I don't know where the heck they're coming from. All I know > is that for the past 18 years, every damn tree that I plant dies from > borers attacking it. And I feed them well, water them in drought and > spray for borers the way the nursery tells me to. I've got two young > Kwanzan Cherries dying in the front yard right now. They replaced two > Dogwoods. Which replaced two Dogwoods. Ad infinitum. Borers have > also badly damaged two young Maple trees, and my cherry (producing) > tree. I'm SO disgusted. This year I tried Diamataceous Earth for the > first time. Don't know if it's working or not. Unfortunately, I find > out if the product is (not) working by the tree dying the following > year. :-( Thanks for the info. MA
