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>> BII, I follow the directions, and do the Transport thing too!... starting up, I add it for a week straight, then to maintain and keep newest growth loaded, as it's the favored parts the vermins want, I dose 2x/week,... And with Transport, cut the dosage in half on start-up,... I don't apply it very often after things get built up in the tissues,.. if bugs are really moving in (outside, at some point there's always a population explosion for some weeks), I'll spray weekly,... I still spot kill with spinosad on aphids,... the little flyers that land and crap babies all over, nothing stops that! but I do notice poor feeding, minimal infestations,.. they clearly dislike the taste, but as babies, have no way of leaving,.. the flyer stays too, but the baby-crapping is much reduced,...until i spot them, and nail them with the spinosad! .. ...thrips are well repelled, I had minimal attacks last season, ditto for leaf hoppers,...... Only down side is the 2-3 weeks of breakdown as recommended on the label,... right at harvest time window is when fucking bud-worms and occasionally, other caterpillars start showing! So, at that point, I have to patrol extra,.. it pays to learn what the egg cases look like, and with bud worm, they are very well disguised,.. no egg masses, it's a single pale brown thin elongate case at the end of a short wire-like stalk hanging from leaf undersides,... No flavor impact at all if given time to clear,...
>> BII, I follow the directions, and do the Transport thing too!... starting up, I add it for a week straight, then to maintain and keep newest growth loaded, as it's the favored parts the vermins want, I dose 2x/week,... And with Transport, cut the dosage in half on start-up,... I don't apply it very often after things get built up in the tissues,.. if bugs are really moving in (outside, at some point there's always a population explosion for some weeks), I'll spray weekly,... I still spot kill with spinosad on aphids,... the little flyers that land and crap babies all over, nothing stops that! but I do notice poor feeding, minimal infestations,.. they clearly dislike the taste, but as babies, have no way of leaving,.. the flyer stays too, but the baby-crapping is much reduced,...until i spot them, and nail them with the spinosad! .. ...thrips are well repelled, I had minimal attacks last season, ditto for leaf hoppers,...... Only down side is the 2-3 weeks of breakdown as recommended on the label,... right at harvest time window is when fucking bud-worms and occasionally, other caterpillars start showing! So, at that point, I have to patrol extra,.. it pays to learn what the egg cases look like, and with bud worm, they are very well disguised,.. no egg masses, it's a single pale brown thin elongate case at the end of a short wire-like stalk hanging from leaf undersides,... No flavor impact at all if given time to clear,...