It's time for the yearly survey... - Page 2

travis · April 4, 2010

Only as needed and as determined by a soils test. Generally, I use the bootheel method to measure need.

Worth1 · April 4, 2010

Yes and I also like to mix a little with some Makers Mark, just a little mind you.

Worth

ArcherB · April 9, 2010

I use it to get rid of aphids and mites. It's the only stuff that I've found that works on a regular basis. I has an excellent knock-down quality. I'm hoping that the little buggers don't evolve an immunity.

I've also heard that leaving containers of it around your yard will keep birds off your tomatoes, but that hasn't worked for me.

clay199 · April 9, 2010

I use a lot of it since it is free and I would even go so far as to say that I am addicted to it now from handling it so much over my life time.

travis · April 9, 2010

In powdered form, I think it does tomatoes more damage than good.

Tormato · March 30, 2017

Bumping this thread a few days early, as I might be off-line on the 1st.

MissS · March 30, 2017

I tried it last season and found that it attracted insects to the places that I used it. I WILL NOT be using it again this year.

Tormato · March 30, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissS

I tried it last season and found that it attracted insects to the places that I used it. I WILL NOT be using it again this year.

Lucky me for using it, as I haven't attracted insects to the places I use it.
After getting dirty in the garden, I take a lot of showers.

dmforcier · March 30, 2017

Yah, I use it - carefully! I add a special mix of chemicals to turn it blue so I can see it. Otherwise nearly invisible.

Gardeneer · March 30, 2017

I can never do without it.

Nan_PA_6b · March 31, 2017

We dry farm, so we use very little DHMO on the garden.

Nan

gardeninglee · March 31, 2017

It's very tricky since I garden in containers. Sometimes I use too much and it really messes up everything and plants don't grow. When it is hot though and I use too little, the plants start to wilt. I'm constantly adjusting all the time. Although sometimes the kids get ahold of it and it really freaks me out!

sjamesNorway · March 31, 2017

I've heard it's used by the nuclear power industry, vital to the production of everything from pesticides to Styrofoam, present in tumors removed from cancer patients, and guaranteed fatal to humans in large quantities. Handle with care! My name is Steve, and I'm addicted to it.

Tormato · April 1, 2019

The yearly bump to the top.

NarnianGarden · April 1, 2019

I hope that I don't have to use such large quantities this year as was necessary last summer. That stuff can be heavy, and - darn expensive too!

March 30, 2017	#22
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	I tried it last season and found that it attracted insects to the places that I used it. I WILL NOT be using it again this year. __________________ ~ Patti ~

March 30, 2017	#24
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Yah, I use it - carefully! I add a special mix of chemicals to turn it blue so I can see it. Otherwise nearly invisible. __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

March 30, 2017	#25
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,919	I can never do without it. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

April 4, 2010	#16
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Only as needed and as determined by a soils test. Generally, I use the bootheel method to measure need.

April 4, 2010	#17
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Yes and I also like to mix a little with some Makers Mark, just a little mind you. Worth

April 9, 2010	#18
ArcherB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin TX Posts: 200	I use it to get rid of aphids and mites. It's the only stuff that I've found that works on a regular basis. I has an excellent knock-down quality. I'm hoping that the little buggers don't evolve an immunity. I've also heard that leaving containers of it around your yard will keep birds off your tomatoes, but that hasn't worked for me.

April 9, 2010	#19
clay199 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Beyond Hope, British Columbia Posts: 201	I use a lot of it since it is free and I would even go so far as to say that I am addicted to it now from handling it so much over my life time.

March 30, 2017	#21
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Bumping this thread a few days early, as I might be off-line on the 1st.

March 31, 2017	#26
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	We dry farm, so we use very little DHMO on the garden. Nan

March 31, 2017	#27
gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	It's very tricky since I garden in containers. Sometimes I use too much and it really messes up everything and plants don't grow. When it is hot though and I use too little, the plants start to wilt. I'm constantly adjusting all the time. Although sometimes the kids get ahold of it and it really freaks me out!

March 31, 2017	#28
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	I've heard it's used by the nuclear power industry, vital to the production of everything from pesticides to Styrofoam, present in tumors removed from cancer patients, and guaranteed fatal to humans in large quantities. Handle with care! My name is Steve, and I'm addicted to it.

April 1, 2019	#29
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	The yearly bump to the top.

April 1, 2019	#30
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	I hope that I don't have to use such large quantities this year as was necessary last summer. That stuff can be heavy, and - darn expensive too!