horn worms - Page 5

dmforcier · August 29, 2016

That is funny. How much is the ammo?

Shapshftr · August 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by dmforcier

That is funny. How much is the ammo?

Just plain old table salt. Generic is cheap. You get a lot of mileage out of each reloading. My brother had a lot of fun playing with mine. He shot every bug he could find. Wasps are a bit harder to kill with it. They need a few close up blasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVn6OhATaI

peppero · August 29, 2016

I had not found any more norms since I started this thread but I was picking some ornamental peppers and lo and behold a big fat one, which I promptly dispatched.

Jon

Scooty · August 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by peppero

I had not found any more norms since I started this thread but I was picking some ornamental peppers and lo and behold a big fat one, which I promptly dispatched.

Jon

Did they eat your pepper plants?

schill93 · August 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by Shapshftr

Just plain old table salt. Generic is cheap. You get a lot of mileage out of each reloading. My brother had a lot of fun playing with mine. He shot every bug he could find. Wasps are a bit harder to kill with it. They need a few close up blasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVn6OhATaI

Are you shooting bugs on the plant? I would think that would damage the plant.

dmforcier · August 30, 2016

Aw, plants are tough. At least as tough as donuts.

peppero · August 30, 2016

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Originally Posted by Scooty

Did they eat your pepper plants?

Evidently it was just getting started as there was was very little damage. The plant is in a container and is doing very well and you would have to look very hard to find any missing leaves.

Jon

Shapshftr · August 30, 2016

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Originally Posted by schill93

Are you shooting bugs on the plant? I would think that would damage the plant.

I haven't used it on the plants myself, only on hard surfaces. If you put the tip of the gun right up to the hornworms it would only give them a concentrated blast. If you hold it back farther it may get a little salt embedded in the stems, but I doubt it would do any harm. It doesn't shoot far with any force, so it needs to be a close kill.

Worth1 · August 30, 2016

That was the most disgusting video I ever saw.
Fly guts on my food.

Worth

August 29, 2016	#61
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	That is funny. How much is the ammo? __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

August 30, 2016	#66
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Aw, plants are tough. At least as tough as donuts. __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

August 29, 2016	#63
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	I had not found any more norms since I started this thread but I was picking some ornamental peppers and lo and behold a big fat one, which I promptly dispatched. Jon

August 30, 2016	#69
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	That was the most disgusting video I ever saw. Fly guts on my food. Worth