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Slv653

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Stiickygreen said:
I've heard a vinegar mix w/ some canola/etc oil in it will repel them. Peppermint oil sprays as well. I'd be tryin to fuck em up for sure if they were heading for the girls. Damn. The bastards.
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Whatever I've tried they're just replaced in a day or two by new recruits. It's just one of those things you can't control. We need a cold winter to kill their eggs, or a freak snowstorm like four years ago that dumped two feet of snow on September 9th. 1722449968464.png
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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raratt said:
There has been an infestation of "destroyer" grasshoppers around here recently. They do exactly what their name implies. There are hundreds of thousands of them. Ask @Aeroknow
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Yep. They’re actually called “The Devastator” Melanoplus devastator.
It’s some fuckin bullshit. Can’t even have a lawn while they’re here. This could be the last year out here or one more. As per the main guy at UC Davis, they populate an area for 2-3yrs.
 
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wakeNbaker46

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Aeroknow said:
Yep. They’re actually called “The Devastator” Melanoplus devastator.
It’s some fuckin bullshit. Can’t even have a lawn while they’re here. This could be the last year out here or one more. As per the main guy at UC Davis, they populate an area for 2-3yrs.
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i thought the cicadas were bad. i mean, they WERE bad in that we had millions of them and the sound was deafening. but they didn't eat any leaves. all they did was come above ground to :hump:.
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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shnkrmn said:
So it's not drought or heat, just their weird wandering lifestyle?
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Kindoff. There’s also been a regular grasshopper explosion throughout northern california because of the wet spring we had. But, these bastards, yes. They devastate an area and move on. Known to travel at least 30 miles in one season. I’ve done quite a lot of research on them. They have been devastating shit for at least as far back when the Spaniards were here. They’ve been really screwing up the farmers in recent years though. They can crop dust for them. Certain pesticides work on the nymph’s but once they are adult flyers nothing will kill them.
I live on ag land but i would imagine it would be super expensive to cropdust.
 
Stiickygreen

Stiickygreen

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Slv653 said:
Whatever I've tried they're just replaced in a day or two by new recruits. It's just one of those things you can't control. We need a cold winter to kill their eggs, or a freak snowstorm like four years ago that dumped two feet of snow on September 9th.
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I remember it well. 90 F one day....and within 48 hours...BAM. Such unknowns (and irregular/high pH soils) are why I don't grow in the ground. That year we huffed and puffed and moved 18 plants in 30 gal smartpots from the hoop to the garage. I pulled them in/out of the garage for 2-3 weeks...harvesting as they became ready It definitely slowed things down for them and ended the season for the garden. We had hundreds of green /blushing tomatoes we saved just before all Hell broke loose.
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