Will insects of wild animals eat the blooms ?
1887631
Passion flower vines are host plants for the Gulf Fritallary (sp?) butterfly. Their caterpillars eat the leaves. I don't know of anything other than these catapillers that eats them. I have 4 small ones that are growing fast - I just hope it is fast enough to keep up with the demand from the caterpillars. Geez, those butterflys lay a lot of eggs and they all seem to hatch at once. My husband removed a lot of the caterpillars by hand and we're thinking about covering the plants with mosquito netting until they grow large enough to support the caterpillars - I have milkweed in my yard and it is a joy to see the Monarchs and we've had several Monarch caterpillars go into beautiful green crysalis... Passion flower vines are host plants for the Gulf Fritallary (sp?) butterfly. Their caterpillars eat the leaves. I don't know of anything other than these catapillers that eats them. I have 4 small ones that are growing fast - I just hope it is fast enough to keep up with the demand from the caterpillars. Geez, those butterflys lay a lot of eggs and they all seem to hatch at once. My husband removed a lot of the caterpillars by hand and we're thinking about covering the plants with mosquito netting until they grow large enough to support the caterpillars - I have milkweed in my yard and it... » Read More Passion flower vines are host plants for the Gulf Fritallary (sp?) butterfly. Their caterpillars eat the leaves. I don't know of anything other than these catapillers that eats them. I have 4 small ones that are growing fast - I just hope it is fast enough to keep up with the demand from the caterpillars. Geez, those butterflys lay a lot of eggs and they all seem to hatch at once. My husband removed a lot of the caterpillars by hand and we're thinking about covering the plants with mosquito netting until they grow large enough to support the caterpillars - I have milkweed in my yard and it is a joy to see the Monarchs and we've had several Monarch caterpillars go into beautiful green crysalis... « Show Less
1887632
If the caterpillars become numerous enough to threaten the vine's existence (as they do mine every year), you can simply use BT to kill them off. I love the butterflies so I allow them the caterpillars to enjoy the vine until they become too large in number. BT is organic and OMRI approved and I don't hesitate to use it when it becomes absolutely necessary...which is usually not until late summer. The rest of the time I love having all those butterflies in my garden.
1887633
I know that there is an insect that devours the leaves. Only natural insecticide to stop itis a insectacde made out of Knights Castile. Not sure - what kind of animal are you thinking of?
444842
I would not do so. Being systemic, you place it on the soil, when watering it seeps into soil, the plant takes it in, and bugs will die by eating the plant. Therefore, although not an expert, I would say NO.
1368572
I don't know if it will. I live in Texas and unfortunately the grasshoppers ate it . Bark and all. But we had a huge bay tree when I was a child in Germany. And it did great. So I bet the tree would do great in Colorada too. Pretty much the same climate.
122784
I've used it numerous times on both flowering and evergreen shrubs/flowering plants. The only things it affected were flying/creeping eight-legged critters. No problems ever noted on landscape. You might call Suspend folks and ask them. They're very helpful folks. I asked about shelf life and got a lot of useful info. Good Luck!
1170410
No on gophers, maybe on shrews. Moles are insect eaters, and this product mimics one of their natural foods: earthworms. Gophers are herbivores; they only eat plants. There are specific products for gophers that take the form of grains or peanuts.Shrews are a maybe. They are omnivores, eating both insects and plants. I'd say the most effective method to eradicate shrews would be to use both products: this one, and one meant for gophers. Then, whichever food the shrew is in the mood to eat, you have it covered.
2109808
yes It will kill them really well. They eat it and it don't kill them right away. They take it back to their nest. What they walk through it tracked back to nests to kill off the population. They crawl out looking for water (I guess since they turned up dead all around water sources) and then they die. The roaches not effected will eat the dead roaches and die too. (you won't have to leave dead roaches out...just good to know for ones that die inside walls) It is worth buying. Only issue I had Lynn was that I got 3 tubes when they advertised 4...but I wasn't even upset enough about it to bother contacting the seller. I was blown away with this product. yes It will kill them really well. They eat it and it don't kill them right away. They take it back to their nest. What they walk through it tracked back to nests to kill off the population. They crawl out looking for water (I guess since they turned up dead all around water sources) and then they die. The roaches not effected will eat the dead roaches and die too. (you won't have to leave dead roaches out...just good to know for ones that die inside walls) It is worth buying. Only issue I had Lynn was that I got 3 tubes when they advertised 4...but I wasn't even upset enough about it to... » Read More yes It will kill them really well. They eat it and it don't kill them right away. They take it back to their nest. What they walk through it tracked back to nests to kill off the population. They crawl out looking for water (I guess since they turned up dead all around water sources) and then they die. The roaches not effected will eat the dead roaches and die too. (you won't have to leave dead roaches out...just good to know for ones that die inside walls) It is worth buying. Only issue I had Lynn was that I got 3 tubes when they advertised 4...but I wasn't even upset enough about it to bother contacting the seller. I was blown away with this product. « Show Less
910669
Generally squirrels don't bother veggies or flowers...this product seems to attract Mexican squirrels which love hot sauce, that's my experience in bird feeders....moth balls spread on ground are an often used repellent...
1079201
Yes, but you should consider that it will kill all insect life that comes into contact with it, including ones beneficial to the garden. I wouldn't want a completely insect-free zone for very long in my garden.
435639
Yes, unless they are tiny, since the only holes are the tiny ones for the birds. I have seen bees around but never feeding just checking things out.
88966
It doesn't need to eat like one would think. I just keep it watered and wet soil at all times with distilled water. It needs lots of sunlight or the pitchers will die. I keep it outside all summer and bugs are attracted to the pitchers. Through the winter I see fruit flies and spiders in the pitchers. No need to feed.
1253781
Safe enough, I'm sure, but I'm not sure they'd help. These Stienernema feltiae nematodes prey on certain insects and insect larvae. If they have no food, sooner or later they'll die. You can raise them on mealworms found at pet stores as fish / lizard food.
826606
If you mean cattails, yes, it will. They need to be sprayed once, thoroughly wetting the plant above water. Then repeat it 3 weeks later. It not only kills the stalks, but the tubers underwater. It takes a long while for the standing stalks to rot and fall, but they will die. That is precisely what I purchased it for and it worked very well.
2237588
No what they keep away are mosquitoes but they don't kill bees or butterflies. The seeds I scattered around two years ago have produced blossoms all over the place. It makes my lawn look more natural. They are a very hardy plant.
2221985
To the best of my knowledge and the research that I did before buying these beneficial insects, they eat only other insects of a harmful nature to plants, leaves and roots. They, in fact, invade the larval stage of many pests so that these pests never make to maturity. I have not come across any information that addresses their impact on ficus trees or leaves. These microscopic organisms burrow or seep into the earth.
324146
More specifically if it is a caterpillar and it eats the leaves that you have sprayed with the product it will work. Although I have not run into the buckmoth caterpillars, it worked on all caterpillars I was able to find eating the vegetables in my garden. This product must be reapplied per instructions and after rain.
492520
Depends on the flower, but yes it will kill most vegetation that is not a type of grass.
1357717
The Nematodes pretty much have killed the hive beetle larva under my Bee hives. From what i have read they will feed on just about "any" larva that i laid within their area of ground. So to answer the question "if peach borers lay their eggs in the ground for larvae to hatch then i see no reason why they would would not feed on them".