Justin--I'm just "down the road" from you and we don't have a problem with narcissus fly. I assume its one of the positive effects of 6 months of unbearable heat and humidity. I'm well familiar with Woodville--lots of older relatives there. One thing you do have is heavy pine woods and a different soil type than we do. I'm out west of Houston on what used to be the great Katy Prairie--where the narcissus fly does not live. You might consider joining the Texas Daffodil Society, we are pretty active: http://www.texasdaffodilsociety.org/ Or contact Keith Kridler--he's a bit northwest of you at: txdaffodils@suddenlink.net Debbie west of Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Smith" <oothal@hotmail.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:39 AM Subject: [pbs] Narcissus Bulb Fly control question using fly control tags for cattle > > Hi all, Being very new to this forum and new to bulb growing, there are > many things I do not know about. The Narcissus fly is one of them. > > I got a catalog a month or so ago and it is a catalog from Valley Vet > Supply. They have all kinds of supplies for Ranchers and other people that > raise animals. > > I mention this because on one page of their catalog they have "fly > control" tags that are to be put on the ears of cattle and such to control > horn flies, face flies and ticks. From their description they appear to be > some type of plastic tags impregnated with differing combinations of > chemicals for the control of these flies. From reading their description > they last about 6 months. > > I was wondering if anyone would think that some of these fly control tags > placed on stakes and placed low to the ground next to bulbs, if that would > either kill the narcissus bulb fly or just keep it away? > > If anyone out there has tried this let me know. Though the tags are not > really expensive they still are kinda pricy for me. I also do not have the > knowledge of the Narcissus fly or the facilities to accuratly test such a > "offbeat idea." > > Thanks for your time in reading this. > > Justin > > Woodville, TX zone 8b > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of > your life. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/