On 31 Mar 2011 at 16:20, Lee Poulsen wrote:
.....
> ARS scientists are moving closer to developing an environmentally
> friendly bacteria-based biocontrol agent that
> offers long-lasting protection against caterpillars and other
> pests in a garden or cultivated field.
....
Sounds like they are trying to find a strain that survives in soil or
other media for an extended duration. Maybe, since I think I am
keeping them alive in soil, I'm just a better grower of BT :-) than
the experts. Or, maybe the soilless mix I use or the heated
nighttimes or something I am doing is different from the
conditions they are trying to deal with. Or, maybe I am believing
what I want to believe? All quite possible in my mind.
I'll use my strategy until it does not seem to be working any
longer. I am nervous about their potential success with creating
'super BT' strains as they are rather broad spectrum and I'm
not sure we want them spreading across the surface of the
earth.
Mr. Kelly O'Neill
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Big Bubble Magic(tm) at http://www.wetrock.com/
and Wet Rock Gardens Flower Farm
2877 N 19th Street - Springfield, Oregon 97477
U-Pick and more at the farm (open 9 to 6, Sun,
Wed and Fri - from March thru Halloween)
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