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PHEAST HELPS CLEAN UP GRUBS
Grower
Solutions Magazine
Lefroy Valley
June
2001
When large
grub numbers threatened the crops of John Gorza of Star
Farms (pictured here) awell known Bundaberg Zucchini and
Eggplant grower, several applications of BT were applied in
an attempt to stop damage. John professes that he was pretty
worried when the BT did little to reduce the numbers and was
looking to use a harder alternative when Pheast was brought
to his attention. Pheast is a feeding stimulant for
heliothis and other pest larvae and is designed to encourage
the grub to ingest increased amounts of the conventional
pesticide it is mixed with. Pheast masks the smell and taste
of the pesticide, inducing the grub to feed on products that
may otherwise repel or be unpalatable to the grub.
"I knew the grubs just
weren't feeding on the BT and I was looking at having to use
a contact product to clean them up. Since we were close to
harvest this was concerning as we didn't want problems with
residues" John explained. "I mixed in 500gms of
Pheast per hectare with our final attempt with BT and the
results were brilliant." John found that the Pheast
stimulated the grub to eat the BT this time and gave him the
clean, grub- free crop he was looking for. Pheast is a cost-
effective way of getting more activity out of your
conventional insecticides. It is compatible with all
insecticides and is especially recommended for those
requiring ingestion such as BT's. "Every time I have
trouble controlling grubs in the future I know I will be
reaching for the bag of Pheast." Written by P. Meibusch
with permission of John Gorza.
Written by
P. Meibusch with permission of John Gorza
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