I just wanted some advice from actual users of Sevin 10% Dust, what I find on the bag is understandable but info from the net is somewhat frusterating. I planted my garden in mid March and I haven't had to use anything until now, I want to make sure that I get it right as to not hurt my plants and more importantly my family. I'm having some pretty serious problems with squash bugs, I started with hand picking but the great size of my cuke patch made it difficult to hunt without them escaping and I've never found any eggs. Now they've found other places to hide from me and I can't seem to find em barely at all, they've also discovered that 10ft away are yummy watermelons and another 10ft pumpkins.

Okay, my husband brought me home the Sevin as well as some huge salt and pepper shakers to put it down with. The bag says .25lb per 1000 sq ft, so I'll only use the one shaker with the fewest holes... the holes are just big enough to fit a uncooked piece of spaghetti through. I'm not sure exactly how much I should put down, since it will have areas where the dust will pour out kinda thick from the shaker.... basically should the ground look like a powdered doughnut or should I barely be able to see the dust when standing? Another thing, what I had read on the net was to apply it after watering and don't water for at least 2 days prior. Since it's going down over a wet surface, what's the deal with not watering? I have two problems with the 'not watering', first being it's predicted scattered rain here for the next 3-5 days... my damage is great enough that I may not have plants to save if I have to wait. Secondly, my amount of damage may not allow me to stress my plants enough to go two days without water. As the temps have been, without the rain, I have to water my cukes twice a day to keep the soil moist enough to ward off stress. So far the rain has been minimal, there's plently of time for my plants to dry off and for me to get out there. I was just curious as to if it would actually hurt anything if it rained after I had put the Sevin down. Thank you for dealing with a newbie, I've posted before with my questions and I've always wanted to add what a blessing it is to have people take their time to help others. Maybe after this year I'll have the expertise to come back and help too.

mickandkairi

High Springs, FL