Warning: if crickets give you the creeps, give this three second video below a skip. Should I have named this little critter Jiminy?
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Warning: if crickets give you the creeps, give this three second video below a skip. Should I have named this little critter Jiminy?
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I’m so glad I can recognize this berry-like poop… |
It did not have a happy ending... |
Much to my dismay I saw more droppings early the next day and had to remove another stomach-churning monster. So I bought a spray bottle of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Thursday afternoon.
We once purchased a concentrated form, which I looked for at the store to no avail, but it’s for the best. These natural and effective living bacterium do not have a long shelf life. In fact, we still had the concentrate which is doubtless inert after perhaps an entire decade (!), and I’m a bit annoyed that the label didn’t include a production date. My belated research following the same day application also irked me. This ready-to-use product’s label neglected to inform me that sunlight degrades the product.
I should have waited until evening. But I did not use the entire bottle yesterday and emptied it this morning after killing a small caterpillar. Anyway, this article provided other fascinating information. Humans first discovered Bt’s benefits in the early 1900’s and some field crops have been modified to include the gene responsible for the bacterium’s all important crystal protein.
Did you know that modern Bt strains have also become an essential weapon in the battle against West Nile Virus? And since profit drives more research than human welfare, do you think genetically modified foods pose a health risk?
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I look forward to watching it turn blue. |
Is this not a good problem to have? What do you think I should do if the fruit starts becoming malformed?
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Look at these little beauties... |
I cannot believe the rapid growth... |