Live Stoner Chat New biological pesticides.

[gradolabs]

I was doing research on some new pesticides and I came across a company that's synthesizing compounds from spider venom for use in agriculture.

http://www.vestaron.com/exclusive-technology/

I guess this is a pretty innovative approach. Plus the worlds supply of web slinging super heros will undoubtedly increase.

I guess a simple way to test this at home is to get a fruit juicer... and some spiders... and see where that gets you. Post your results!

 

[gradolabs]

I can hear it now... thousands of tiny little screams, followed by the sound of a blender... some margarita salt and bam! You got yourself a... wait... scratch the mixers. Pour directly on plants.

 

[Eekman]

Hey, I am not sure how this stuff is, but this is good information.

Thanks for bringin' it.

Hopefully others will pop in and we can see if someone will try it. There is a thread called "new organic products:" maybe you can post that there.

Peace

Eek

 

[Guerrilla]

I myself love cool stuff like this! Plus I hate spiders with a passion so grind those bitches to pieces!

 

[gradolabs]

Hey, I am not sure how this stuff is, but this is good information.

Thanks for bringin' it.

Hopefully others will pop in and we can see if someone will try it. There is a thread called "new organic products:" maybe you can post that there.

Peace

Eek

Truthfully and in all seriousness, I've heard of people grinding up insects, liquefying them and using that as an anti bug spray. Can't remember where, so no links, but maybe someone knows what I'm talking about.

The company I mentioned doesn't quite fit that model. They're ripe for spider-man jokes and playful imagery of spiders trying to escape see through pyrex blenders, but yeah... they do real science. They synthesize polypeptide chains found in venomous spiders and centipedes... far beyond the scope of any home brew chemistry lab. And I think that's an intelligent direction to explore. However the more practical concern of mine is that everyone gets to imagine smashing up little 8 legged demon spawns and the local newspapers surrounding Kalamazoo, Michigan have all got to be checked for irresponsible student photographers with bad punctuality and a penchant for climbing vertical surfaces.

You know... normal stuff.

 

[gradolabs]

From: http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jr0048e/14.3.html

Find the section labeled bioinsecticides and read further than this excerpt.


"Mike Sipe, a pest-control specialist, suggested a simple method of controlling insects to Mr. Batey.
• Go into the fields and collect a cup or two of the insects that are damaging the crops.
• Grind up the insects in a blender with some rain water, strain out the solids, and add more water.
• Put the solution in an ordinary sprayer, and spray the crops that the insects were found on.
So effective has this method been for over two years that in 1976, the third year, Mr. Batey did not even have to spray the bug juice insecticide on his fields.
"We had cabbage looper, stink bug, army worm, velvet bean caterpillar, granular cutworm, southern corn borer, and other pests on our crops," Batey says. "I collected samples of all of them, except for the southern corn borer, which makes a webbed tunnel underground and attacks the pegs of peanuts. It is Just too difficult to find enough of them to make a spray. But on the other pests, the method did a great Job. I am not against using chemicals to help grow food crops, but I hate insecticides and always have. We should not be eating food with these poisons on them. It is important to have good, clean food."