TN Cattle Man said:The biggest key when using an IGR product is to never let them run out of mineral... just one day without can open you up to a full life-cycle of flies.
dt34715 said:They seem to terrible this year. Using IGR and Justi-fly in my mineral. I had few last year using this along with a back rubs.
Middle TN
T & B farms said:The last 3 years we have had flys absolutely terrible. This year they are not quite as bad. Hope it stays that way, but I know better.
Best remedy I found was a fimco spot sprayer with the bigger pump, permethrin, and diesel fuel. With that sprayer you can get them soaked down quickly at 30-40 feet.
I used to use water, diesel is so much more effective.
greybeard said:T & B farms said:The last 3 years we have had flys absolutely terrible. This year they are not quite as bad. Hope it stays that way, but I know better.
Best remedy I found was a fimco spot sprayer with the bigger pump, permethrin, and diesel fuel. With that sprayer you can get them soaked down quickly at 30-40 feet.
I used to use water, diesel is so much more effective.
Diesel lasts longer too both with the pump sprayer and the rubs.
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We use corn oil instead of diesel. Works well and more desirable than diesel.
I too use a sprayer but a cheap pump sprayer while feeding cubes with peremthrin, diesel and a little water with decent results. This is the first year I have gone the IGR route (wind and rain) and hope it makes a difference.T & B farms said:The last 3 years we have had flys absolutely terrible. This year they are not quite as bad. Hope it stays that way, but I know better.
Best remedy I found was a fimco spot sprayer with the bigger pump, permethrin, and diesel fuel. With that sprayer you can get them soaked down quickly at 30-40 feet.
I used to use water, diesel is so much more effective.
elkwc said:We use corn oil instead of diesel. Works well and more desirable than diesel.
I had 1 pump up sprayer, that the diesel actually made the tube that the plunger goes in, distort and curve way off to one side.Hook2.0 said:Does the spray lose effectiveness over time while in the diesel mix in the bottle? Seems i can spray one day and the flies are back the next. The diesel also swelled the orings on my pump up sprayer
Thanks. Had to look it up to find out exactly what it was and how to mix it.elkwc said:To make it last longer use PB-08. It is the synergist in Ultra Boss & Ultra Saber.
greybeard said:Thanks. Had to look it up to find out exactly what it was and how to mix it.elkwc said:To make it last longer use PB-08. It is the synergist in Ultra Boss & Ultra Saber.
https://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/SPEC/LABELS/PBO-
8%20Synergist%20Specimen%20Label.pd
The recipe I use came from a poster on this forum. It says 8 oz of PB-08 to 119 oz of corn oil. So I use around 8 oz per gallon and it works well
T & B farms said:Where could a guy find bulk corn oil? No issues with it clogging up the sprayer?