Vince #3 is Glorious!

TorontoJoe said:
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@Trustyfarms - That's the most sugar spotting I've ever seen on one of these. I can see why the ants couldn't resist. Might need to start bagging them up
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Most definitely but ants seem to find a way through the bags too! I’m planning on drenching all my potted trees next week with bifenthrin mixed in with their fertilizer to knock them out.
 
bifenthrin seems to be one of the longest lasting, and safest Orchard pyrethroids currently in use. Of course when it comes to ants all you can do is try to control them.
 
Picked a couple of my Vinnies today. Looked and tasted different from the earlier ones. These ones definitely do not remind me of WM#1. At all.

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TorontoJoe said:
If by common, you mean does it require pollination? It does not. It was a backyard find in an old Italian neighbourhood in Toronto.

If by common, you mean are there many out there? Not yet but I think a few people are actively working on changing that.

It's a stellar fig and early to ripen.
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I meant does it require pollination, I never heard of it personally
 
@Trustyfarms that is incredibly good news. Fire ants inhabit many of my worst bad dreams. Not to mention my favorite Orchard denizens, figs, and dragon fruit. I have been drenching new arrivals at my Southern California Family Farm for the last couple of years. I think I am ready to step up from Permethrin, to bifenthrin. It's a better pyrethroid..
 
Trustyfarms said:
We use it in all our soil mixes for fire ant control and drenching it works really well too as a supplemental treatment. All they have to do is touch it and it’s lights out.
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@Trustyfarms That’s good info. I’m wanting to take some trees over to my mom’s and the fire ants are terrible over there. I’ve been slowly working on eliminating them but they return. Not as bad as before but it’s a constant battle. Could you please share how you do this or is it a follow the directions thing? Thanks
 
superdave336 said:
@Trustyfarms That’s good info. I’m wanting to take some trees over to my mom’s and the fire ants are terrible over there. I’ve been slowly working on eliminating them but they return. Not as bad as before but it’s a constant battle. Could you please share how you do this or is it a follow the directions thing? Thanks
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For applying the granular bifenthrin just apply it directly into the pot. I fill the pot halfway with soil the add fertilizer and bifenthrin then shake it up to distribute evenly. Fill the rest of the pot with soil then it’s ready to plant. The label explains the rate depending on what type of soil you’re using but for our bark based soil I just lightly dust the entire soil surface. For established trees I recommend drenching to ensure it contacts all of the soil where ants may be hiding out.
 
Trustyfarms said:
For applying the granular bifenthrin just apply it directly into the pot. I fill the pot halfway with soil the add fertilizer and bifenthrin then shake it up to distribute evenly. Fill the rest of the pot with soil then it’s ready to plant. The label explains the rate depending on what type of soil you’re using but for our bark based soil I just lightly dust the entire soil surface. For established trees I recommend drenching to ensure it contacts all of the soil where ants may be hiding out.
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Thank you.
 
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