NietzscheKeen
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I was planning to cease spraying sulphur around two weeks before harvest and let the rain do it's thing; if however there is not rain, and I might even do it if there is, I will spray it with water as you suggest. Fun fact about the hydrogen sulfide. No one wants to smoke sulphur either, lol. I've only sprayed once with sulphur, but I spray the Neem, Captan, and Malathion weekly (as weather permits) and spread some Sevin granules around the planting site, so bugs haven't really been too big of an issue. They are more of an issue in my tomato field as you mentioned, lol. Thanks again.I know big commercial vineyards that swear on sulfur and use it close to harvest. That's tricky because the slightest amount of sulphur in the must produces awful hydrogen sulfide, and no winery will sell wines that smell of rotten eggs. I would spray all or part of one plant and of course flag it. Smoke it and see for yourself. Experimenting is the only way you can learn about this stuff. Or you could spray as much as you want, then a day or two prior to harvest blast them with a spray of water using a backback sprayer.
Stink bugs, damn the bugs from hell, Satan's workers!At least you can kill mites but it's damn hard to kill a leaf footed gray stink bug. Get them with Sevin while they're juveniles. Little shits will be a bright orange/red and there will be colonies of them, hundreds. They can easily turn a tomato crop or peaches into mush.
Edit: I think I may use a sulphur and malathion spray on my grapes this year. I always have so many yellow jackets and raccoons eating them. I doubt it will stop the raccoons, but I've got two new dogs this year, so maybe they will do the trick.
