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Decatur, Indiana

So I scrambling to try and save my big plant. Yesterday I noticed some holes and frass around the stump and cut into it and pulled out 4-5 SVB larvae! But one of the holes went into the hollow section of the stump and I'm worried I may have missed one/some... Can I safely spray permethrine in there using a meat injector or something so I don't have to open the stump up? Just don't know if spraying inside it like that would hurt the plant with the chemicals. Any thoughts?

7/18/2018 3:49:46 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

Adam: i used to buy syringes from Gardens Alive to inject Nematodes in the vines back in the day, don't know if they still carry them? you should be using a systemic pesticide to control borers. go to this website get some cyonara

https://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/cyonara-lawn-and-garden-concentrate

7/18/2018 4:35:12 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

You need to keep the borers out of the vine in the first place the systemic pesticide will do that

7/18/2018 8:46:08 PM