CHAPTER 11 - The Best Control 2

ack of the trough, mounted on runners and is drawn across fields to catch grasshoppers who fly up to avoidthe hopperdozer, hitting the shield and falling into the soapy water to drown. 8 bushels of grasshoppers havebeen caught per acre. A smaller version can be used for flea beetles in vegetable gardens.Horizontal Transfer - Secondary kill or horizontal transfer occurs when a pest, e.g., a roach, eats a slow-acting“poison” bait and then dies inside a harborage area that you can not reach to treat. The other pest will cannibalizetheir former colleague and die.Horse Chestnut - Helps keep painful varicose veins from forming and helps prevent swelling of arthritic joints.Horseradish - mixed in water will repel potato bugs. Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 tablespoonhorseradish in 1 cup olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes; then apply it as a massage oil for instant relieffor aching muscles.Horseradish leaves - are known to have fungus-fighting properties, especially against brown rot on fruit trees.Mush the leaves or blend them to extract their juice, then strain and spray on plants and trees. You can usethem in salads in spring when they are tender.Horsetail - (Equisetum arvense- L.) An infusion of Horsetail sprayed on plants may help prevent fungal diseases.Horticultural Oils - include dormant oils, suffocating oils and summer oils. They are used as insect smotheringor suffocating agents. Horticultural oils are summer oils. Several things distinguish summer oils from dormantoils. Summer oils leave more unsulfonated residues and are less likely to burn tender plants. Summer oilsare mixed with wax and can be used as a leaf polish and have good “spreading” properties and are safer andeasier to use.Hose-end Sprayers - can be used to spray diluted enzyme cleaners or peppermint soap or dish soap to controlearwigs around the foundation, to spray lawns, hornets, trees, bushes, etc. with diluted enzyme cleaners tocontrol fungus, insects, mold, etc. wherever the spray will reach.Hot Air - quickly kills many insects, e.g., roaches - take a hair dryer or commercial tile softener and direct thehot air into cracks and crevices and watch what happens to the roaches. You can destroy non-subterraneantermite colonies with hot air if you can locate the nest and treat the galleries with hot air. Other (moisture loving)insects and wood decay may also be quickly controlled, but be sure you don’t start a fire and remember to atleast wear a mask to protect you from the asbestos and other flying debris. Caution: If you use a heat gun,use it with a PVC collar to help prevent burns.Hot Pepper - Blend ½ c. of hot peppers with 2 c. of water. Strain and spray. Caution: Hot peppers can burnskin and eyes. Pepper sprays used to repel bears may actually attract them.Hot Sauce - Mix half and half with water and spray to repel roaches.Hot Water - Dip fruit into plain hot water (43 - 49 o C.) for a few minutes and you can safely and cheaply controlor kill the larvae and the eggs of many species of fruit fly and other fruit pests.House Plants - provide oxygen and are the quickest and most effective filters of common, dangerous air pollutants,e.g., mold, bacteria, mildew, formaldehyde, benzene, xylene and ammonia. They act as the lungs andkidneys of the building. If you grow the plants hydroponically in soil-free pebbles and water or cover the soilwith gravel, you eliminate soil mold and mildew spores and fungus gnats.Hover Flies - or syrprid flies or flower flies, the adults resemble bees and help pollinate. The hover fly’s slug-likemaggots can consume an aphid a minute for extended periods of time.Human Enablers - will feed the pest and release trapped pests and provide pests with shelter; they must betrained not to do so.404