CHAPTER 11 - The Best Control 2

You may be highly allergic to this plant.Quaker Oats - for past pain relief. Mix 2 cups oats and 1 cup water in a bowl; warm in the microwave for 1minute. Cool slightly and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.Quarantine and Exclusion - Quarantining materials in an area to exclude unwanted pest organisms is an IntelligentPest Management® concept of long standing. Quarantining pest infested areas until you can deal withproper control is a vital tool.Quartz Sand - can be used as a repellent.Quassia (Quassia amara) - Used as an insecticide and/or repellent. Boil ¼ cup quassia clips in 1 gal. water for2 hours; cool and use as an insecticidal spray; it will kill mosquito larvae and can be used a moth-proofing agent.Radiant Heat Weeders - Radiant heat or infrared weeders have a lethal head capable of reaching temperaturesof 1800 degrees. Some models use combinations of air, water and radiant heat. The most common setup usesa ceramic heating element capable of reaching extremely high temperatures. When you direct the heat towardsthe weed, the intense heat boils the liquids in the plant’s/pest weed’s cells causing them to literally burst. Theweeds do not even need to be scorched. The leaves wilt immediately. The element needs to be ½” above theweed and will kill not only the weed but wind-borne seeds and bacteria on or just below the soil’s surface. Thetime to kill is generally 1 - 2 seconds. You can see when you are through, the leaves wilt and turn a darkergreen. They run on propane and weed control costs about 2¢ to 7¢ per 100 sq. ft. There are no open flames,but you must be extremely careful.Radio Waves - May repel some pests initially, but may also be harmful to humans and pets.Radios - can often keep many mammals away from specific areas. See music/noise.Radishes - Plant radishes or nasturtiums with your cucumbers to control cucumber beetles. Pliny in his Book 19emphasized the “great antipathy between radishes and vines, which shrank away from radishes planted near them.Note: Grape vines will also not grow near cabbages. Radish juice in the soil completely inhibits some species.Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) - The pollen causes allergies, but if you chew on a leaf it may alleviate yoursymptoms instantly. If it does not stop the symptoms immediately, do not continue chewing.Rape Seed Oil - See The Great Can-ola. Rape seed oil is toxic because it contains significant amounts of apoisonous substance called erucic acid. Canola oil is a poisonous substance, an industrial oil that does notbelong in the body. It contains “the infamous chemical warfare agent mustard gas,” hemagglutinins and toxiccyanide-containing glyocides; it causes mad cow disease, blindness, nervous disorders, clumping of blood cellsand depression of the immune system. This is what detractors say about canola oil.http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/conola.htmlRat-proofing - In 13 B.C.E. the first rat-proof granary was built by the Roman architect, Marcus Poliio.Rattlebox (Crotalaria spp.) - Plants will reduce the numbers of a wide number of parasitic nematodes in the soil.Rayless Chamomile (Matricaria matricarioides) - The powdered heads are fairly toxic to diamondback moths.Read the Label - Read the label. Read the label and then know all of the information before you use any product.Record Keeping - is essential to monitor trends and patterns in pest problems.Red - Some insects avoid the color red because it registers as a black void in their field of vision.Red Croquet Balls - coated with Vaseline ® or STP or Tanglefoot or a commercial insect adhesive hung at eyelevel just within the apple tree canopy but not totally obscured by the leaves will trap egg-laying female applemaggots. Use one ball per dwarf apple and/or 4 - 8 per full-size apple tree. Paint old burned-out light bulbs448