It’s called erythritol. There was a lot of hoopla over it at first, but it doesn’t have a lot of impact if used as a synergist with other insecticides.
Amperstand posted a topic on methyl benzoate as a possible backyard solution. It’s frightfully expensive from a commercial standpoint, but could have some application in a smaller backyard planting.
Evidently this Methyl Benzoate is the chemical that drug sniffing dogs actually seek out when sniffing for cocaine. So be careful if taking fruits sprayed with it on a trip to the airport…lol
It also supposedly smells like pineapple guava.
I need to be better at keeping up with drops evidently…
Scott
This didn’t work for my raspberries last year. By the time they fully ripen they would be too soft to pick and slightly fermented. Strawberries would also get way too soft by the time they get fully ripe.
