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By all means, please add me to your ping list, please.
I watched the video; that was a good idea, too, would try to tape in a low watt electric bulb soas not to have to buy more batteries.
I don't know if DE would be cost effective for farmers but forewarned is fore-armed.
We were talking about getting rid of soybean mold which requires a fungicide. Probably not cost effective, but thought why not hydrogen peroxide in the right strength? It's good for the plants, too. So then I find the Amish spray it on string bean plants after they've picked the first crop; the bean plants will flower again and produce more beans, probably not as many. I know that regular drugstore peroxide diluted one part hyd per to 9 parts of water worked wonders on some of my seedlings.
Any beans I've ever grown, no prob, just find something for them to climb on if I want a lot.
Back to farmers and stink bugs, I'll have to do more research on that. Been watching a lot of vids about farmers that get high yields. One contest winner got huge yields of soybeans (and corn, different strategy). For the beans, he treats the seeds with some root stimulant, then burns them down to the ground. Then they branch more, analogous to a gardener pinching back plants to get more branching and flowers but I don't pinch them back to the ground, would try it on a test patch first.
I put everything I've found out on this board so we can be brainstormng, working with a tight budget this year but can make room for one of those dusters. Thanks so much!
Peroxide is a harmless and very effective fungicide. I’ve had good luck on the tomato spot. You can see it bubbling and killing it after you spray it on.
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The picture is a stock photo off the net - not me. If you use DE like this do the spraying very early morning or late evening because it will harm your visiting bees. I think I read that lady bugs are not affected by it - I don’t know why.