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Experience with Mosquito Dunks?
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Posted by claudia_sandgrower SC Zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, May 19, 09 at 19:46
| I have a big iron pot that I've put another container inside of - I've got impatiens planted in the inner container. I elevated the (inner) pot by putting a couple of bricks under it. I know that a small amount of water will accumulate inside the big iron pot, though, so I want to use Mosquito Dunks to keep the mosquitos from breeding. I have a package that I bought last spring but never used (the doughnut-shaped kind). Does anyone know if they should still be good? |
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RE: Experience with Mosquito Dunks?
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| Your dunks should be fine if the package was never opened. They work great--we put 1/4 of a dunk in each of our 55 gal. rain barrels and have no mosquito problem. Probably 1/4 of a dunk would be more than sufficient to prevent mosquitos in the pot. Your impatiens in the iron pot sound pretty! |
RE: Experience with Mosquito Dunks?
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Plunks are the smaller version of dunks .
Love 'em all .
Even the old ones work .
Good choice ! |
RE: Experience with Mosquito Dunks?
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| Good information. I too have packages of dunks I've never used and wonder if they'd be good to lay in a low spot in the back forest that catches heavy rainfall and the water persists for several days before being absorbed? |
RE: Experience with Mosquito Dunks?
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| It's worth a try, dottie. You may have to reapply after new rainfall (if the spot had already dried out), but I don't see why that wouldn't work. Let us know if you have any success! |
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