Super Eight Insect Control Concentrate
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Earl May Super Eight is a concentrated version of our popular "Eight" Insecticide. This formula is powerful enough to handle the toughest insects including: grasshoppers, termites, carpenter ants, mosquitoes, borers, crickets, fleas, ticks, plus others.
Size: Pint
How to Mix and Apply:
Determine the size of spraying job. For lawns and vegetables, measure the area to be sprayed. For all other applications, apply as a thorough cover spray. Make applications when insects first appear. Repeat applications as needed or as noted in the rate chart on the label.
Use a clean sprayer. Carefully measure and mix the amount of product and water as suggested in the rate chart. Do not use kitchen utensils for measurements.
Spray as directed in the rate chart. Thorough coverage is important. Flush sprayer with clean water after each use.
1 fl. oz. in 3 gallons of water = 2 teaspoons in 1 gallon of water
Vegetables
For backyard vegetable gardens only. Prepare spray mix as directed in the chart on the product label. Use 1 quart of finished spray per 110 square feet of surface area.
Asparagus (Pre-Harvest): To control cutworm and asparagus beetle, apply for uniform coverage as needed. Do not apply more than 4 applications per crop. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1 teaspoon per 5 quarts of water.
Asparagus (Post-Harvest): To control larval stages of asparagus beetle, tarnished plant bug, lygus bugs, and adult Japanese beetle, treat ferns or bush growth after spear harvest when insects are present. Use at a rate of 1 teaspoon per 5 quarts of water.
Celery: To control vegetable leafminer, cabbage looper, black and granulate cutworm, and armyworm, apply every 3-5 days or as needed. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest. Do not make more than 10 applications per season. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoons per 4 quarts of water.
Cole Crops, including Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage and Cauliflower: To control beet armyworm, diamond back moth, imported cabbageworm, cabbage aphid and cabbage looper, apply every 5 days or as needed. Can be applied up to 1 day prior to harvest. Do not make more than 8 applications. Use at a rate of 1 teaspoon per 5 quarts of water.
Eggplant: To control colorado potato beetle and vegetable leafminer, apply for uniform coverage as needed. Do not exceed 16 applications. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoons per 4 quarts of water.
Horseradish (Foliar Application): To control imported crucifer weevil, apply as needed. Do not exceed 3 foliar applicaitons. Can be applied up to 22 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoon per 4 quarts of water.
Head Lettuce (Do NOT Use on Leaf Lettuce): To control cabbage looper, alfalfa looper, beet armyworm, corn earworm, and tobacco budworm, apply every 5-10 days as needed. Do not make more than 10 applications per season. Can be applied up to 1 day prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoon per 4 quarts of water.
Potatoes: To control beet armyworm, colorado potato beetle, potato leafhopper, potato flea beetle, aster leafhopper, potato aphid, potato tuberworm, cabbage looper, cutworms, European corn borer, potato psyllid, tarnished plant bug, apply as needed. Do not apply more than 12 applications. Can be applied up to 7 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoons per 4 quarts of water.
Peppers: To control vegetable leafminer, cabbage looper, flea beetle, corn earworm, pepper weevil, and European corn borer, apply as needed, but not more than 8 sprays per season. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoons per 4 quarts of water.
Spinach: To control beet armyworm, corn earworm, cabbage looper, cutworms, European corn borer, green cloverworm and leafhoppers, apply for uniform coverage when needed, but not more than 7 applications per season. Can be applied up to 7 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1 teaspoon per 5 quarts of water.
Sweet Corn: To control corn earworm, European corn borer, fall armyworm, and southern armyworm, apply every 5 days and when needed but not more than 6 applications per season. Can be applied up to 1 day prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoons per 4 quarts of water.
Trees (Fruit or Nut)
Almonds: To control navel orange worm, and peach tree borer, apply when insects appear. Do not make more than 2 application during hull split and 5 applications per season. Can be applied up to 1 day prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 1.5 teaspoon per 4 quarts of water.
Apples: To control plum cuculio, redbanded leafroller, rosy apple aphid, spotted tentiform leafminer, tarnished plant bug, white apple leafhopper, oblique-banded leafroller and green fruitworm, apply when insects appear. Repeat as required to maintain control. Do not make more than 3 applications per season. Do not apply after petal fall. Use at a rate of 2.75 teaspoons per 5 quarts of water.
Peaches: To control lesser peachtree borer, peach twig borer, plum curculio, tarnished plant bug, green fruitworm, and oriental fruit moth, apply when insects appear. Do not apply within 7 days of harvest. Do not make more than 8 applications per season. Use at a rate of 2.75 teaspoons per 5 quarts of water.
Pears (dormant through delayed dormant): To control pear psylla, apply during the dormant through delayed dormant growth period only. Add if desired, 8 oz of Bonide All Season's Oil to each gallon of Earl May's Super Eight Insect Control Concentrate and use spray. Do not make more than 2 applications per season. Use at a rate of 2.75 teaspoons per 5 quarts of water.
Pears (summer): To control pear psylla, green fruitworm, and codling moth, apply when needed. Do not apply more than 3 applications per season. Can be applied up to 14 days prior to harvest. Use at a rate of 2.75 teaspoons per 5 quarts of water.
For Ornamental Trees Grown Around the Home
Use sufficient spray to obtain full coverage of all foliage. Avoid heavy wetting. Use to control boxelder bug, clearwing moth borer, ash borer, banded ash clearwing borer, dogwood borer, lesser peachtree borer, lilac borer, oak borer, peachtree borer, rhododendron borer, coleopteran borer, bronze bird borer, flatheaded appletree borer, pine moths, pine needle miners, pine beetles and needle scales on pines, budworms on conifers, oakworms on oak, fall webworms on cherry, elm and honeysuckle, aphids on tulip poplar, citrus black flies on non-bearing citrus, tussock moths on douglas and grand firs, leafminers on birch, elm leaf beetle and elm spanworms on elms. Mix 2.75 teaspoons per 5 quarts of water.
To Kill Tent Caterpillars
Application should be made when caterpillars are young and tents are first noticed. For results, apply in the late afternoon or evening, when caterpillars have returned to their tents. Mix 2 fl. oz. of this product in one gallon of water. Wet tents with spray on all sides. A few caterpilars may be seen escaping from tent; however, they should die within several hours.
For Use on Home Lawns
For armyworms, cutworms, chinch bugs, Japanese beetle grubs, mole crickets and sod webworm, mix 5 teaspoons in 10 gallons of water for 1,000 square feet of coverage.
For crickets, grasshoppers, and ants, including fire ants, mix 2 teaspoons in 3 gallons of water for 1,000 square feet of coverage.
Lawn should be no taller than 3 inches at time of application. Slightly more water may be used as long as the amount of product per area is as listed above. For heavy infestations, repeat application after two weeks. Also for control of cutworms on dichondra and Irish moss. use as directed above for lawns. Keep children and pets off treated areas until lawn has dried following the application.
For Use on Ornamental Plants Outdoors
Contact and Residual Spray: Use sufficient spray to obtain full coverage of all foliage. Adjust spray volume used to plant size. To use, mix 1 teaspoon of Earl May's Super Eight Insect Control Concentrate with one gallon of water.
Spray in the late afternoon or evening, when the temperature ranges from 50-75 degrees, and when there is little or no wind. Spray at the first indication of insect pests. On those plants that will flower during the season, the spray schedule should be completed before blossom formation. Repeat as necessary. Use intervals of 4 to 6 days. Application can be made up to the day of collection.
Pests on Outside Surfaces of Buildings
Use this product to control ants, Asian lady beetle, clover mites, crickets, earwigs, millipedes and sowbugs (pillbugs) on the outside surfaces of buildings. To help prevent infestatio nof buildings, treat the building foundation to a height of 3 feet where pests are and may find entrance. Also, apply as a spot treatment to outside surfaces of buildings, including porches, screens, window frames, eaves, patios, garages, refuse dumps, and other areas where these pests congregate or have been seen. Repeat treatment as needed.
When to Re-Apply
Reapplication for subterranean termites should only be made when there has been a disruption of the chemical barrier in the soil due to construction, excavation, landscaping, etc. Reapplication should be made as a spot treatment to those areas. Annual reapplication of the entire premises must be avoided.
Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, and Wood-Infesting Beetles: For localized treatment in and around residential buildings. Mix 5 fl. oz. of Earl May's Super Eight Insect Control Concentrate in 1 gallon of water and apply as directed. Allow spray to dry before allowing people or pets to occupy treated areas.
Carpenter Ants: Adjust sprayer to deliver a coarse spray. Apply mixture around doors, windows, and other points of entry. Spray into cracks and crevices where ants or their nests are suspected.
Carpenter Bees and Wood-Infesting Beetles: To protect wood and control damage by these wood-infesting insects, thoroughly apply mixture to wood using a coarse spray or using a paintbrush. Do not allow runoff to occur.
See attached booklet for complete direction for use, including storage and disposal, and precautionary statements, including First Aid.
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