Making a pecan weevil spray

    After a week of showers it was time for me to make an insecticide application for pecan weevil. So, I attached my sprayer, put the tractor in 4-wheel-drive, and slogged my way over saturated ground to apply Warrior II insecticide to protect my nut crop (photo at right). It has been 12 days and nine inches of rain since I last sprayed (mainly for stinkbugs). This time my objective was to kill all weevils in the grove before they can lay eggs inside the nuts.
   I'll need to wait to see how things go during the last part of August and early September before deciding whether or not to make a second weevil spray in a few weeks.