Wheast

[MilkandHoney]

Can anyone tell me where I can purchase or how to make my own Wheast? This is a product used to help attract and feed beneficial insects. It is a whey fermented yeast product but that's about all I know except that bees, ladybugs, etc. will eat it.

[APPway]

here is a place
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/la...wing-food.html

Google brought it up fast

[michiganfarmer]

I learn something new on this forum almost weekly. very cool

[MilkandHoney]

Originally Posted by APPway

here is a place
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/la...wing-food.html

Thank you very much. I also located patent number 4,075,783 that talks about Wheast at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...783&RS=4075783

[Fla Gal]

MilkandHoney, I found this information for you. It's under the heading "Hort Shorts" about one third down the page. I'm sure it's cheaper to make than purchase.

Provide food. Spraying your garden and/or borders with a solution of sugar and water often attracts adult beneficial insects by providing a pollen/nectar food source. You can also spray your plants with a mixture of three parts water to one part lemon-lime soda or one part yeast and one part sugar to 10 parts water. (A nutrient mixture) can be purchased commercially under the name "Wheast," "Bugchow," or "Formula 57."

The information came from this site:
From the University of Illinois
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/greenline/i1293_384.html

[MilkandHoney]

Thanks Fla Gal. That was a helpful site.