I know it’s way early, but trying to put together a game plan,,, is it ok to throw seven dust on the plants at anytime or do I need to hold off so that the bees can pollinate flowers??

If I buy certified treated potatoes I never get bugs. Cheap potato set are eaten up before they blossom

No sevin in any form is safe for pollinators, the dust is the worst.

I use spinosad, which can also kill bees if applied wrong. The way I do it is to spray at dusk when the bees are not active so it has time to dry on the plant, once dry it's bee safe.

Spinosad for anything beetle and Bt for anything caterpillar will handle 90% of your gardening bugs without hurting your bees. Milky spore for your lawn grubs and japanese beetles.

Ants are the PIA as they are close to bees in physiology so there are no what kills one won't kill the other products. I have to target ant specific locations in controlled formulations.

I raise enough to get about 200- 250 pounds I don't use any insecticides or pesticides, used two have tons of potato bugs when I used sprays, a couple years of know spray, I had way less pest. What potato bugs I get now I just pick them off.

Someone will know the name of the mixed spray but you spray the row and sets when you plant before you cover and you won’t have tater bugs.

Where can I buy these?? Did not know treated taters existed

Potatoes do not require pollination to produce tubers.

In general, it is best to apply pesticides such as Sevin and Eight (permethrins) very early in the morning or late in the evening to avoid bees FK44.

True and honey bees really don't get much from or really work any of the solanums (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers) but the flowers do get visited by pollinators like our native bumble bees.

Also taters stripped of leaves at bloom set don't make tubers.

thanks a ton for the info guys!!