[Market-farming] Aphid research

SaladG at aol.com SaladG at aol.com
Wed Dec 31 13:26:18 EST 2008


Bill Shoemaker:
 
Last year was a stellar year for aphids for us because of the fact that there 
was a huge population of soybean aphids in our area. There was a lot of acres 
around us being sprayed for these pests.  Our pressure was extreme to say the 
least, some of our eggplant and pepper plants didn't last long after they 
moved from the soybeans to the vegetable gardens.
 
Spray at this stage is a waste of money, did find that the plants with black 
plastic was a lot more infected than my natural mulch of newspapers and ground 
hay mulch.  Would there be any real advantage to the other mulch or was it 
just by luck as to where the differnt plants were set in the garden?
 
Have you at Ill. done any research on the effects of Soybean Rust and the 
effects of growing vegetables in the same area as the Rust has appeared,  just 
wondering?
 
Phil from Iowa 
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