[NAFEX] Wagner's Old Montmorency
Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)
Sam.Brungardt at state.mn.us
Thu Apr 29 11:14:28 EDT 2010
Thanks for the advice, Don. Infestation by cherry fruit fly has grown worse each year on my Evans (Bali) tree. I shall try the hoeing method next winter and see if that doesn't help. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA zone 4b)
-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Don Yellman
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:01 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Wagner's Old Montmorency
Richard:
If the insect damage on your Montmorency cherries consists of little white larvae close to the pit, you may have a buildup of cherry fruit fly around the tree. I suffered through these for quite a few years. Sprays are ineffective, and inadvisable on small fruits like cherries.
The best solution I have found is cultural practice. Be sure to remove all cherries from the tree and beneath at the end of the season to keep larvae from converting to pupae, which burrow into the ground around the tree to await the next season. In mid to late winter, cultivate around the base of the tree out to the drip line with a hoe, to a depth of 3-4 inches if possible. If you have had a bad infestation, do it twice, several weeks apart. This will expose pupae to cold and drying, and kill them. If you can break the reproductive cycle of these insects, they will disappear. Mine have.
Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed.
This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites.
Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission!
**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!**
Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded.
No exceptions.
----
To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
File attachments are NOT stripped by this list.
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!
NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
More information about the nafex
mailing list