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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Moving Markets
  • Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:25:19 -0500


>> HOW DID YOU GET RID OF YOUR FLEA BEATLES????



>I controlled the flea beetles witrh a combination of AgriPro 17 row covers
>(that are in tatters after 5+ days of high winds) and sticky traps made
from
>water filled bottles covered with Tanglefoot. During the day the water
heats
>up and at night the heat attracts the FB's and the stick to death. This is
>simple and cheap. Place bottles about every 3 feet in the middle of the bed
>
>Lucy Goodman-Owsley
>Boulder Belt CSA
>New Paris, OH
>Website: http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/boulderbeltcsa
>Organic Farming and Gardening Forum:
>http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb135705
>Want Social Change? Join a CSA!
______________________________________________________



Great idea! Excellent example of IPM requiring that we need to be smarter
than the pests that are competing for our food. I'm curious where the idea
came from. Care to share?

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center





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