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Re: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management
- From: Matt Cheselka <cheselka AT freestateproject.org>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:57:06 -0500 (CDT)
Heh, I made an interesting discovery the other day...
My Florida Broadleaf Mustard went to seed about a month ago. With 16
plants, I'm going to have enough seeds to plant for the next thousand
years! LOL!
Anyhow, I was disturbed to see that about 2 weeks ago that aphids have
found a home amoungst the flower clusters. Big masses of aphids!
I was bothered by this, but I decided not to do anything about it. If it
made the aphids happy then so be it. I'm a big believer of letting nature
take care of itself becuase it knows better than I do. If a "problem"
like this arizes, it's becuase something has gone wrong and nature's
trying to take care of it.
Three days ago I noticed that quite a few sparrows and finch were spending
time in the mustard -- I didnt' think much of it, I just figured they
liked the cover. Yesterday morning, I finally saw what they were
*actually* doing: they were eating all the aphids!
In about 3 days they've totally cleaned out the aphids, and the "problem"
no longer exists!
My jaw is still flopping on the ground in amazement.
Matt Cheselka
Cosmic Lettuce
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[Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management,
Liz Pike, 04/15/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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RE: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management,
Wiediger, Alison, 04/15/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management,
Liz Pike, 04/15/2004
- [Market-farming] Soil Help Needed, Marty Kraft, 04/16/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management,
Matt Cheselka, 04/16/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Innovative pest management, Lucy Goodman, 04/16/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management,
Liz Pike, 04/15/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] Fw: [SANET-MG] Innovative pest management, M N, 04/15/2004
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