Market Farming

[stinknrose AT asparagusgardener.com]

 Ken:
  I am South and East of Nashville. We put in
an orchard of cherry trees this Spring. Around 2nd weeks of June we were
bombarded with beetles. The Beatles would fly into the trees and eat the
leaves in a circular fashion. The beetles would continue eating until
the leaves were just skeletons. I started looking around at some of the
trees in our near by woods and saw the beetles their too. They are very
destructive. We came to the conclusion that they were the Asian Beetle.
Do you know is there a difference between the Asian Beetle and the
Japanese Beetle ?  The beetle are psychedelic in color (a
florescent blue/green and brown). They did not get in our acres of
asparagus just the cherry trees. We were able to spray the cherry trees
before the beetles  got out of hand.

 The spray we
used  (pesticide)i s  called Carbyl. The Carbyl just wiped
them right out and the larvae in the soil too. There is two kinds of
Carbyl.  I don't have the name with me of which one we used. We
purchased it at White County Co-op in Sparta Tn. The Carbyl is
sold  in large bags. We broke it down to 2 tablespoons to 2
gallons of water. The instructions on how to use the Carbyl are easy to
follow. It is very reasonably priced. If you should use it be sure and
follow the directions and wear safety gear.

 Sincerely,
 Rose 

 
StinknRose AT asparagusgardener.com
http://www.asparagusgardener.com


> -------- Original
Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Okra and
Japanese beetles
> From: "David Tannen"
<david AT centerville.net>
> Date: Tue, August 08, 2006 8:47
am
> To: "Market Farming"
<market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> 
> Meant to say
I am located in middle Tennessee; about sixty miles south of 
>
Nashville.
> 
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Bezilla" <kenbez AT hotmail.com>
> To:
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> Sent: Monday, August
07, 2006 8:18 PM
> Subject: [Market-farming] Okra and Japanese
beetles
> 
> 
> > It's my first year growing
veggies here in Virginia, and my first time for
> > dealing
with Japanese beetles.  They're munching some on our okra --
some
> > light damage to the leaves, but also a bit of
munching on some of the 
> > older
> > pods
(annoying, since we're growing the okra as a seed crop).
>
>
> > Should we worry about the Japanese beetles?  Are
we breeding an 
> > okra-loving
> > strain of beetles,
and should we destroy them before they destroy all okra
> > as
we know it?
> >
> > (Interestingly, the beetles are
also doing some light munching on our 
> > sweet
> >
potato leaves...)
> >
> > Ken Bezilla
> >
Acorn Community Farm
> > central Virginia
> >
>
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