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- From: Krystle <learning AT selfmadefarmer.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:11:55 -0700
I might risk sounding like an amateur here (and that's okay, because I am) but I've encountered wasps in the greens at the current farm where I'm working and I was told by the farmer that they're good. It's my understanding that wasps eat other insects, not greens, and in that regard, they're beneficial. The ones I come across are not aggressive at all; they seem rather disoriented by my slicing and dicing, is all.
Occasionally I also come across this giant mosquito-like insects in the chard that I was told aren't mosquitoes...They eat mosquitoes. So the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Best,
Krystle
Salem, OR
http://www.selfmadefarmer.com
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Courtney
Middlefield, Oh
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of jjburroughs AT msn.com
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:58 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?
Has anyone encountered this before? Last night I went out to harvest the lettuce and found a nice wasp or two tucked into the centers of each lettuce plant.
Any ideas on how to inspire the wasps to find habitat elsewhere?
Jaime, in CA
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[Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?,
jjburroughs, 05/08/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?,
courtney mcleod, 05/08/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?, Krystle, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?,
courtney mcleod, 05/08/2008
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[Market-farming] Wasps in lettuce?,
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