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- From: Shawnee Flowerfarmer <farmingflowers AT hotmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 21:51:01 -0500
This (below) is just the coolest creative idea. I had a forehead slapping...der!...moment when I read your explanation. The wretched cabbage butterfly drives me crazy and the tulle/net idea is much less fraught than using BT has become. (Count on a woman to notice things in the fabric store that are handy.) Thanks. Shawnee, zone 5, and it must be spring since I pinched the first tic of the season yesterday. >> > I use it for the cole crops (brassicas) only, and we don't want them to > produce fruit. We eat the leaves (e.g., collards, kale and many Asian > greens), or the flower buds (e.g., broccoli, cauliflower) or stalks. So > pollination is not a problem for these plants. > > I leave it on until harvest. I put it on right at transplanting UNLESS > we're still having really cold weather (below freezing at night) and I feel > certain that the butterflies aren't here yet. Then I can wait a little > bit... but it's really better to put it on at transplanting. > > This would not work for plants that are: > > a. Pollinated by insects > and > b. From which we want fruit (squashes, cukes, etc.) > > But it's fine for the brassicas. > > Again, the holes are large enough to admit the flies that lay eggs which > develop into beet/spinach/chard leaf miners. The holes are large enough to > admit flea beetles. But it sure does work beautifully against cabbage > butterflies and moths. > > I often see the white butterflies fluttering around the plants; they can > smell or see them, obviously - but they can't get to them. Hahaha. :) > Take that, you evil butterfly! Eventually, they give up and fly away. > > Pat > -- > Northern Pennsylvania > > CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY > http://www.thehungersite.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > Get Free (PRODUCT) REDâ„¢ Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. Check it out! |
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
clearviewfarm, 05/08/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
clearviewfarm, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2008
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[Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass,
Pat Meadows, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass,
John Hendrickson, 05/09/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass, Pat Meadows, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass,
Franklin W. Davis, 05/09/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass, Pat Meadows, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass,
John Hendrickson, 05/09/2008
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[Market-farming] Question on killing quack grass,
Pat Meadows, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
Pat Meadows, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 05/09/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15, lucy Owsley, 05/10/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2008
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