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  • From: Andy Fellenz <fellenz AT fltg.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Japanese Beetles and Japanese Plums
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:45 -0400

I'm doing a lot better with the traps than without.  2 years ago I lost every plum to the beetles, at least this year I harvested the first variety. 

Andy

David Guthrie wrote:
Hi Andy:

. . .get rid of the traps. . .at least that's what the extension guy told 
me. . .

we went to a field day at a University of Illinois test plot and one of the 
presenters said that japanese beatle traps (with pheremones?) attract your 
neighbor's beatle population. . .so if you don't want to increase the 
numbers around your place get your neighbor to put in the traps. . .the guy 
said a barrel full of beatles over a short time period wasn't unusual . . . 
we've got them too. . .so far they just eat my fruit trees and the pin oaks. 
. .i'd be interested in organic controls as well !

David Guthrie
Illinois



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Fellenz" <fellenz AT fltg.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Japanese Beetles and Japanese Plums


  
Hi,

I'm looking for approved organic controls for Japanese Beetles.  I put
in a fair number of traps on the farm perimeter this season which have
been catching lots of beetles, but found beetles in my Japanese Plums
today.  I harvested the first variety without any beetle damage, but
when I checked today almost every plum in the first variety which had
been missed - we finished the pick at dusk - had Japanese Beetle
damage.  I have two more varieties which still need to ripen and haven't
been attacked yet.  Any suggestions for controlling the beetles?


Thanks,

Andy
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