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  • From: Sue Oberle <sue AT oberlebotanical.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] spinach and aphids conflicting methods?
  • Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:04:56 -0600

Aphids are absolutely drawn to highly fertilized areas (among other things). But, as it gets colder, too they're drawn to protected areas and if you're using a savoyed variety, it provides shelter. If you have kale, it's probably got aphids too, same reason I believe. That & the plants still can provide nutritional value. It's basically a late season bed & breakfast.

Sue
Sue Oberle
OBERLE BOTANICAL at Happy Heart Farm
Fort Collins, Colorado
970.581.5672
sue at oberlebotanical dot com
http://www.oberlebotanical.com
http://www.happyheartfarmcsa.com


jay sleichter wrote:
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I would like to thank everyone for the ideas.  Now I have conflicting ideas, one says fertilize more, the other says water more to get rid of the fertilizer.  Hmm, which is correct?  Maybe I could fertilize half and water the other half and see what happens?  I don't think I put down any fertilizer before I planted.  I did in the spring before I planted zucchini in this bed. Then they died out ( age and squash bugs) and I clean out the bed and tilled under and let it sit empty for 2 months and then I planted the spinach.


I was unaware of a private applicators license needed to apply pesticides to spray for market.  I see that one as a hard one to enforce.  I follow all label directions and harvest requirements.  I usually, never, spray anything.

Jay

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Curtis Millsap <cmillsap1 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Curtis Millsap <cmillsap1 AT yahoo.com>
Subject: [Market-farming] spinach and aphids
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 10:05 AM

Colemans new book discussed the aphid problem on spinach, and his solution was to water more frequently, which washes more of the nitrates out of the soil, which is supposed to get rid of the aphids because they thrive in a high nitrogen environment... I haven't tried it yet, but I'm certainly going to. Ladybugs work, but they definitely leave behind lots of little aphid carcasses, which are very difficult, if not impossible to fully remove.
Curtis
 
Curtis and Sarah Millsap
Millsap Farm
Springfield MO
www.millsapfarms.com



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