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  • From: Jay Sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Colorado potato beetle control - shredder vacuum
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:10:15 -0700 (PDT)

I agree with Todd, we don't spray our potatoes.  I plant about 200 pounds of seed potatoes every year.  So if we start to see potato beetles, we start our 1-2 week ritual.  Every evening, my two oldest girls and I get ice cream buckets and walk the rows  looking for beetles. They are really good pickers.  If they find a big group they call me over.  We do this for 1-2 weeks and we never see them again. While this isn't probably possible for most, we find it fun and relaxing. The girls really like it when we dump them in a metal bucket with some gas and light it on fire.  Snap, crackle and pop!

Jay

Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
Clay Center, Kansas
www.jaysjellies.com
http://highfarming.blogspot.com/

--- On Wed, 4/28/10, Todd Lister <toddlister1 AT gmail.com> wrote:

From: Todd Lister <toddlister1 AT gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Colorado potato beetle control - shredder vacuum
To: rob AT songberry.ca, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 8:05 PM

Best thing I've found for controlling the little rascals is pressure between thumb and forefinger.  My wife likes the cup of soapy water approach. Both take too much time but I win every year. They fade after a few weeks.Gets old after 300 bed feet or so.
Todd
Veribest Farm
Vesta, Ga

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Rob Wallbridge <rob AT songberry.ca> wrote:

I bought a gas-powered combination leaf blower/vacuum a few years ago to attempt to control CPB on eggplant, and found it pretty useless. The vacuum wasn’t strong enough to suck up the bugs – they usually dropped off the plant and disappeared into the soil as the vacuum approached. Maybe a stronger vacuum would work – I’m not sure.

 

What I’ve been meaning to try is a design I saw a few years ago where someone had mounted a furnace fan on a walk-behind snowblower, then attached a screened box to an arm that extended out to one side. The idea was to drive the snowblower down between the rows of potatoes, with the arm extending over the row, and the box hanging down the opposite side to catch the bugs blown off the plants. The inventor claimed it worked great, but I’ve never seen it in action.

 

Rob Wallbridge

Songberry Organic Farm

24 Sixth Line, Bristol, QC J0X 1G0

email: rob AT songberry.ca

web: www.songberry.ca

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jen and Derek Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:28 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Colorado potato beetle control - shredder vacuum

 

Does anyone have any experience using a shredder vacuum to control colorado potato beetles?  I heard about this at an organic conference and it sounded interesting.  Any thing to consider before buying one? Thanks,

Jen

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Jen and Derek Campbell
1805 Route 13
Brookvale PE
C0A 1Y0
902-658-2148
JenAndDereksFarm AT gmail.com
http://farmfreshveggies.blogspot.com/

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