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- From: charlie taplin <vthick43 AT gmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 06:37:50 -0400
Pyganic 5.0 is organic and has worked on anything I used it on.
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Jay Sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com> wrote:
Blister Beetles are a tricky little bugs. They can be found in alfalfa. It has been said that if you find them in your alfalfa, you can go home and fill the spray rig and return to the field and they will be all gone.
Blister Beetles are the only bug that I spray chemical to kill. They can really strip a potato patch in just a few hours. If you are quiet around them, you can here them eating and moving.
I don't know about any organic sprays.
Jay
Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
Clay Center, Kansas
www.jaysjellies.com
http://highfarming.blogspot.com/
--- On Mon, 5/23/11, Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com> wrote:
From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes
Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 7:20 PM-----Inline Attachment Follows-----
Wow, never heard of Blister Beetles till now. Nasty little guys. I though potato beetles were bad.The Wiki posting regarding them says they mainly feed on other insects mainly bees (again, glad I have not met them). It also says that when they feed on plants they prefer "flowers and leaves of plants of such diverse families like Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Solanaceae". Which explains the potato defoliation. Maybe you could do a trap crop and them plow under.Richard StewartCarriage House FarmNorth Bend, OhioAn Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855
On May 23, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Marcy wrote:
They're back earlier this year after defoliating our entire potato crop last
year in June.
We had too many vagabond chickens out last year and I couldn't understand
why they didn't go after these bugs until we looked up what they are last
night. I'd never seen them around before.
Any suggestions for (organic) control? I've never had out-of-control levels
of pests before.
Thanks!
Marcy
SE Colo, still dry...
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes
, (continued)
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Marcy, 05/23/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Richard Stewart, 05/23/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes, Margaret L. Wilson, 05/23/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Jay Sleichter, 05/23/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes, Mike Rock, 05/23/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Marcy, 05/24/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
grizzdover, 05/24/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes, Marcy, 05/24/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Jay Sleichter, 05/24/2011
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- Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes, Ken Bezilla, 05/25/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
grizzdover, 05/24/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes, charlie taplin, 05/24/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Richard Stewart, 05/23/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Blister beetles on potatoes,
Marcy, 05/23/2011
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