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  • From: "Scott Williamson" <swilliamson@acespower.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:20:18 -0500

Yep you are pretty close. I'm over north east of Anderson.

I have read about Milky Spore and it is an organic control method, but I'm
not sure that the expense of it is worth it for me and I've read about
several issues related to application timing and how well it's worked into
the soil, although I like the long term affects it's supposed to have. I own
several acres that used to be farm and it would cost me a fortune to treat
all of that and this is just a hobby for me. I left my property fallow last
year so maybe I just didn't have many Japanese Beetles because of that or
because they just aren't around me that thick. I know they were there
because there were some weeds they REALLY liked that were completely
defoliated when I would come across, but I never saw lots of them. Hopefully
they just don't like me and stay away... :)



-----Original Message-----
From: Raby, Brian {D204~Indianapolis} [mailto:BRIAN.RABY@ROCHE.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:51 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles


Scott,

By location, I'm practically your neighbor, living between Westfield and
Sheridan. No, the Japanese beetles did not have an off year last year. I
kept them under control with Sevin dust for most of the time. This year, we
are applying diazinon to the fertilizer application in hopes of capturing the
grubs before they pupate.

Milky spores are suppose to control them as well, but I'm not sure if it can
be used under an "Organic" program. Anyone have additional information on
this?

Brian Raby
Sheridan, IN zone 5b, where we are having one fantastic year picking
strawberries!

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Williamson [mailto:swilliamson@acespower.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:42 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles


I just planted three grape vines this spring and have read that Japanese
Beetles take a liking to them. I was wondering if anyone knew if I should be
real concerned about them or not. I have only lived at my current location
about a year and didn't notice a large number of them last year, but it could
have been an off season for them. I am trying to go organic with my property
and would like to avoid spraying if possible. I'm assuming that once the
vines get larger they can handle minor problems, but I don't really want the
find them defoliated the first year I've had them planted. Any suggestions
and/or info would be much appreciated.

Scott Williamson
central Indiana
zone 5
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