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- From: "road's end farm" <organic101@linkny.com>
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- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:37:30 -0400
On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 12:42 PM, Scott Williamson wrote:
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
You may not have any problem; it might depend on pressure on your particular property, and/or on the variety of grape, but grapes grown organically here (Finger Lakes NY zone 5) often are fine without any insecticide.
Surround sounds as if it might be a good idea, if the pressure is heavy; as these are new vines and should not be bearing yet, the problem with removing it from the fruit won't be an issue.
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.
It's possible that these weeds are more attractive to them than the grapes are, in which case you may have little problem. I would keep that particular weed well cleaned out right around the grapes; and maybe leave a patch of it some distance away to attract the beetles away from the grapes.
-- Rivka
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[NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles,
Scott Williamson, 06/11/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles,
hector black, 06/11/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles,
Richard O'Barr, 06/13/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles, list, 06/13/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles,
Richard O'Barr, 06/13/2003
- Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles, road's end farm, 06/12/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles, Raby, Brian {D204~Indianapolis}, 06/11/2003
- RE: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles, Scott Williamson, 06/11/2003
- RE: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles, Joe Hecksel, 06/11/2003
- RE: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles, Raby, Brian {D204~Indianapolis}, 06/11/2003
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Re: [NAFEX] Grape Vines and Japanese Beetles,
hector black, 06/11/2003
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