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  • From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Japanese beetles
  • Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:03:16 -0800

When I read the post about using granite dust for beetle control, I thought of Surround, but couldn’t remember the product name.  When it was first available, it wasn’t registered for organic crops in CA.  I don’t market, and I’m comfortable using organic controls approved in other states but not allowed by the very conservative organic overseers here. 

 

Out here we don’t really have problems with Japanese beetles – the problems we have are with the DDT spray used to control them.  When I was a kid, there were Japanese beetle traps everywhere in town and surrounding suburbs, and frequently county ag employess would douse our yard with DDT. 

 

So one general question – how would Surround compare with bagging?  Seems easier, if it would be as effective. 

 

 

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.

USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8,

Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate


From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:42 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers; Hector Black
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Japanese beetles

 

I get good reports on Surround keeping the Japanese beetles off of plants. It's a clay product that irritates the beetles and they won't feed on treated plants.
-Lon Rombough




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