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- From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] paint to deter peach borers?
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:42:55 -0700
“Peach
growers seeking to reduce pesticides can use a variety of tactics to
control this pest. Interior white latex paint, painted or
sprayed on the base of the trunks, provides a
physical barrier, inhibiting newly hatched larvae from entering the trunk.” ~ Steve Diver, National Center for Appropriate Technology “Maintaining healthy trees and preventing sunburn
are the keys to preventing damage by Pacific flatheaded (peach trunk) borer.
Painting the trees with white wash or a 50:50 mixture of white interior latex
paint and water will help prevent sunburn and possibly inhibit egg laying.” ~ University of California IPM program “Painting the lower
1 to 2 feet of the trunk with white latex paint can help prevent bark
splitting and may also deter egg laying by the peach tree borer.” ~ Cornell Cooperative Extension I have more references.
I think the confusion may be in the idea that this provides “phenominal…efficacy”.
I think that would be a bit much to expect. I mentioned in briefly before
in response to a post from someone who I suspected did not have peach trunk
borer, so I didn’t go further into controls. Also, I was only
referencing organic controls, again responding to that post, and did not go
into detail of any organic control program, as I was unsure what the pest
was. I did not mean to really go further than to suggest that the
appropriate controls would be dependent on that knowledge. I didn’t mean to imply
that latex paint was a complete control or phenomenally effective; nor, even,
that it’s necessarily acceptable as an organic control if one wants
certified produce; nor that there aren’t other effective methods in
common use. So, I would say it’s
unlikely that there is research about phenomenal latex paint efficiency.
Rather, many sources recommend it as part of a control program, organic or
otherwise. I’m sorry for the
confusion. ~ Stephen From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Alan Haigh Latex paint can deter peach trunk borer? This is hard
to believe given all the more arduous methods I've heard over the years to
control this difficult pest (moth balls, fine screen etc.). That also
goes for paint vole control. I can't see why the commercial growers out
here would go to all the trouble and expense of placing bait under shingles and
additionally wrapping their youngest trees with plastic guards if all they had
to do was swab the base with some white paint. A little squirt of Lorsban does wonders for borer
control but it is now restricted. So what gives? Is anyone out there aware of any
research about this phenominal latex paint efficacy? |
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[NAFEX] paint to deter peach borers?,
Alan Haigh, 06/09/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] paint to deter peach borers?, Stephen Sadler, 06/10/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [NAFEX] paint to deter peach borers?, Dlhackworth, 06/09/2008
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