permaculture

[Jay Woods <woodsjay@cox.net>]

Thank you all for your help.

To summarize: 
1. Run chickens. (As I am in town this has its difficulties.)
2. Provide (don't pull) plants with nectaries. 

With that as a clue a good web site for biological control in general was 
found with detailed information:
  
    http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/farmscaping/fsconsiderations.html

Appendix A gave lists of flowers that I am growing (but not within the key 
distance of 250 ft). I will enjoy the benefits of a more free existance for 
the Queen Anne's lace, crown vetch, mint, and yarrow.

On Friday 13 May 2005 10:21, rrandall1 wrote:
> Borers are also controlled by parasitic wasps.  I think ichneumans
> particularly.  Anything you can do to provide nectaries for the
> adults--probably flowers related to dill (Apaceae Family).  They used
> to be a major pain for me until I put large numbers of flowers into the
> landscape that attract beneficial wasps.  Water year round helps too.
>
> Bob Randall
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jay Woods" <woodsjay@cox.net>
> > To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:31 PM
> > Subject: [permaculture] Control of Peach Tree Borer
> >
> >> About a fifth of my peach trees have died this winter due to trunk
> >
> > girdling by
> >
> >> the borer. Are there any suggestions to minimize the damage beyond
> >> good
> >
> > soil,
> >
> >> good sanitation, and good thoughts?
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