permaculture

["Don Titmus" <ujgs2@4dirs.com>]

the question about squishing....leads me to think about the homeopathic 
nature of "like treats like" so A) it doesn't hurt and B) it may help. 
Flowers attract the benificial predators, white umbrella types...esp good is 
Alyssum, easy from seed and self seeds afterwards.

so all your posts lead to a stressed tree. Stressed plant send out a 
different signal than when healthy, thus attracting insects. so if you do 
want to keep it, then it needs all the support you can supply.
This is the purpose of the "Guild", so set up the system and then....relax.

Re Lady bugs(birds) - adults dont eat aphids only the juvenile stage...dont 
buy adults for this year's use.

hope i helped a little, Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lbsaltzman@aol.com>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] does squishing aphids attract aphid predators


> Check out www.rinconvitova.com for wonderful lists of plants to attract 
> beneficial insects and other beneficial beneficial insects, aside from 
> ladybugs.  Lacewings for instance could be a good choice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul@richsoil.com
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:20 PM
> Subject: [permaculture] does squishing aphids attract aphid predators
>
>
> A plum tree I recently started caring for has lost about a third of
> its leaves to aphids this year.   Every time I buy ladybugs, they just
> fly away - and this time was no different.  I released them at dusk
> and they were all over the tree when it was dark. In the morning they
> were all gone.   Maybe they ate some aphids at night before they left.
>
> I've sprayed the tree twice with alaska fish fertilizer (as a foliar).
> I think this is a quick step in helping the tree become stronger and
> fight off the aphids naturally.  I've now mulched the tree and started
> planting things that might help the tree in the long run.
>
> As I squished some of the aphids I was thinking that maybe the smell
> of the squished aphids would attract aphid predators.  Would this be
> just wishful thinking on my part?  Has anybody ever heard of anything
> that might support this idea?
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