To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] currant sawfly on gooseberries
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:10:37 -0700
Those four legged pogo sticks can do some very surprising things. They
ate most of the fruit off my grapes this year and left the stems
hanging. And yes, I know it was deer, not birds.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Sep 23, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Pat Meadows wrote:
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:25:04 -0700, you wrote:
Pat,
I've no idea about the pests in your area, but in the PNW currant
sawfly
(caterpillar) will eat the leaves of gooseberries overnight - it
leaves the
skeleton only.
I suppose that's possible, but the chicken wire cages seem
to have solved the problem (which has not recurred). So I
am inclined to think it was an animal.
Probably one with four hooves and antlers! They're all over
the place here.
Pat
--
Coming soon: www.containerseeds.com - vegetable, herb,
and edible flower seeds especially selected for successful
container growing. To be notified when we open, or subscribe
to our monthly newsletter, visit: http://www.containerseeds.com
_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!**
All other messages are discarded.
No exceptions.
----
To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be
used to change other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
File attachments are NOT stripped by this list
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!