To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, Pete Benfield <kc5gxc@isp.com>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Source for rubber grafting/budding strips?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:59:32 -0700
Get some Tanglefoot and smear bands of it around the trunk and limbs to trap the pests as they climb up.
-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 Apr 12, 2005, at 5:36 PM, Pete Benfield wrote:
.grafted about 30 persimmons so far this spring and am having a
caterpillar problem. They climb up the stock and eat the emerging buds from
the scion.
I never saw anything take place like this before. It makes for an upsetting
experience.
Anyone have any tips on how to stop this?
Thanks
Pete in South MS