From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Codling Moth Control (Richard Moyer's)
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:18:23 -0500
I have worms in my apples, but how do I tell if they are coddling moth
worms?
I don't know, but I was told by my local extension service (still
without a fruit specialist, unfortunately) that coddling moths are a
problem in Nebraska, so I ordered a coddling moth pheromone kit from
www.Gemplers.com (for $15.50). At least, I should be able to tell if I
have that problem or not,... assuming I get fruit this year. (And I'm
thinking you could probably make a trap easily enough with some
tanglefoot, and just buy the pheromones from them - which would be much,
much cheaper.)
So many places sell these things in huge quantities, and I'm just a
backyard fruit grower. Likewise, I haven't been able to get the sprays
that have been recommended for oriental fruit moths*, either. So much of
this stuff is aimed at commercial growers (understandably).
[* My extension service says that they don't think that oriental fruit
moths are a problem in Nebraska - again, there's no fruit specialist at
the university - but I think they're wrong. So I bought an oriental
fruit moth pheromone kit from Gemplers, too. We'll see.]
Incidentally, I've seen these big red sticky-balls designed to capture
apple maggot moths (which might be the worms in your apples), but I
worry that bees would be attracted to them. Won't bees get stuck on a
red sticky-ball like this? Anyone know?
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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I do not believe in putting out the sun to keep weeds from growing. -
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