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| About the Author Olga3 Brisbane 3rd January 2012 2:58pm #UserID: 1621 Posts: 7 View All Olga3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... A good teaspoon of vegetable oil and a drop of dishwashing liquid in a small litre spray bottle and you're away. If you really wanted to spend you're money, go for something like eco-oil or white oil. Spinosad is more for caterpillars, although I see it's the active ingredient mixed into mollassas in the Eco Nature lure product for fruit flies. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 3rd January 2012 7:01pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Olga3 Brisbane 3rd January 2012 8:45pm #UserID: 1621 Posts: 7 View All Olga3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi Olga & John Mc, Have a look at Tom Wyatt's video re citrus leaf miner:-) http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/09/28/3023915.htm | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 4th January 2012 8:53am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author MNash1 Terranora Northern NSW 4th January 2012 9:40am #UserID: 2892 Posts: 292 View All MNash1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Chris says... M Nash, you may want to double check your Hortico product. I had an old container left behind by the previous owner and it contains carbaryl, which was finally withdrawn by APVMA because it is a likely carcinogen. Yates own Hortico and I don't believe Hortico still produce a tomato dust product. | About the Author Chris 5th January 2012 12:18am #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 5th January 2012 7:23am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 5th January 2012 12:02pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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M Nash says... I still have it, I knew it was ba ju ju and respected it like wise with proper PPE. I think now I will only use it on non food plants and only when I get a serious pest outbreak like grasshoppers. The Mix I mentioned above seems to be keeping things in check. I also read somewhere that Spinosad is listed as organic, One of those organic magazines I think. But dont hold me to that. | About the Author MNash1 Terranora Northern NSW 5th January 2012 2:58pm #UserID: 2892 Posts: 292 View All MNash1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Charlie says... Hi everyone, I have a lime tree and blood orange tree that have been hit by citrus leaf miner pretty badly. The damage appeared literally over night and all of the recent growth is affected. The leaves look ugly - can you just pull the leaves off and new ones grow in their place or should you prune the branches with the damaged leaves back? Any advice is welcome. Charlie | About the Author Charlie8 Sydney 22nd February 2012 9:15pm #UserID: 6606 Posts: 2 View All Charlie8's Edible Fruit Trees |
Chris says... Charlie, they've hit my lime tree hard too, but not any of my other citrus, incl blood orange. You can prune them off. Don Burke says the tree will still grow and set fruit if you leave it. I'm more inclined to leave it on a young tree. Protect the growth flush with a spray, because the mature leaves are generally not the prime target and are never as badly affected. | About the Author Chris Sydney 22nd February 2012 9:50pm #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charlie says... Thanks Chris, I have read the same information about the damage not affecting the growth and setting of the fruit - it is just and aesthetic thing. I had been watching expectantly all summer and was going to act at the first sign but they were too quick! Will have to start spraying sooner next time a flush of growth happens I guess. | About the Author Charlie8 Sydney 23rd February 2012 12:21pm #UserID: 6606 Posts: 2 View All Charlie8's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Don9 Sydney 6th April 2013 11:22am #UserID: 7887 Posts: 1 View All Don9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Chris says... Some of my brassicas are also affected Don. It is not the Citrus leaf miner causing this. Different miner, same sort of result, though the leaves don't curl. On broccoli and cauliflowers doesn't matter so much, as the leaves aren't generally eaten. Personally I cover young seedlings, as the miner is most active Feb-March here on the brassicas. Keeps out white cabbage moth. They generally leave the mature leaves alone. But yes it is a problem. You could lightly squash the caterpillar if you can see it on the reverse side of the leaf. And yes, a weed I call milkweed and other thistle weeds I have seen around here severely attacked by leaf miner during the year. | About the Author Chris 6th April 2013 12:33pm #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Julie says... My comfrey has been attacked badly by a type of leaf miner. Took me ages to find out what it was. It doesn't leave squiggly lines like the leaf miner I'm familiar with, but sort of transparent windows all over the leaf. Haven't used anything, just pulled off the old leaves and nuked them in the microwave. But it keeps coming back, so I'm going to have to get serious and treat it. | About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 6th April 2013 9:16pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
davewastech1 says... Nowadays what I can find is Yates tomato and vegetable dust. 0.5g/Kg spinosad (+ copper oxychloride and sulphur). 500 gram of dust for $10.98 at Bunnings. https://www.bunnings.com.au/yates-500g-tomato-and-vegetable-dust_p2961370 Thanks to M Nash above for his info about using it as a spray. | About the Author davewastech1 WILLOUGHBY EAST,2068,NSW 4th April 2024 1:58pm #UserID: 21898 Posts: 34 View All davewastech1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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