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About the Author Melbourne 26th December 2009 8:20am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Wayne Mackay 26th December 2009 1:52pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Damo 30th December 2009 10:21am #UserID: 2803 Posts: 77 View All Damo's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Melbourne 30th December 2009 11:57am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 30th December 2009 6:05pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Melbourne 21st January 2010 1:58pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 21st January 2010 3:32pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Grr..I had same problem this year au0rey (except mine were brown) they totalled my crop as I was too busy to dust (had too many plants to do) I was going to try "Tomato Dust". I get annoyed when I have to resort to any kind of spray or chemical..mainly cos' it's such a hassle and then you have to "withhold", wash etc - you may as well buy from the shops then :-( One day I dream of having a bug proof enclosure! (my "lotto dream".. he he) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 22nd January 2010 8:48pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 23rd January 2010 6:25am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 23rd January 2010 8:13am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... I used Deris dust Brendan and you are correct, it doesn't have copper but the rain washed it off. I'm not going to worry becuse we have very few grubs. Deris dust is linked to Parkinsons disease http://www.organicnz.org/organic-nz-magazine/1138/parkinsons-disease-pesticides-and-derris-dust/ but whether one would consider it dangerous, I don't know | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 23rd January 2010 8:26am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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au0rey says... Hi all, yeah I get really bothered with using chemical means to fight the pests..that really kills the joy of growing your own food... Netting helps but not 100% as my tomatoes were attacked though under nets..the holes are still too big and the moths can somehow land and go in? Not sure but the fact that there are caterpillars prove that they somehow got in. In certain areas, I use double layer of nets and that means to help. I have practically netted my whole small garden haha... I just bought Dipel but wow they arent cheap at all and I understand that rain can wash it away...and that's tough cos there needs to be reapplication..
| About the Author 23rd January 2010 10:05am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charles cant spell says... More wasps people, encourage them with flowering alliums, make an early fodder/sacrificial crop for catterpillers (mustard heavily sown is good)to breed up on. Mustard also is meant to kill menatodes so you get twice the benifit. Have a permanent water source. The wasps should do the job for you. Once you get the balance right you only get mild attcks and a little damage before the predator prey balance is restored. Once you spray you generally stuff up the natural equilibrium swing. I dont have wasp nest everywhere (get stung etc) but there where many wasps coming into my garden when the food supply was there, now i have no grub and a few wasps. But lots of whitefly and aphids....better find out who kills whitefly. | About the Author Charlesstillcantspell1 Perth - Innaloo 23rd January 2010 3:45pm #UserID: 2742 Posts: 411 View All Charlesstillcantspell1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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au0rey says... Hi Charlies, what do you mean by flowering alliums? Onions and garlic? It would be great to have some predator bugs to deal with the pests naturally. I do grow calendula and nasturtiums and the caterpillars do feed on them but they still go to my crops...and having sacrificial crops will breed more moths and butterflies and increase the population? I have aphids and whitefly problem but they are manageable compared to the caterpiler problem. I use pyrethrum spray and it controls them well. I wish I have ladybirds visiting but so far there were only 2 or 3 which came and gone. I read that good soil (preparing the soil well before planting) will give strong healthy and tough plants. I thought I did that by introducing compost and manure but still dont deter pesky caterpillars. That's why I resorted to physical barriers such as nets. | About the Author 24th January 2010 11:06am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author 24th January 2010 11:07am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hi guys, I haven't used anything at all here b4. Funnily enuf' I grew yellow cherry tomoatoes and they never touched them!? They were "broad ripple yellow currant" or such? Heirloom - very sweet and kids love them. They got my red cherry toms in the same ptch - so I can only guess it was the colour that maybe put them off? Anyway - i didn't know that about those dusts thaks for info. I was really growing out of season 4 here - so that didn't help either. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 24th January 2010 1:03pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Roleystone WA 24th January 2010 5:04pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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AMac says... A Dustbuster is a good way to get rid of whitefly. Get them flying then suck them up. Worked for me! I washed a big pile of aphids off my compost bin, which got rid off them, but I also washed away their natural control-ladybird nymphs. I still wonder whether I did the right thing. The nymphs were very pretty-a sort of lilac color. There's lots of good pictures on the net. | About the Author AMac Melbourne 16th February 2011 6:44pm #UserID: 4952 Posts: 1 View All AMac's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Billy Hamilton Qld 6th October 2012 9:41am #UserID: 7301 Posts: 1 View All Billy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Boris Spasky says... Carbaryl is banned for home garden use and so it should be. Check APVMA http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201208/s3569178.htm | About the Author Boris Spasky 6th October 2012 10:39am #UserID: 7085 Posts: 184 View All Boris Spasky's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Pauline Adelaide 6th October 2012 11:05am #UserID: 1532 Posts: 293 View All Pauline's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Birdy_booo says... I buy mesh bags from eBay to make sure my veggies are organic and also I don't want to spray and kill beneficial insects. The mesh bags are breathable and see-though and is reusable. You just tie them around the stem of fruits after the petals fall away and the tomatoes continues to develop underneath. I also use them on my berries. Of course I have a smaller garden so it can be easily done. | About the Author Birdybooo1 Burnside 6th October 2012 1:35pm #UserID: 7197 Posts: 9 View All Birdybooo1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 6th October 2012 7:44pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi guys, what about Yates 'Nature's Way Fruit Fly Control'? http://www.yates.com.au/products/pest-control/insects-concentrates/natures-way-fruit-fly-control/ Even 'Naturalure' is good too. For caterpillars, Yates 'Success' works well. All these are Spinosad based. | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 7th October 2012 9:19am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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