RE: [compost_tea] compost tea update

From: Judi Stewart <js_at_olympus.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:45:06 -0700

 
Mike,
 
I've been told the pear slugs are already working in our area.
Another fruit grower in Sequim told me at the farmer's
market that he's using compost tea and says it handles his pear slugs.
Don't know if he drenched, sprayed, or both.
 
Judi
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Bosko [mailto:mjbosko_at_jmtsystems.com]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:09 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] compost tea update
 
Hi Judi,
 
Thanks for the fruit tree post.
 
Don't be too excited on the pear slugs quite yet though. I haven't used
tea on my trees and this too is the first year I haven't had them
chomping on the leaves (yet). But I hope to hear it continue to work
for you - and in a hope-for-ACT sick sort of way- I hope to get hit -
that could mean progress.
 
I'm thinking that it might be a little too early for the slugs - don't
they just start climbing up into the trees about this time of year? I
know it's the fall season when the leaves really start to get eaten by
them - here anyway (E. WA State).
 
Please keep me updated on your pear slugs as the season progresses. I
was planning on using teas to see if it controls my pear slug problem.
I'd think a soil drench (if ACT works against the pear slug) would work
well - as that's where they originate, in the ground at the base of the
trees.
 
Thanks for the update.
 
Mike
Ellensburg, WA
 
 






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