Re: [apple-crop] Residual pesticide activity

2013-08-05 Thread Glen Koehler
Hi Art See paragraph in last newsletter. Bottom line is sugar should also increase efficacy of Assail and possibly Delegate against AM but nobody knows if there would be other problems created by spraying sugar on apples. I find the slow start to AM catches perplexing. Only speculation I

Re: [apple-crop] Residual pesticide activity

2013-08-05 Thread Fleming, William
I've also wondered about the negative effects of spraying sugar on fruit, seems like it wouldn't much different than honeydew caused by pear psylla or aphids causing sooty mold. Read recently that some growers were having excellent results with a 5 lbs per 100 gallons white sugar spray to repel

Re: [apple-crop] Residual pesticide activity

2013-08-05 Thread Jill Kelly
I still think that water saturated ground will drown them. They need oxygen to survive, even in the soil. On Aug 5, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Glen Koehler wrote: Hi Art See paragraph in last newsletter. Bottom line is sugar should also increase efficacy of Assail and possibly Delegate against

Re: [apple-crop] Residual pesticide activity

2013-08-05 Thread llbuglady
What about mating disruption for LAW? Lorraine Los Retired UConn IPM Specialist On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:06 PM, David Kollas kol...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Glen: My glee at the minimal captures of Apple Maggot on this farm is tempered by my history of Lesser Appleworm. It has produced