Posts Tagged ‘pests’
IPM Talk
By Tami Schlies Did you know that the mayday tree, Prunus patus, is becoming invasive here in Alaska? Michael Rasy with the UAF Cooperative Extension spoke to us about things to look out for here in the high north that may cause problems down the road. Apparently invasive species can have what is called…
Read MoreMoose Protection
By Tami Schlies I have a few trees in my front yard that have, of necessity, been planted without moose protection. Starting every August, I have moose cycle through my yard like clockwork every five or six weeks until May. My orchard in the back is protected by the fence around my chicken yard, and…
Read MoreFireblight
By Seymour Mills I would like to offer something for the Fireblight that is very cheap to try and I think it will work. I’m pretty sure that is what I had to deal with. Mix a heavy solution of garden lime in water and scrub loose any diseased looking area and paint on the…
Read MoreSpindle Galls on Local Tree
By Tom Marshall In July strange growths were found on the underside of some of the leaves of my four year old native American plum tree. Each one looked like a little cigar shaped dark green tubular leaf on a small lighter green stem. They ranged in length from1/4 to 3/4 inches. I brought…
Read MoreBeneficial Insects – The Best Pesticide
By ROCCO MOSCHETTI IPM of Alaska “When you kill off the natural enemies of the pests, you inherit their work” –C. Huffacker Insects are a vast group of creatures: there are more species of beetles alone than there are of all other animals put together. Although over 750,000 species of insects are known,…
Read MoreAlternatives: Least Toxic Aphid Management
reprinted with permission from Journal Of Pesticide Reform/ Spring 1994 • Vol.14, No.1 Northwest Coalition For Alternatives To Pesticides/NCAP P.O. Box 1393, Eugene, Oregon 97440 / (5 41)344 -504438 Alternatives: LEAST TOXIC APHID MANAGEMENT By BECKY LONG Every spring, aphids are one of the first pests to arrive in the yard and garden. Rarely…
Read MoreInsect Controls
selected and submitted by Paul Lariviere from an article in Pomona vol. XXXII no. 4 by S. Clark INSECT KILLING PLANTS: *Nicotiana is by far my first choice for the control of all chewing and sucking insects. In the same family as tobacco, is an annual in northern climates and a perennial in southern…
Read MoreIDEAS FROM CLUB MEMBERS ON PREVENTING MOOSE FROM BROWSING ON APPLE TREES
Burt and Cindy Durham have been using human hair to discourage browsing moose since 1993, but never got a chance to see how it worked until this winter. They harvest hair from the hairbrush, spin it into a very loose yarm, and tie it around the upper twigs of each tree. This year, for the…
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