Re: [CH] Wasp
Robert Farr - The Chile Man (rbfarr@erols.com)
Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:05:17 -0400
Fish emulsion is also great for pepper plants, as is Epsom Salts
(magnesium, which frees up the calcium ion).
Please tell us where you get the mych. fungi!
Love2Troll wrote:
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>Lots of dragonflies in my little garden in the woods. Truth is I have never done much pesticide spraying. And when I did it was strictly spot spraying of individual plants.
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>Also this year I've gone from Miracle Gro to aerated compost tea that I both foliar feed and pour into the containers. Raising red wigglers (Eisenia fetida) in my basement for their castings now too. However, the most important change I think that I've made is inoculating my seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Byron
>To: Chile Heads
>Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:09 PM
>Subject: [CH] Wasp
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>JohnT
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>It's the largest of Parasitic wasps that I have seen, If you spread the tail out it would probably be roughly 3" long. Everyone that I have seen is about 1/2" long
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>When flying it reminds be of a fishhook (4/0 w/o bait) going thru the air.
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>Congrats on going organic, It might take 3 to 5 years to get all the residuals out and get all the beneficials back. Bees and Dragonflies are real sensitive to pesticides.
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>Nice picture Byron. It looks rather large. Is it?
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>Haven't seen a single hornworm yet this year. Very unusual. And only saw one moth, but didn't get an exact ID as to tobacco or tomato.
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>In fact there have been very few insect pests this year (except a few grasshoppers) compared to other years. Unfortunately, absolutely no bees either. I don't use pesticides anymore, so don't know why. Even saw the first leopard frog in maybe 10 years hop through my pepper patch.
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