Dear Growers,
The manager of the student farm,
Jeremy Moghtader asked me to
help out if I could. Well we do have a listserv and perhaps some of you have
experience with foggers, may like to rent one or could share your experience with
Patrick at Earthworks garden in
Hope
someone can help him out.
Thanks
Vicki
this
is Patrick at earthworks in
I
have a little problem, and was hoping you or John might be
able
to guide me in the proper direction.
I
have a serious outbreak of aphids in my asparagus. now, I usually
just
let things work themselves out and don't worry to much as
I
feel like spraying tends to just cause more problems, but its only
the
third year, and my research leads me to think that since
the
plants are so young it could cause there long term productivity
to
suffer, and there are just a ton, a ton of aphids.
Since
the foliage of the asparagus is so dense and lush (likely
part
of the reason for such huge outbreak) using a sprayer wouldn't
really
work. I need one of them backpack foggers.
so
the first question is do you know if there is some sort of list serve or
something
that
I could post a request to borrow one. or is there a farmers co-op that rents
them. I
would
really prefer that it not have been used by conventional growers though.
and
second I was thinking it might be best to just buy one, since I'm certain I'll
have
to
make 3 or 4 apps to get everything in check. plus I suspect it would be a
handy thing
to
have around since we have a good number of fruit plants that I'm just waiting
to start having
problems
of some sort. I can't afford one of the really fancy ones, even if I could it
seems sort of silly to have such a powerful one for such a small operation. I
was looking at something a little cheaper, and was wondering if you had an
experience with them. I just don't want to
get
something that's a total piece of crap. see example here http://bugsource.com/fogmaster_jr.html
thanks
for all you time and help, and if you know nothing could you pass this on to
someone who could. hope your season is going well.
M.
Patrick Crouch
Greenhouse
Manager / Field Coordinator
Vicki Morrone
Organic Vegetable and Crop Outreach Specialist
C.S. Mott Sustainable Food Systems
303 Natural Resources Bldg.
517-353-3542
517-282-3557 (cell)
517-353-3834 (fax)
