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biological control for bindweed! | (Read 363 times) |
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paul wheaton
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western WA
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March 18, 2008, 08:08:03 PM |
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I just read this on a mailing list ... controlling bindweed with bugs that think only bindweed is yummy!:
There are two insects that are used in the Great Plains: the bindweed moth
(Tyta luctuosa) was released in Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
and the bindweed gall mite (Aceria malherbae) was released in Texas.
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alexisavoire
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April 08, 2008, 11:29:18 AM |
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Farmers have successfully used sequences of plantings to manage bindweed. One sequence is rye and vetch, planted in the fall and disked or hoed down in late spring, followed by buckwheat or oats with peas, disked or hoed down in late summer. The final step repeats the rye and vetch. The next spring, the land is ready for growing vegetables.( According to the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, farmers have also used pumpkins and sunflowers to out-compete bindweed.( One farmer reported no bindweed problems for nine years after his bindweed was “shaded and strangled by the pumpkins.”( Alfalfa, legumes, and corn have also reduced bindweed infestations.5 Small-scale versions of these strategies can be used in a home garden.
-Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; website also lists about 6 other ways to control bindweed
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paul wheaton
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April 08, 2008, 04:26:04 PM |
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How did that work? How did those things beat bindweed? I am soooo confused!
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rachael hamblin
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April 08, 2008, 06:15:20 PM |
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Where are bindweed, the bindweed moth, and the bindweed gall mite originally from? Have there been any inklings of possibly unbalancing ecosystems in other ways by releasing these insects?
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