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| I am new to raspberry cultivation. We moved into our home in vancouver BC Canada in the winter and have been taking care of a patch of raspberry (variety unknown). In the fall I pruned all of the stocks down to the ground and fertilized twice. In the past three weeks the leaves have come under attack. I first noticed that the leaves were getting holes in them. And recently noticed that some of the leaves are curling. When examining the back of the leaves I noticed a few small yellowish green crawling larvea (looks like sawfly based on a web search). I squished the three I have found and not seen any since. I have also noticed white spittle on the back of the some of the leaves and on some of thestalks. Inside the spittle I have seen small yellow/green bugs inside (looks like spittl bugs). I have squished all of the ones I have found. Yesterday I sprayed a hard jet of water on the leaves. This morning I can't find any of the bugs. I'm trying to garden organically but would consider a chemical insecticide if the alternative was loosing the crop. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance. |
This post was edited by dadelogin on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 17:02
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| The method that I use to reduce the number of Japanese beetles that chew up our raspberry patch is to brush them with my hand into a white plastic cup partly filled with warm, soapy water, aka " the soapy cup of death." Insects can not tolerate being immersed in soap solution, and they die very quickly. I don't know if this would work on your insect infestation. It has the advantage that no solution or soap residue gets on the plant, everything stays in the cup. |
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