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| So, I started to get slack cause I hadn't seen SWD's yet this season. I'd been netting individual berry clusters on my blackberries but between vacation and just being busy with work I wasn't able to get some clusters covered as they ripened or monitor for the SWDs well. So the good news is, other than one bunch that had a hole in the netting (which I must say acted as a good SWD trap, it was filled with them), not a single berry that's been netted had any maggots. I have a lot of still very green berries and rock hard just starting to turn pink berries, so I got more netting to do. Bad news is I'm going through and bagging and general cleanup of infested fruit and anything starting to ripen that wasn't covered. I also found them on a basket of everbearing strawberries. Hate these bastards. |
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- Posted by RyanHanzlick none (My Page) on Wed, Sep 3, 14 at 8:49
| I found them here in SW NE for the first time a couple weeks ago. Mine were the first ones recorded by UNL in this county. |
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- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Wed, Sep 3, 14 at 13:38
| I've got them here in southwest Wi... first ones i've seen here. |
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- Posted by windfall_rob vt4 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 4, 14 at 12:02
| They came late here this year too, just started showing up a week or two ago. I think it's late enough that they won't build to the massive infestation we saw last year |
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- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Thu, Sep 4, 14 at 13:07
| Still not sure if i should even monkey with late raspberries like Caroline... i think i need something earlier... covering them will be a pain...probably rip them out and try something else in the future. I'm pretty sure i've ate a few of the larvae...i think i know what to look for now! protein! yum! |
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| Our raspberry patch was free of SWD, this year, 'till Wednesday, September 3. This weekend the patch will be cut down and composted. |
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