[Syrupmakers] Sweet Sorghum Destroyed Again by Sugar Cane Aphid in East Tennessee

[Richard Harrison]

Keith and Scott,.
    The only problem with relying on beneficials is that when they eat the population they would have nothing left to eat. Therefore, beneficials don't usually get so numerous as to destroy all their "food". Hence, the best you could hope for is some degree of control and not eradication.
    So, Scott, do you have mealybugs as well as aphids?

Richard
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On Wed, 10/10/18, Keith Evans <dr.ofsheetrock at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Sweet Sorghum Destroyed Again by Sugar Cane Aphid in East Tennessee
 To: "A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers" <syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net>
 Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 6:18 AM
 
 They say that lady
 bugs will take care of the aphid problem, if you get enough
 of them
 On Wed, Oct
 10, 2018, 6:15 AM Scott <scott at eldercomputersolutions.com>
 wrote:
 I have
 not noticed lots of ants. 
 
 
 
 Scott
 
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 
 
 > On Oct 10, 2018, at 3:49 AM, Richard Harrison <rharrison922 at yahoo.com>
 wrote:
 
 > 
 
 > Scott,
 
 >   I have read that ants are usually a big part of the
 problem as they have a symbiotic relationship with
 aphids.
 
 > Have you noticed lots of ants?  Do you think you could
 control them and see if it will help or solve the
 problem?
 
 > Also, I have always noticed mealybugs rather than
 aphids, per se, on my sugarcane in NW FL. Ants also
 "farm"
 
 > mealybugs as well.
 
 > 
 
 > Richard Harrison
 
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 > On Tue, 10/9/18, Scott <scott at eldercomputersolutions.com>
 wrote:
 
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 > Subject: [Syrupmakers] Sweet Sorghum Destroyed Again by
 Sugar Cane Aphid in East Tennessee
 
 > To: "syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net"
 <syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net>
 
 > Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 10:02 PM
 
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 > This is the 3rd year in row my sweet sorghum grown
 in
 
 > East Tennessee has been damaged and/or destroyed by
 the
 
 > sugar cane aphid.  Gets worse every year.  I grow
 
 > organically so I have not tried the EPA banned
 product.
 
 >  I have tried Neem Oil and Karanja Oil.
 
 >   It has been suggested to try Neemix but at this
 point
 
 > I am trying to decide will I every stop those pests. 
 I
 
 > have considered just not growing for awhile and wait
 and
 
 > see.  Any suggestions would be appreciated?
 
 > 
 
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 > 
 
 > Thanks
 
 > Scott
 
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