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

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On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 6:28 PM Scott <scott at eldercomputersolutions.com>
wrote:

> No I don’t have mealybugs.
>
> I have buckwheat to bring in the beneficials. I have tons of lady bugs but
> they can’t kill aphids fast enough to keep up
>
> Scott
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 10, 2018, at 8:40 AM, Richard Harrison <rharrison922 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > --------------------------------------------
> > 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
> >
> >> --------------------------------------------
> >
> >> On Tue, 10/9/18, Scott <scott at eldercomputersolutions.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >
> >> 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
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >> 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?
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Thanks
> >
> >> Scott
> >
> >>
> >
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