Hello everyone, You start application when the first flies are caught in the region. The young AM must find and eat the bait before they mature and start laying eggs. The bait is not really all that "attractive." The flies must find it during their normal food hunting on the host. They usually do, so the product works to a practical degree in back yards, but may not be 100% in commercial orchards. I believe it will play a roll in am control, but the degree of control is still in question.
I have worked with this product for cherry fruit fly control since 2002, and found it to be very effective under western conditions (dry, not many alternate hosts nearby), but it still needs some work in other climates and where near-by alternate hosts provide the pest a chance to mature before flying into the orchard. Clean up the near-by hosts, and it will work better. It is, without a doubt, a great breakthrough product in both conventional and organic cherry orchards. It has become the most widely-used insect control product in Washington State sweet cherries. The growers and applicators appreciate the price, safety, ease of application and effect. See the cff repots at: http://www.ncw.wsu.edu/treefruit/index.html Timothy J. Smith WSU Extension, Chelan, Douglas & Okanogan Counties -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:03 PM To: Apple-Crop Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: RE: Apple magot & GF - 120 Les, How large is the fruit when you make application? Darlyn N.W. WA On Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 09:18 AM, Les Price wrote: > > > In an operation of my small size I am able to take the time to > accurately place the film on foliage and not fruit. Fruit that I have > contacted, at least early varieties, has been a sticky mess at harvest > although a normal amount of cleaning has worked. > > Les > Skagit Valley, western Washington > > > --- "John L. Belisle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> Les, >> >> Your last comment about clean up. Does the application of 1 gallon >> per acre mark, coat, or create a problem with customer acceptance of >> apples?? >> >> And I gather GF 120 works but in your opinion not good enough to >> withstand the constraints of a Quarantine. >> >> Thanks >> >> JOHN >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Les Price >> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:13 PM >> To: Apple-Crop >> Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: RE: Apple magot & GF - 120 >> >> Well John, maybe you are looking for a different response than this >> but the answer is the same as before your county was quarantined. It >> is illegal to transport any apple, anywhere, whether down your >> driveway, inside your county or over the mountain if it has AM. >> Now that a reliable attractant has finally been found (GF 120) to >> make the Spinosad effective I would have to give it a thumbs up that >> is if you are planning to be organic, certified or otherwise. In my >> opinion it has really made all the other attract and kill research >> obsolete. >> If organic is not a concern, I doubt you would be as happy with this >> product as with say a regular program of Imidan as far as >> effectiveness, ease of application and cleanup of the apples if you >> don't have a cleaning line. >> Les >> Skagit Valley, western Washington >> >> >> --- "John L. Belisle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I know summer is a long way off, but I would like >> to get started early >>> on my >>> programs. >>> >>> So Apple Maggot - GF - 120 Is it a chemical >> program I should consider >>> even though I am in a Washington states AM >> quarantine zone?? >>> Literature seems undecided. >>> >>> Anything else working I should know about?? >>> >>> John Belisle >>> Bellewood acres >>> Lynden Washington >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ---- >> >> >> The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard >> <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon >> Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >> >> Apple-Crop is not moderated. 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