Re: [apple-crop] Migrant Potato Leafhopper control

2013-11-22 Thread David Kollas
Bill: I am glad to hear that you can use carbaryl without concern for mite build-up. I avoid carbaryl except for chemical thinning, where it seems to be necessary for success with benzyladenine. If I could not get potato leafhopper control w/o carbaryl, I suppose I would use it. David

Re: [apple-crop] Migrant Potato Leafhopper control

2013-11-22 Thread Bill Beni
Here in Central Virginia this year we rotated Calypso with Carbaryl as populations settled in to our blocks. It worked great. On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:10 PM, David Kollas wrote: > This past season I had continued re-infestation of potato > leafhopper in young unbudded apple rootstock n

[apple-crop] Migrant Potato Leafhopper control

2013-11-22 Thread David Kollas
This past season I had continued re-infestation of potato leafhopper in young unbudded apple rootstock nursery. Calypso provided control, but only until the next population floated in on air currents, presumably from somewhere far south of here (Connecticut). My question is: Are these m