If trees seems to be strong and other like citrus are healthy, I don´t think is an infection problem. In fact when trees are infected fruit production is higher than usual, since it is a way to use chitin and chitosan to cheat the trees to yield more. I sustain that your problem is a temperature problem, you need something like 300 hours of cold weather or so for plums.
----- Original Message ----- From: "robert and benita rabello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees > Ok everyone, here's a bit more info . . . > > This evening I noticed dozens of dark, soft bodied insects crawling up > the trunks of my plum trees. They're grey on the undersides, with > segmented abdomens, and have rather pretty orange stripes on either side > of their bodies. I watched some of these crawl out to the tips of the > branches and begin sucking on leaves. > > I made another batch of soap mix and sprayed the trees again. (It's > been raining and cool for the past few days, so the stuff I'd sprayed on > earlier has likely washed off.) The insects die quickly when hit with > the soap. (I don't like watching anything die, but I HAD to be sure the > soap was working!) > > The plum trees haven't dropped any of their fruit, and while I was > spraying, I noticed that they're vigorously sending out new shoots and > leaves to replace the insect-damaged ones. I suppose I should take > heart in this, as it's an indicator that my trees are "fighting back." > Of course, the new growth seems quite attractive to this variety of > insect--which I believe is some form of aphid, given the appearance of > their eggs and the fact that they're being protected by ants--so unless > I can get the infestation under control, the insects have an ongoing > supply of tender food! > > One of my clients works on a poultry farm. She asked if I'd be > interested in some chicken manure. I intend to pick some of this up and > let it compost over the summer. Perhaps I can mix it into my regular > compost and apply it to the ground in the autumn. > > robert luis rabello > "The Edge of Justice" > "The Long Journey" > New Adventure for Your Mind > http://www.newadventure.ca > > Ranger Supercharger Project Page > http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > ______________________________ Visita http://www.tutopia.com y comienza a navegar más rápido en Internet. Tutopia es Internet para todos. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
