Re: [NAFEX] Aphids - Currants - Ladybugs

[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Not that I want these new "imported" ladybugs to kill off our domestic
ones, but they are voracious aphid eaters.  Cripes, they will bite you if
caught in a shirt collar.

They seem to be a lot more active than our domestic ladybugs and I hear
they break dormancy sooner, and there is a risk of them starving out the
domestic ladybug.

However, this may bode well for aphid control.

Later,
Tom
--
Southwest Ontario
Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
(similar to US zone 5)

On Fri, 10 May 2002, Ginda Fisher wrote:

> Thanks, Ed.  Yes, the currant leaves with red lesions had aphids.  I
> thought I'd seen that before.  I think they usually lose the red color
> later in the season, but remain bumpy.  And also - the Jonkeers Van Tet,
> which I bought on your recommendation, as a good red currant that was
> less susceptible to aphids, shows no signs of aphid damage at all, so
> far.  So thanks for the advise.  I'll let you know how I like the fruit
> (next year?)
>
> Ginda Fisher
> eastern MA, zone 6

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