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| Asian Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) were confirmed in Minnesota only last August 2012. Next summer look for them in your raspberries amongst many other things. Initial UMN Press Release |
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- Posted by spacetogrow 4 MN (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 15:26
| Thanks for the heads-up. Let's hope it's not too bad... |
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- Posted by hostaholic2 zone 4 MN (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 21:31
| I'm hoping that this winter will help to kill the little nasty's off. I had them in my my late raspberries last summer, I cut all the fruits off, bagged and burned them. |
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- Posted by northernmn 3/4 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 22:42
| Also thanks for the heads up. Ugh, I hope we can find a good way to prevent there damage. |
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- Posted by soilent_green 4b MN (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 0:05
| I too hope that something related to our Minnesota climate will aid in mitigating this problem. I admit I have my doubts, though. I have been food gardening for around 40 years now. I am finding the gardening experience to be more and more disheartening as the years go by, with all the new bugs, soil issues, and diseases that are occurring or are being introduced. I feel as if a war is being waged against us gardeners and we are slowly, inexorably losing ground. I know my grandparents never had to deal with most of the gardening issues that we are dealing with today. My parents just started to see some of these new problems (such as rampant tomato blight) towards the end of their gardening careers. I know for a fact that there are more problems now than when I started gardening. From everything I have read and heard, I do believe that my grandparents' era (1920s to the 1960s) was the golden age of food gardening and it has been in decline ever since. I will not give up, though. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve, so to speak. Anyways, I have nothing else that interests me to the extent that gardening continues to do. Ain't gonna quit, eat grocery store food, and sit and watch television the rest of my life. ;) Good luck all, |
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