Codling Moth Control
This year I had worms in every single apple, asian pear, and quince on my property. From what I have read keeping the area around the trees clean is the most important part of guarding against codling months, so I cleared away all the weeds from around the trees. But I was wondering if there were any more steps I could take to protect my crop next year. I would like to avoid using pesticides. Is there anything else I can do?
A Google search on "organic control of codling moths" provided the following useful sites (among MANY others):
1) [url=https://www.greenharvest.com.au/pestcontrol/codling_moth_info.html]Basic list of biological and physical controls/practices for organic control of codling moths[/url].
2) [url=https://www.foodsafety.iastate.edu/apple/files/research/apple_research_Gleason_organic_insecticides.pdf]Organic and least-toxic methods[/url]
3) Recent news release (20 August 2008) re. University of California research on organic control of codling moths:
https://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=1135
I hope some of this is useful for you! and I wish you success against those nasty codling moth larvae.
Cynthia H.
USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 17
1) [url=https://www.greenharvest.com.au/pestcontrol/codling_moth_info.html]Basic list of biological and physical controls/practices for organic control of codling moths[/url].
2) [url=https://www.foodsafety.iastate.edu/apple/files/research/apple_research_Gleason_organic_insecticides.pdf]Organic and least-toxic methods[/url]
3) Recent news release (20 August 2008) re. University of California research on organic control of codling moths:
https://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=1135
I hope some of this is useful for you! and I wish you success against those nasty codling moth larvae.
Cynthia H.
USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 17