According to ATTRA (National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service) http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/coloradopotato.html
The Colorado Potato Beetle is native to North America and is the most important pest to potato crops in most areas of the United States.
They have reproduced quickly in our potato field. Colchester's Community Supported Agriculture Project offers its shareholders 22 weeks of pesticide-free vegetables. This means that we cannot control the Colorado Potato Beetle by spraying. Today, five of us spent three hours removing both the adult beetles and the larvae by hand. This process is called mechanical pest control.
1 comment:
That doesn't sound very mechanical ;) But kudos to Colchester Farm for not spraying their veggies with nasty chemicals!
I'm enjoying your daily posts. Keep them coming!
Erin
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