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Plant Sale, Ice Cream Social, and Volunteer Day, Tomorrow – Saturday June 21.

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Orchard Happenings and Updates
Ice Cream Social & Plant Sale!
 

🌱 Hi All! This is a shorter newsletter to share some important updates about this coming Saturday.

We are hosting our annual PLANT SALE! Saturday (tomorrow!), June 21st. To sweeten the pot, we are also hosting a FREE Ice Cream Social for the community and volunteers. And we will be breaking ground on a vineyard revitalization project with volunteers who would like to join in.

If you had any plants knocked out by hail storms and need extra plants, or would like to meet the team, or just help out with some volunteer projects, you can come out at 10am to join in the fun!

We will also be learning about local wildlife and bugs and insects from an Entomologist! Come out to learn what’s buzzing around the park!

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Flea beetles in the Garden

What’s Eating Our Tomatoes… and peppers and other plants?

Flea Beetles!

What?


These tiny pests can do a surprising amount of damage, especially when left unchecked. They create round-ish “shot” holes in leaves and can severely impact a plant’s health. They are tiny black beetles and when disturbed, they’ll jump away faster than the eye can see (like a flea).

What can we do?
Flea beetles thrive in overgrown, weedy areas. And as a community, we’re tackling the weediest garden areas during our Saturday mornings. To help others out and reduce places for these beetles to hide.

What about insecticides?
We encourage Integrated Pest Management (IPM) whenever we can. This is like a full toolbox of hammers and screwdrivers and multiple techniques for managing a pest or weed.
 

Integrated Pest Management – Flea Beetles

Culturally (This is step 1 in our IPM toolkit), we are taking out weedy areas and planning thorough fall cleanups to prevent over wintering of these pests. It doesn’t help to reduce flea beetle populations if there are weedy reservoirs and hiding places for them.

Mechanically (Step 2 in our IPM toolkit), in smaller gardens a floating row cover can be installed. This is fine mesh netting and doubles as hail protection!

As a further measure, Chemically, the use of diatomaceous earth is suggested as a control by CSU, the University of Maryland, and Virginia Tech Extension. Diatomaceous earth is only effective when dry, and may need to be reapplied after a rain. Use Caution, read and follow the label and instructions of any product you apply.

And further, Insecticidal Soap (NOT Dish Detergent) is suggested by education based resources to be effective. This product can burn certain plants and it is therefore recommended that it be tested on a few leaves before entire plants are sprayed. This product is only effective while it is wet. Read and follow the label of any product you apply.

 

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