Engaging the Unknown Neighbourhood

Prepared by: John Pretorius

Zulumac

5th October

2012

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Life Post Endosulfan Started

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Zulumac Production: Tons/ha per Annum

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Zulumac v Av. Factory: Insect Damage

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• November 2012 – Bulldock: Early Spotting Bug

• Early Jan 2013 – Bulldock: Late Spotting Bug

• Summer 2013 – Flush: Thrips and Mites DAMAGE

• August 2013 – Lepidex: Lace Bug

• September 2013 – Lepidex: Lace Bug

• November 2013 – Bulldock: Spotting Bug

• End December 2013 – Bulldock: Spotting Bug

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Summer Flush 2014 Devastated by Mites and Thrips

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D-Day had Arrived

• Lace Bug – Red Alert!

• Thrips and Mites – Red Alert!

• Sigastus Weevil – Amber Alert

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Were these new pests or

Symptoms of my management practice?

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What Chemicals are Available?

• Contact sprays

• Toxic to Bees

• Broad spectrum

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Calibration of the Sprayer

Engaging with the Department of Entomology

• Thrips and Mite trials

• Hedge Traps – Spotting Bug

• Sticky Traps

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Engaging the Neighbours

19 properties with 10 or more trees

Of these 19:

• 5 have less than 200 trees

• 12 use consultants for P&D 63%

• 5 owners / managers attend regular field days 26%

Therefore The Neighbours are Engaged

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14m

10m

8m

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Is this the Unknown Neighbourhood?

Is this the weak link

in our pest

protection program?

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If you can’t get the

spray to the top of

the trees…

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Bring the top of the

trees down to the

spray

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program

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Trees Inside

Trees

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If you can’t get the spray to the top of the trees

Bring the top of the trees down to the

spray

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“If I have seen further, it is by standing on shoulders of giants”

Sir Isaac Newton 1676

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