These are immature kudzu eggs getting ready to hatch. Their mother decided to attach them to the post of our bulletin board in Valley Crest Square. Blake sprayed them with a plant-derived, naturally occuring insecticide-Pyrethrum. It’s made from Chrysanthemum dried flower heads. Fingers crossed they die overnight…if not, this unlucky nest will be smashed dead with a 2×4 by 9am tomorrow! Eggs seen in Skidaway Farms Farmer: Stay vigilant! If we don’t all keep after this infestation we’ll lose more than just the legumes…kudzu bugs were found on artichokes today as well! (5/19/12)
Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Chatham County’s “first-sighting” of the Kudzu Bug Committee member, Jane Kollmann sent the Chatham County Extension Service a picture of the latest insect to appear inside the Farm: Kudzu Bugs love legume plants Unfortunately, the response from Chatham County wasn’t what Jane wanted to hear: a positive ID for the dreaded Kudzu (or sometimes called a Stinkbug), infester and unwanted inhabitant for the legume family. Pole Beans, peas and bush beans are this bug’s favorite choice of meal. It sucks the life-juices of the plants by attaching to the vines and stalks then piercing the skin and drinking to abandon…death […]
(for the TLA May Journal) We Farmers were told a year ago that “tomatoes just don’t grow in Savannah”….AND that the reason southern cooking called for okra, collards and peppers so often is because those were “the ONLY vegetables that grow at ALL in our sandy coastal island dirt.” Well…not so fast! Admittedly, the topsoil at Skidaway Farms has gone through a major transformation…and its clay-like subsoil has been built upon with lots of dark healthy soil and deep black refined compost. Not to mention the hours of labor lovingly spent shoveling and hoeing and tilling that soil so it […]