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Trap Crops Sorghum Sudan Grass Buckwheat Millet Fennel, dill, yarrow, coriander, tansy, buckwheat & millet attracts lady bugs, lacewing, hover flies, parasitic mini-wasps, tachinid flies. These are beneficial insects that kill the bad pests in your garden.TRANSCRIPT
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Perimeter Trap Crops Using Chicken Tractors
Gary Wenig – Rocky Creek Valley Farm, SARE Grant Number FNC13-938Jaime C. Piñero Ph.D. – Lincoln UniversityNCR-SARE’s Farmers Forum,
2016
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All NaturalSustainable AgricultureRocky Creek Valley Farm – Gary Wenig
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Trap Crops• Sorghum Sudan Grass• Buckwheat• Millet
Fennel, dill, yarrow, coriander, tansy, buckwheat & millet attracts lady bugs, lacewing, hover flies, parasitic mini-wasps, tachinid flies. These are beneficial insects that kill the bad pests in your garden.
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Beneficial Insects
Parasitic mini-wasps
Ladybug
Millet at maturity
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Prep & Planting
Millet, Buckwheat, Sorghum Sudan Grass
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Blue Hubbard Sacrificial Plants
Attracts:squash bugs & cucumber beetles
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Planting Guide
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Reduced Pesticide Usages• Squash bug eggs• Procedural issue
resolved• Reconstruct the
experiment• Ghost pepper
experiment
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www.RockyCreekValley.com
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www.RockyCreekValley.com
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SARE IPM Summary
• Perimeter trap crops are a 100% success story
• Provides several alternative methods for pest control
• Greatly reduces pesticide usage• Highly beneficial to certified organic
growers• Overall our IPM test was a great success• Thanks to: Dr. Pinero, Jacob Wilson, Susan
Jaster
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IPM Test Phase II Concept: place the free range chickens in a permanent pen surrounding the garden plots with trap crops and sacrificial crops in the pen.• Buckwheat, Millet,
Yarrow, Tansy, etc.• Blue Hubbard• Cherry Tomatoes
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Perimeter Trap CropsRocky Creek Valley Farm
Questions