Whoa! With as little as one and as many as 76, sustained catch has shown up in five more counties across New York State this week: Cayuga, Clinton, Niagara, Onondaga, and Orleans. Here are the details of the sustained catch reports:
Cayuga County - raspberry, 5 females and 16 males, total 21 SWD, traps checked on July 8, 2021 by Juliet Carroll, NYS IPM.
Clinton County - blueberry, 0 females and 1 male, total 1 SWD, traps checked on July 6, 2021 by Elisabeth Hodgdon and Andy Galimberti, ENYCHP.
Niagara County - raspberry, 34 females and 42 males, total 76 SWD, traps checked on July 6, 2021 by Elizabeth Tee, Lake Ontario Fruit Program (LOFP).
Onondaga County - blueberry, 0 females and 2 males, total 2 SWD, traps checked on July 8, 2021 by Juliet Carroll, NYS IPM.
Orleans County - raspberry, 2 females and 0 males, total 2 SWD traps checked by Janet van Zoeren, LOFP.
Sustained catch means SWD is here to stay and underlines the importance of keeping an eye on your crop and its level of ripeness. Ripe fruit are targets for SWD egg laying — wouldn't you want your babies to grow up in the best possible place? Yes, you would. But, you don't want SWD's babies in your fruit crops. So, let's do everything we possibly can to level the playing field against SWD and grow the best possible fruit crops.
IPM reminders to level the playing field against SWD
- Mow your fruit plantings, orchards and vineyards.
- Control weeds within the row.
- Prune back shady hedgerows and wooded edges.
- Prune to open the canopy.
- Calibrate your sprayer.
- Rotate IRAC modes of action.
- Immediately put the fresh fruit harvest into cold storage, 33°F-34°F can kill SWD eggs and larvae in fruit.