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Trap crops


shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL
a what
Ok night owl what is a trap crop. I may be 70 and have lived and gardened in Fl too but that is a new one on me.
westie42-
Posts : 512
Join date : 2011-03-22
Age : 81
Location : West Union, Iowa
Re: Trap crops
Trap crops are when you lure pests away from your garden by planting their favorite thing far but not too far from garden. A trap crop is a plant that attract insect pests away from nearby crops. This form of companion planting can save the main target of agriculture from decimation by pests without the potential issues and controversey involved in using pesticides. 

Last edited by shannon1 on 4/12/2011, 3:39 am; edited 1 time in total
shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL
trap crop
Thanks, guess that is why my gardening in Manatee county did poorly.
westie42-
Posts : 512
Join date : 2011-03-22
Age : 81
Location : West Union, Iowa
Re: Trap crops
Are you saying you were growing the trap. I have been feeling that way a little latley, what with the aphids,mealy bugs, and florida leaf footed bugs. Organic gardening sure is not easy here in the warm sunny south.
shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL
Re: Trap crops
shannon1 wrote:is thinking of your neighbors non-SFG as a trap crop wrong?
No.
Picking off the leafminers and hornworms and slugs and taking them over to their non-SFG - now that's wrong!
martha-
Posts : 2188
Join date : 2010-03-03
Age : 66
Location : Acton, Massachusetts Zone 5b/6a
Re: Trap crops
Depends on whether or not you like your neighbor, imo.
BackyardBirdGardner-
Posts : 2727
Join date : 2010-12-25
Age : 49
Location : St. Louis, MO
Re: Trap crops
OH, they are nice enough. I moved a pot of toms yesterday and found 3 giant ivory millipedes used a tomato stake to relocate them golf style to the vacant area between us. Man here you can weigh the bug on a bathroom scale they are so big. Oh, and those buggies roll realy well. 

shannon1- Posts : 1697
Join date : 2011-04-01
Location : zone 9a St.Johns county FL

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