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Narnia
01-02-2015, 04:14 AM
Is there a non chemical way to get rid of Banana Borer. Have just found some Banana Borers on some cut stems of banana plants I left lying, cut side down, between the rows. I dont want to apply poison.
PR-Giants
01-02-2015, 07:55 AM
Are you wanting to kill the adults, larvae, or both?
Is there a non chemical way to get rid of Banana Borer. Have just found some Banana Borers on some cut stems of banana plants I left lying, cut side down, between the rows. I dont want to apply poison.
Narnia
01-02-2015, 06:27 PM
Are you wanting to kill the adults, larvae, or both?
Both
Thanks
Peatmoss
03-05-2015, 02:49 PM
So the best way to manage corm borers is to replant in new areas every year with clean keiki. You can clean your keiki by shaving off the roots all the way down to the white corm, always looking for black dirt-filled tunnels, When you find a rotting chunk in your banana carve it out! You can be quite aggressive. Once you feel your banana is clean then soak it in a bucket of bleach water for an hour, or 120 degree water for 20 min. This sterilizes any eggs or nematodes. Once you get a good replanting regime you should retire old banana clumps (3-5 years).
You can also make traps for the weavils by splitting fresh banana stalks and placing face down around infected clumps. The weavils are attracted to the fresh stalk and will gather on the underside to feed and lay eggs. Check the stalks after a few days and either: 1) collect the beatles 2) throw away entire stalks in a trash bags 3)have your favorite chicken on hand for weavil savagery. Doing this continuously will reduce the weavil populations dramatically ine stablished groves to the point where they are not effecting banana health or production. But the best way to have weavil free bananas is replanting clean keiki periodically.
Richard
03-05-2015, 05:37 PM
Is there a non chemical way to get rid of Banana Borer.
If you don't want to use chemicals, then don't water your plants (H2O).
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