OK, now I am like totally paranoid with reason. If it's not the wasps chewing needles in half it apparently will be the shoot tip moth.
I stopped out at a local nursery to check on some JBP that the owner started and I noticed may had brown buds. Hmmmmm. I popped one off and in the process apparently squished the larvae inside the bud in the process. Holy you know what.
I drove home thinking about some symptoms I have seen as I was watching my pines for wasps. Some shoots were beginning to turn an odd color. When I got home my fears were correct. Nice assortment of brown shoots. Every one I have removed so far has a larvae inside.
What to do? I looked in Steve Pilacik's book and his only suggestion was moth balls around the pot. Huh? I have a lot of pines. That is not going to work. What is there on the market that works either as a strait out pesticide that will kill these things or better yet what can prevent an infestation?
I'm sick to my stomach now. Everywhere I look I have them. As always the help and advice is appreciated.
Photos of effected buds and the killing process...
I stopped out at a local nursery to check on some JBP that the owner started and I noticed may had brown buds. Hmmmmm. I popped one off and in the process apparently squished the larvae inside the bud in the process. Holy you know what.
I drove home thinking about some symptoms I have seen as I was watching my pines for wasps. Some shoots were beginning to turn an odd color. When I got home my fears were correct. Nice assortment of brown shoots. Every one I have removed so far has a larvae inside.
What to do? I looked in Steve Pilacik's book and his only suggestion was moth balls around the pot. Huh? I have a lot of pines. That is not going to work. What is there on the market that works either as a strait out pesticide that will kill these things or better yet what can prevent an infestation?
I'm sick to my stomach now. Everywhere I look I have them. As always the help and advice is appreciated.
Photos of effected buds and the killing process...