[IBC] protecting trees from cicada damage

Nina Shishkoff

“If this a 500-year-old hardwood bonsai that you and your family have worked on, you probably don’t want nature to help you too much and change the course of centuries. I’d protect that.�

For a good article on protecting trees from damage: http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=367&sid=202898

Nina, whose cicadas are really creepy guys who just sit and stare.

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Nina Shishkoff
ns44@cornell.edu

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Mark Hill

Thanks for the article Nina.
Very informative.
Guess I won't worry about my landscape trees.

I have a simple question ....... I have a number of small "critters" that
appear every once in awhile and they don't seem to like a light coating of
very dilute Neem Oil.
When I discover them walking about my maples, azaleas, etc I give the trees
a quick squirt and they disappear for the season.
Will a light coating of Neem Oil have any effect on the cicada's ??
How about Carl's famous soap solution ?

Still worried about my bonsai !!

Thanks
Mark Hill

PS ..... Here about 10 miles south of Harrisburg PA I haven't seen a single
cicada yet !!



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From: Internet Bonsai Club [mailto:BONSAI@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of
Nina Shishkoff
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:36 AM
To: BONSAI@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: [IBC] protecting trees from cicada damage

"If this a 500-year-old hardwood bonsai that you and your family have worked
on, you probably don't want nature to help you too much and change the
course of centuries. I'd protect that."

For a good article on protecting trees from damage:
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=367&sid=202898

Nina, whose cicadas are really creepy guys who just sit and stare.

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Nina Shishkoff
ns44@cornell.edu

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Nina Shishkoff

> Will a light coating of Neem Oil have any effect on the cicada's ??
> How about Carl's famous soap solution ?
>
> Still worried about my bonsai !!

A personal observation about cicadas: they are zombies. They have no survival instincts. So don't expect them to leave a tree just because you sprayed it. Remember, they don't really eat, and when they go to lay their eggs, the wrong "end" is involved.
So protectant sprays aren't going to work.

I bought 20 yards of netting for 0.50/yd. You can't beat it.

Nina.
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Kitsune Miko

I can just imagine Nina's trees siting on a shelf in
their net baggies. Did you use colored ribbon to tie
them? Glad they are safe.

Kitsune Miko
--- Nina Shishkoff <ns44@CORNELL.EDU> wrote:
> > Will a light coating of Neem Oil have any effect
> on the cicada's ??
> > How about Carl's famous soap solution ?
> >
> > Still worried about my bonsai !!
>
> A personal observation about cicadas: they are
> zombies. They have no survival instincts. So don't
> expect them to leave a tree just because you sprayed
> it. Remember, they don't really eat, and when they
> go to lay their eggs, the wrong "end" is involved.
> So protectant sprays aren't going to work.
>
> I bought 20 yards of netting for 0.50/yd. You can't
> beat it.
>
> Nina.
> ---
> Nina Shishkoff
> ns44@cornell.edu
>
>
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Nina Shishkoff

>
> I can just imagine Nina's trees siting on a shelf in
> their net baggies. Did you use colored ribbon to tie
> them? Glad they are safe.


My trees are lined up on the ground, and I plan to drop the netting over the whole row of them (except the pines, which, according to that article, aren't harmed by cicadas). I haven't done anything yet, because "my" cicadas are just sitting. And starin
g.

I'm not joking: they are zombies. Last evening one of them got on my arm, and I, after giving a girly scream, pushed it off onto the deck (unharmed). This morning it was still there. Sitting. Staring.
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Michael Persiano

In a message dated 5/20/2004 11:09:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ns44@CORNELL.EDU writes:
My trees are lined up on the ground, and I plan to drop the netting over the
whole row of them (except the pines, which, according to that article, aren't
harmed by cicadas). I haven't done anything yet, because "my" cicadas are
just sitting. And staring.
Nina:

I am covering the deciduous trees with deer net, which should be enough to
stop the Cicadas should they decide to select my trees for the branch splitting
and egg laying ceremony.

My last resort will be an application of Sevin (should a swarm of the Cicadas
threaten any of hard-earned ramifications in my deciduous trees).

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
hometown.aol.com/iasnob

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DougDT

Mike

Doesn't Deer netting have 3/4 inch holes?

The article suggest 3/8-1/2" holes max.

Do you think deer netting will work? Just wondering because I have not found
any screening with holes smaller then 3/4"yet.

Not seen or heard any big bugs, yet here in Western Mass.

Doug Taylor



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From: "Michael Persiano" <IASNOB@AOL.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [IBC] protecting trees from cicada damage


> In a message dated 5/20/2004 11:09:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> ns44@CORNELL.EDU writes:
> My trees are lined up on the ground, and I plan to drop the netting over
the
> whole row of them (except the pines, which, according to that article,
aren't
> harmed by cicadas). I haven't done anything yet, because "my" cicadas are
> just sitting. And staring.
> Nina:
>
> I am covering the deciduous trees with deer net, which should be enough to
> stop the Cicadas should they decide to select my trees for the branch
splitting
> and egg laying ceremony.
>
> My last resort will be an application of Sevin (should a swarm of the
Cicadas
> threaten any of hard-earned ramifications in my deciduous trees).
>
> Cordially,
>
> Michael Persiano
> hometown.aol.com/iasnob
>
>
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