GARDENERS & LANDSCAPERS: DON’T BRING PLANTS INTO NAPA COUNTY! If the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter does sneak into Napa County, it could be in the back of a car or pick-up truck. The best way to keep the Sharpshooter out of the county is by not bringing plants in. Buy all your garden and landscape plants from certified plant retailers inside Napa County, where shipments have been inspected before sale. Thanks to our grapegrowers, landscapers, certified plant retailers and YOU, the Sharpshooter has not yet estab- lished itself in the Napa Valley. But to keep it out, we must keep working together. For more information Egg masses travel about how you can help, please call us at on the underside 1.866.BUG.SPOT or visit WWW.BUGSPOT.ORG.of plant leaves A project of the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office We have the EUROPEAN GRAPEVINE MOTH on the ropes, but we can’t stop now Over the past two years, we have brought the EGVM population from over 100,000 down to less than 100. If you have just one grapevine, or many, you may harbor EGVM. Here’s what you can do to prevent it: all grape fruit clusters from your vines with pruning shears. Place the PROGRAMRemove PLAN TO USE YOUR FRUIT:NOTIF YOU DO 1.) grapes in your yardwaste container and keep the lid closed. IPM 2.) IF YOU DO PLAN TO USE YOUR FRUIT: You will need to insecticide like BT or spinosad to protect the fruit and stop the moth. STATEWIDE inspect it for EGVM, and if infected, treat your grapes with an organic KI THE MOTH OUT! CALIFORNIACK or WWW.BUGSPOT.ORG on the Web COURTESY UNIVERSITY OFon Facebook!KICK THE MOTH OUTor call (707) 253-4357 A PROJECT OF THE NAPA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE. PHOTO: JACK KELLY CLARK S E P T E m B E R / o c T o B E R 2 0 1 2 67
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