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Post by claude on Jun 22, 2020 9:10:00 GMT -5
I would have to psych myself up to start picking those suckers off my plants...just saying
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Post by lisaann on Jun 28, 2020 17:15:20 GMT -5
www.almanac.com/gardening/pests-and-diseasesThe Old Farmerβs Almanac Garden Plant Pest and Disease Control Library has information on identifying and controlling your most common insect pests and crittersβfrom aphids and hornworms to rabbits and deer. We also address plant disease from blights to wilts. The first step is to identify the problem! The second step is to control it! Letβs get started. Check out the almanac site.
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Post by tom π on Jun 28, 2020 17:53:03 GMT -5
Check out the almanac site. I did and went straight to aphids. It doesn't mention trash crops, which could be the best way to control aphids.
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Post by James on Jun 29, 2020 14:34:37 GMT -5
Fly Swatter!
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Post by lisaann on Jun 29, 2020 16:40:08 GMT -5
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Post by tom π on Jun 29, 2020 17:18:21 GMT -5
Well, you know I don't speak standard American English, and anyway the Almanac article doesn't mention "trap crops" either, and the article on trap crops doesn't clearly describe what I have in mind, which is growing a crop to destroy so that the insects on it will be destroyed too. Don't just distract'em with an alternative food source. Rather, trash the crop and the insects on it both at the same time. (Some sympathetic souls will tell me I shouldn't be doing so much killing but should relocate them.) In this special sense, I think you will allow me to use the expression "trash crop." I like the ring of it and have gotten used to it. The trap crop article has a questionable picture of a marigold. It does describe destroying nasturtiums to get rid of aphids. Says sunflowers attract stink bugs. I hadn't noticed that.
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Post by lisaann on Jun 29, 2020 17:55:18 GMT -5
tom π, yep, ya have to be careful what ya say. People think that their cat pooping in other's yards is funny, and ya better not complain about it!
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Post by tom π on Jun 29, 2020 18:25:03 GMT -5
People think that their cat pooping in other's yards is funny, and ya better not complain about it! There are ways to take care of such problems without going full James . Your projectile doesn't have to hit the pest -- just close enough that the animal knows you can reach it and next time will. They'll stay away. They have for me. A relative (Herbert Kawamoto) was a gardener at a Frank Lloyd Wright house for one of the Johnson's of J&J fame. A neighbor's cat was messing on Herb's manicured lawn. Herb planted a special hedge with wicked spines (I don't remember the name) between Johnson and his neighbor. The cat disappeared in the hedge. (Notice how delicately I sidestepped the gory details.)
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jun 29, 2020 23:54:35 GMT -5
SVB moths are back. No evidence of damage yet, but...yet.
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Post by lisaann on Jun 30, 2020 16:56:59 GMT -5
SVB moths are back. No evidence of damage yet, but...yet. Last year's calendar says it's time here too. I'm watching. I sent son home with 6 green tiger today,
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Post by lisaann on Jun 30, 2020 18:03:47 GMT -5
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Post by reuben on Jul 1, 2020 18:18:34 GMT -5
Not an insect, disease, or weed. Slugs.
This works. IIRC she tried Natty Boh Light, which didn't work. She then upgraded to Bud Light Premium, which did. Maybe it just needed an extra day, I dunno.
I used an IPA, which worked. I found three big fat honkin' slugs in the bottle. Darn near big enough to serve in a fine French restaurant with butter and garlic, like snails. I also found three small slugs on my almost ripe tomatos. They were promptly exterminated.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 2, 2020 10:05:40 GMT -5
No beer on hand. I wonder if a water and yeast solution might work.
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Post by James on Jul 3, 2020 11:31:28 GMT -5
Yep, I have had critters from aphids up to the neighbors cows getting in my garden. Just do what seems necessary to get rid of the critters and leave the garden.
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Post by James on Jul 8, 2020 9:04:42 GMT -5
I suppose it is illegal to fire a gun in most cities, However there are some very nice pellet guns out there that will make life miserable for a lot of yard and garden pests. I have said it before: Do what seems necessary to get rid of the pests.
Shoot, shovel, Shut Up!
Throw a rock?
A bag of marbles and a good wrist rocket?
I know mean, cranky ol man..........
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