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Post by gardendmpls on Jul 8, 2020 13:52:52 GMT -5
Being illegal hasn't seemed to stop them from being fired in the big urban areas, anyway. If they fired at squirrels they would probably face a greater penalty than firing at each other.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 8, 2020 15:44:52 GMT -5
Self-rising flour for japanese beetles??? Anyone tried this?
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Post by gardendmpls on Jul 9, 2020 0:01:21 GMT -5
Self-rising flour is just flour with baking powder and a bit of salt added. Are they supposed to eat it and explode? Do we eat it and explode? Sounds like another one of those theories not based on anything real.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 9, 2020 4:28:30 GMT -5
gardendmpls, That is the idea, they eat it and their innards blow up. A member of the CG has put some on one of her plots to try it out. I'll keep an eye on it.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 9, 2020 7:24:10 GMT -5
Self-rising flour for japanese beetles? If enough flour is dusted on the plant, it may work like Surround. |
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 9, 2020 7:26:15 GMT -5
I suppose it is illegal to fire a gun in most cities I believe in cage traps. They appeal to my imagination. They work while I sleep. |
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Post by James on Jul 13, 2020 12:27:00 GMT -5
"EVERY year we have ANTS!" Yep, ants are a fact of life. We hire a professional ant chaser to come out and chase ants. Ant Hill:  as usual the image won't load. Right click the icon and choose "Open image in new tab" |
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jul 17, 2020 16:43:43 GMT -5
We get our share of Japanese Beetles every year, some years more so, some less. There have been relatively few this year in the garden area. But trekking out to the back of my lot, I discovered many dozens of them on a big blackberry thicket --- eating, drinking, and making big merry whoopie --- a real beetle bacchanalia.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jul 17, 2020 19:51:07 GMT -5
Anyone else here use Bt for caterpillar control? I've got a bunch of leaf-roller larvae on my grapevines, and that's what I've sometimes used to knock them back before fruit ripening, with good effect. Works on cabbage moth worms and others, too. Seems like use of Bt picked up a bad reputation lately because of the GMO gene-inserting issue.
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Post by emmsmommy on Jul 20, 2020 7:15:25 GMT -5
Found these under a tomato leaf this morning? Hornworm eggs? When I do a search for images I'm not seeing the eggs laid in a cluster like this.   |
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jul 20, 2020 10:34:42 GMT -5
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Post by emmsmommy on Jul 20, 2020 12:49:53 GMT -5
Thanks tom 🕊, looks somewhat similar. I've been looking at stink bug eggs too and they look similar too. |
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Post by gardendmpls on Jul 20, 2020 23:08:02 GMT -5
You could let them hatch and if they are predators, put them back on the plants. If not, flush 'em.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 24, 2020 16:42:10 GMT -5
While in the veggie garden at high noon, I see the JBs are busy at the top of the bean trellis. Sometimes I’m lucky and can knock two or three into the soapy water. I’ve discovered that if I disturb them by shaking the trellis, they relocate and I can find them more easily.
Gardeners entertainment.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jul 24, 2020 19:11:37 GMT -5
I know I'm not s'posed to hate, so...I really, really, intensely dislike these little buggers:  |
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