Re: Smashed Cukes and Bugs!

Whoo hoo.. a veggie garden!

Sorry to hear about the hail and cukes, but they may
pop back. 

Not sure what the ladybug with an orange spot is, but
the catapiller may turn out to be butterfly.  Can you
take a picture of it before you kill it off? Is the
bush suffering from these bugs?

Donna



--- SueNY <sue.nyc@att.net> wrote:

> We finally have a yard this year so we planted 3
> kinds of peppers (Bell,
> Jalapeno, and Habaneo)2 kinds of tomatoes (Big Boy
> and Roma)and 2 kinds of
> cukes (Straight 8 and National Pickling), and some
> herbs (Oregano,Dill,
> Lavender) Everything was doing great until yesterday
> when we got the
> thunderstorm from hell. Hail, 2 inches of rain in
> less than an hour, high
> winds. Today, more torrential rain, same forecast
> tomorrow. The peppers,
> herbs and tomatoes are fine, but my cukes are all
> flattened.,roots showing.
> *sigh* I guess I'll have to head back to the nursery
> and start over! I'd
> better get some bug stuff while I'm there. There is
> a huge bush nearby
> infested with two kinds of bugs I've never seen
> before. One looks like a
> ladybug but is  orangy with spots and the other
> looks like a small
> catarpillar, orangy with black spots and a bluish
> looking head. The bush
> isn't ours, otherwise I'd just cut the whole thing
> down as it looks awful
> and appears to be dying slowly.
> 
> Sue
> 
>
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