Re: Smashed Cukes and Bugs!

I am not sure at this point anything can really save
it, but since he hasn't gotten to cutting it down
today...

what copper spray? Since I don't use this stuff, I
have no idea what you are talking about... is it
something I can spray now? 

Donna

--- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:

> A copper spray may have saved the peach.
> 
> On Jun 4, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
> 
> > What about spraying the bush with soap?
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 6/3/2006 9:51:09 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smashed Cukes and Bugs!
> >>
> >> I have never used anything here, but it has taken
> it's
> >> toll.
> >>
> >> We decided today to put our peach tree out of
> it's
> >> misery.  Hasn't had fruit in a couple of years,
> gets
> >> that darn curl now and is ooshing. Now the apple
> tree
> >> next to it isn't look so hot. DH will cut it down
> some
> >> time next week. <sigh>
> >>
> >> So I guess sometimes sprays and things are meant
> to be
> >> used...
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >> --- Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Daryl is absolutely right.  I have never sprayed
> >>> anything in the nine years
> >>> I've lived in this house, and my plants are pest
> >>> free.  The only problem in
> >>> my garden is the very rare poison ivy.
> >>>
> >>> zem
> >>> zone 7
> >>> West TN
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:02 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smashed Cukes and Bugs!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Sorry to hear about your hail. We had 4 such
> >>> episodes last year.
> >>>>
> >>>> The bugs are quite likely ladybugs. There are
> many
> >>> different types and
> >>>> color patterns. They're probably eating aphids
> or
> >>> some other critter
> >>>> that's making your bush look miserable. Please
> >>> DON'T spray them!
> >>>>
> >>>> The "children" don't look a thing like their
> >>> parents, either. There's a
> >>>> picture here:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
http://entomology.unl.edu/ornamentals/beneficials/beetles/
> 
> >> c7lady_btl2.jpg
> >>>> and here:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Other/goodpest/harml2.jpg
> >>>> and a pupa here:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/02PestNews/02News6/harm6.jpg
> >>>>
> >>>> d
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "SueNY" <sue.nyc@att.net>
> >>>> To: "Gardens & Gardening" <GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU>
> >>>> Cc: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:44 PM
> >>>> Subject: [CHAT] Smashed Cukes and Bugs!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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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