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Re: japanese beetles

Who wants to trial a RESCUE Japanese beetle trap? The instructions say to place it 30' from the plants they love to eat.  I did it and wow! it worked. They have left my heirloom hibiscus alone!

Suzi McCoy
Garden Media Group
610-444-3040

On Jul 20, 2012, at 10:07 AM, "Sally Williams" <gardenlit@gmail.com> wrote:

> JBs are still in my neck of the woods in south western Maine 04041. There
> seem to be fewer than last year but doing just as much damage.
> 
> Sally
> 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Emelie Tolley <eato@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Mother Nature is a mystery indeed.  Last year we had numerous Japanese
>> Beetles.  However contrary to all my past experiences here and previously
>> on Long Island where the beetles came, feasted for about a month, and then
>> disappeared, last year in Maine they arrived in late June and were still
>> munching whatever they could find that appealed well into September.  This
>> year, they arrived early (presumably because of the   unseasonably warm
>> weather) then disappeared before a month was up.  It's all a mystery to me.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Emelie Tolley
>> www.emelietolleyherbs.com
>> 
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