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Re: Help!!! My green beans are under attack!!!!!!!!!!

Margaret:
They're probably Mexican Bean Beetles. According to one of my favorite
gardening books  "The Victory Garden Kids Gardening Book"  (can you tell I'm
a children's librarian? But it's a great BASIC gardening book), if they've
done enough damage to your leaves the plants will die, so you'll probably
have to pull the plants out.
Check any other plants for little yellow dots--those are the eggs. I'm not
sure if you can get rid of them easily, maybe someone else on the list can
chime in.  Covering plants that haven't been infested with protective fabrics
(you can buy them at large garden centers or from catalogs) might keep them
from the same fate. I know it's hard dealing with pests when you community
garden--I'm in the same boat!

Lisa
(A very tired children's librarian-- I had 15 kids at a program today, and
the week's only half over!)
Zone 7
Alexandria, VA.

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