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Re: mystery reinforcements

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Sharon-
I have no idea where in Ontario you live, but just south of the St.
Lawrence River I have robins that remove leaves from beans and rose
chafers, which are like Japanese beetles but a different color pattern,
that turn raspberry leaves, etc., into lace overnight.  For any of the
above I guess row covers would help but I have been known to try rotenone
for the bugs.  That, or course, is deadly for all bugs so keep it off
things in bloom and anything you are going to eat today. And while thinking
of cutworms - I wrap several layers of wax paper around the tender
transplants and make sure it is into the soil an inch or so.  I do not
remember ever loosing a transplant to cutworms. That either means that I
have been terribly lucky or you are hoarding them in Ontario - with my
complements.

John Ross, Northern NY

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> From: D & S Spry <dspry@ican.net>
> To: sqft@listbot.com
> Subject: mystery reinforcements
> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:30 AM
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> 
> 
> Good Morning, Well it seems the cutworms have called in some sort of
mystery
> reinforcement.  I have planted a small garden under an old swing set for
> some pole beans and cukes.  Something is eating the leaves, sometimes
they
> are leaving the skeletons of the leaves sometimes nothing at all, this is
> happening overnight, as soon as the leaves appear.  I have cups around
each
> little bean but this is not helping.  The cukes have been eaten too. 
Could
> this be ants?  The reason I ask is the garden is full of ants...I have
never
> seen any on the plants though.  If it is ants would sprinkling
self-rising
> flour help?  I am going to replant the beans and hope for an extended
season
> like last year.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?....Sharon in
> Ontario
> 
> 
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