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Re: Grasshoppers?

 The pest ramains a mystery but I think  it may be a grasshopper. I found
one near my garden which was about 4-5 inches long.
>Could this be the pest which is eating my plants?
>
>Kurt
>(Southern California/Zone 9)


Hi Kurt,

    I too am in zone 9 in north central florida!!!!  Last year I had a
horrible problem with grasshoppers.  This year shortly after my seedlings
came up I again found some of the heads of my plants gone.  I went out
and got some liquid spectricide and diluted it to half strength and gave
my garden a good spray.  No problem since.  I have also been told that if
you take all of your little soap scraps and put them in a spray bottle
with water or you can use a dish soap like dove or ivory and make it
really soapy so that it leaves a soapy film on the plants that the little
buggers cannot digest the soap but it does not hurt the plants.

That is my task for this afternoon.

Suzie
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