Re: CULT:Beneficial insects


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Shear 
  To: IRIS 
  Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 1:06 PM
  Subject: [iris-talk] CULT:Beneficial insects


     
  The introduced Asian ladybug has become a pest itself in some parts of the
  country, including here, where thousands invade buildings every fall.  They
  smell bad and make stains when crushed.
  They bite pretty good to.

   iris  

  So far as I know, there is no evidence that planting garlic deters any
  pests, including spider mites.  Unfortunately, while there is often a lot of
  value in folk wisdom, there is also a lot of nonsense.

  One year the sparrows were eating the first shoots from my snap  pea planting. As soon as leaves appered they would strip them off. I took the leaves off some Egyptian onions and scattered them around the peas. No more sparrows. Did it once a week for three weeks. The next year I planted garlic with them. No sparrows bothered them. 

  I think the onion and garlic smell hid the sweet smell of the peas, but that is just my guess. 

  Mike Greenfield
  Zone 5b SW Ohio
  redear@infinet.com
  http://www.geocities.com/mikeg1310/


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