Re: Re:Japanese Beetles
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- Subject: Re: Re:Japanese Beetles
- From: "* R* <f*@moran.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:44:16 -0700 (MST)
> One idea that I discovered by accident for keeping Japanese beetles at a
> minimal level on roses, grapes, etc. is to plant four o'clocks. The
beetles
> will descend on the four o'clocks in a great swarm and neglect other
plants.
> You can then go out and pick off the beetles by the handful. But plant
the
> four o'clocks away from the plants you want to keep the beetles away
from.
> Clarence Mahan in VA
Interesting. The Pinetree Garden Seeds catalog has this to say about four
o'clocks:
"Mirabilis-Marvel of Peru [aka Four O'Clocks]
Japanese beetles don't consider this pretty plant so marvelous; when the
dine on it they die...."
I had already ordered some for that reason alone;but if it attracts them,
even better. I had no interest in them initially because they're a
Southern weed. But I have plenty of room for 'toxic buffets'.
/kr
