RE: Japanese Beetles
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- Subject: RE: Japanese Beetles
- From: "* A* J* <L*@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 16:45:37 -0700 (MST)
Clarence writes:
>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,
I don't know if we have Japanese beetles here in the Northwest, I have some
kind of black beetle that I find underground in my gardens, but they don't
seem to be hurting anything. My real question here is: what is a four o'clock?
Jefrie Jenkins
Kent, WA
Sunset Zone 5, USDA zone 7, AIS region 13
