Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
- From: l*@teamzeon.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 07:53:20 -0400
Valerie Lowery@ZEON
04/23/99 07:53 AM
Nan,
believe me when I say that I know my aphids! They infest my roses in the
early spring, love spreading themselves amongst the other young tender
things. The only type I get around here are the green ones. The ladybugs
have moved in early this year so I didn't spray anything in hopes that
nature will take its course without my intervention.
The bugs that infest my nasturtium every year are smaller than aphids and
are a shiny black. They have a hard shell and are round, not oval like the
aphids. They don't infest anything else but those plants and eat tiny
little holes in the leaves. I've had the nasturtiums in with geraniums and
others in a pot. The bugs weren't on anything else in the pot and I
haven't seen them since I stopped growing nasturtiums -- which almost makes
me believe that they materialize out of the seeds themselves! I've never
had an aphid eat holes in anything. They just leave a sticky mess.
I was just curious as to what they were. Could it be a pest that attacks
some veggies?
Val in KY
zone 6a
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