Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:50:29 -0500
Val,
Do they jump when you touch the plant? If so, they are probably flea
beetles. You could try insecticidal soap, if you can hit them before they
jump :-). Otherwise you might have to use something stronger, or a
systemic insecticide.
Mary
zone 6
>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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