Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
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- Subject: Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
- From: M* B*
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:35:55 -0500
Possibly flea beetles.
Martha
M Brown
NW Oklahoma, USA
USDA Zone 6b, Sunset Zone 35
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From: lowery@teamzeon.com <lowery@teamzeon.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: Nasturtium and Four O'Clocks
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>Valerie Lowery@ZEON
>04/23/99 07:53 AM
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>Nan,
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>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.
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>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.
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>I was just curious as to what they were. Could it be a pest that attacks
>some veggies?
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>Val in KY
>zone 6a
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