Re: combination trailers


I don't know about the rest of you, but nasturtiums in my part of the world
have a nasty way of attracting those tiny shiny black beetles that chew up
the foliage like mad.  No matter where I put nasturtiums, it never fails
that I must end up pulling them out due to this tiny pest making them look
ratty.  They won't go near anything else BUT the nasturtiums!  I swear that
they must appear out of thin air.  I'm not sure of the name of the beetles,
but they are about the size of a grain of rice, but are almost perfectly
round, hard shells, solid black and very shiny.  They seem impervious to
insecticidal soaps and I hesitate to use anything harsher.  Much easier to
just pull out the plant.

I love nasturtiums for the bold red and gold, the nice fragrance, and their
trailing habits, but I can't make them last past mid-summer.

Val in KY
zone 6a

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