Re: combination trailers
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: combination trailers
- From: m* l*
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:12:22 -0700
At 08:19 AM 2/10/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>
>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
Val, I wonder if you're talking about flea beetles. they're smaller than a
grain of rice, but are black and shiny. They especially go for eggplant,
too. You can cover plants with agricultural fleece until mid-summer, when
plants are larger and less palatable, and flea beetle population has
diminished. If you find out the name of the critter, you'll be a long way
toward controlling it. Margaret L
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