Re: Hollyhocks and JBs
- Subject: Re: Hollyhocks and JBs
- From: J*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:02:36 EST
I get this skeletonizing also..Never looked for aworm but I sure will this
year.....does anybody else have any input on this?...Judy
> I occasionally find a JB inside a hollyhock flower--but the bumblebees get
> in
> there sometimes too, so I don't use my usual pinch-and-kill method with
> hollyhocks.
>
> However, there is some nasty little green worm that gets on the hollyhock
> leaves, both top and bottom, and skeletonizes the leaves. After several
> years of failure with hollyhocks, I discovered a huge worm of some kind in
> the litter at the base of the plant--once I got rid of this worm (I found
> several), the hollyhocks started to take off. But I'm still not sure what
> to
> do about the little green worm.
> Bill Lee
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