Re: little green worms
- Subject: Re: little green worms
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:44:16 EST
In a message dated 1/7/03 10:47:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
> No, these are usually stretched out along the veins of the leaves, making
> them even harder to see. And I think I see them more in mid-late summer
> when
> the hollyhocks are in bloom here in Cincinnati. I have not tried spraying
> them with anything. Yet.
If you only see them at one part of the growing season, it is likely that one
hatch of this (probably) flying insect is the larva on your hollyhocks. If
you never ID them, you might try to spray them, all of them, one year in the
hope that you will prevent adults from developing and keep them away,
entirely, from your hollyhocks. If you spray for the rose slug, and it is
hard to remember everything needed in the early summer, and if you kill all
of them or at least nearly all of them, you are free of this pest for years.
One hatch only. This would be as opposed to the JB's which are capable of
producing adults daily for more than two months so they usually win the
battle.
On JB's and hollyhocks, the Abutilon (same family) is equally attacked. I
have a favorite that I root every spring and hang in an arch to "tighten up"
for bringing indoors in the fall. It is covered with rotenone all summer and
looks perfect in September. I do several and keep them close to the garden
shed part of the barn. I have noticed if something is very close to the rain
barrels, it gets watered. Close to the shed, gets dusted a lot, close to the
house those things one loves best.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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