Re: help! earwigs



perennials DIGEST wrote:
> 
Judy,
you probably have earwigs becuase of the dampness and also that it is
too wet and cool in their usual hangout, namely my garden!!!
I prefer to use non-poisonous methods and have had great success with
diatomaceous earth. There is a brand called insectigone. You just
sprinkle it all around and it also helps agains slugs and snails. You do
have to reapply after rains but that is really the case with everything.

They don't really seem to be that dangerous in that they munch away but
don't kill the plant. They seem to mostly disfigure the blooms.But they
are quite revolting to behold. They can also pinch you with their claws
if you get in their way as we discovered when we had left some clothing
outside and discovered that it was chosen as a daytime hiding place!!
good luck with their eradication
Gilly

> 
> I have never had earwigs in my garden before this year.  What type of damage
> are they going to do, how bad, how can I control or rid myself of
> them????.........any advice would be greatly appreciated.  You may email me
> personally if you have had experience with them.
> Judy in VA, zone 7
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:38:54 -0700
> From: Vicki Trout <vicki@shop-utopia.com>
> Subject: Re: help!  earwigs!!!
> 
> >I have never had earwigs in my garden before this year.  What type of damage
> >are they going to do, how bad, how can I control or rid myself of
> >them????.........any advice would be greatly appreciated.  You may email me
> >personally if you have had experience with them.
> >Judy in VA, zone 7
> >
> 
> Hi Judy I'm new to the list. I experienced this problem last year in my
> vegetable garden. It wasn't until I went out at night with a flashlight
> that I discovered thousands of earwigs on my green beans munching away. I
> used diazinon. I discovered they were coming out of some stacked wood and
> rocks nearby. I also treated those areas and my green beans were saved.
> 
> Vicki
> Tacoma, WA
> http://www.createastone.com
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:23:35 -0500
> From: "Barb Pernacciaro" <bpern@idcnet.com>
> Subject: RE: Day lily identification?
> 
> It looks like one I have too. I got it from a friend which makes me think
> it's a bit of a spreader. It is small flowered and sort of brick orangy red
> in color.
> 
> barb p. in wis where it's raining again and the #$%& mosquitoes have taken
> over the world.
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:04:35 -0400
> From: "Judy Warner" <warner@massed.net>
> Subject: Re: Foxgloves, poppies, growing wild
> 
> Foxgloves are seen all over wild in New Zealand's South Island.  In fact I
> was told as I oohed and aahed, that it was a bit like exclaiming how
> beautiful someone's dandelions are here--not sure if this was a joke or not.
> I also saw valley spread with different colors of lupine that were wild.
> Judy Warner
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> From: Louise <louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Foxgloves, poppies, growing wild
> 
> >
> >  During my recent
> > >trip, I was thrilled to see the truly splendid common
> > foxglove, Digitalis
> > >purpurea, growing wild in the English countryside.  (In
> > France and England I
> > >saw wild poppies, too -- imagine that -- poppies growing
> > wild!)  --Janis
> >
> > The things we take for granted over here.  But then, I
> > suppose if we were to visit the US we would see other plants
> > that we only have in cultivation (columbine, ecchinacaea
> > spring to mind) growing in the wild.  Would that be the
> > case?
> >
> > Louise, Surrey, England
> >
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:07:51 EDT
> From: NitaCretbc@aol.com
> Subject: Re: master gardeners
> 
> I am a master gardner in Michigan and it is probably the most fulfilling
> class I have ever taken.  I am 53 and prior to the class had been just
> slugging along with gardening.  The class here is 12 weeks w/4 hr sessions.
> You then are required to complete 40 hrs of community service, which in our
> area is not difficult to do thru the local arboretum society.  I would highly
> recommend it - however was not interested in the pursuit of a career -
> looking more toward retirement than careers - so cannot be of much assistance
> in that area.
> 
> Nita
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:22:26 EDT
> From: Dee Ann Scheller <dee.ann.scheller@juno.com>
> Subject: Linaria
> 
> Hi Susan,
> 
> The blooms of the linaria that I have in my garden resemble small yellow
> snapdragon they are upright plants about 18 inches tall with a gray green
> foliage, the "leaves" rather resemble pine needles.
> Dee Ann
> S.W. Indiana
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:44:28 -0400 (EDT)
> From: John Ford <jford@runet.edu>
> Subject: Re: ornamental grass/sedum
> 
> Hi Susan,
> 
> The grass you mentioned sounds like Stipa tenuissima which gets to
> be about 70 cm (2 ft plus) in my yard.  It has a nice V-shape with
> delicate, nodding awns that give a very nice fountain effect.  The
> overall effect is very delicate plant with a soft appearance.  The
> common name for this grass is Feather Grass which suits it's
> appearance very nicely.
> 
> If the sedum you saw has uneven variegation which varies from a
> creamy yellow to a creamy white; it may be Sedum "Frosty Morn".
> I have seen it variously identified as a variegated form of Sedum
> spectabile (Hylotelephium spectabile according to most of my
> references), a hybrid between S. spectabile and H. telephiodes,
> a hybrid between S. spectabile and an unknown sedum; the only
> thing that they seem to agree on is that it originated in Japan.
> Whatever it is; it is a very nice plant.
> 
> John
> in the sweltering - this is supposed to be zone 6b :<) - mountains
> of southwest Virginia
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