Re: Mashing Japanese beetles
- Subject: Re: Mashing Japanese beetles
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:11:41 EDT
In a message dated 6/30/02 11:53:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ECPep@aol.com
writes:
> Last week! You guys already have them? No JB's here yet but we know they
> are lining up somewhere getting ready to come calling.
Oh, yes, they're here now. Your rain may be delaying them--here the soil is
nice and baked and the sun shines hot every day.
>
> Nancy you are a true plantswoman. Mashing a JB with the fingers is the
> test.
===>If I see one when I don't have my jar of water at hand, I'll squash it
with my fingers too, but I certainly don't claim to be a true plantswoman!!!
>
> A pity someone does not think of something useful to do with pails full of
> JB's. Someone on another list mentioned using one of those portable vacuum
>
> cleaners, dustbusters or something like that. Once or twice a day through
> the garden.
===>I could do it every 15 minutes and find new ones in the same places I had
just cleared. they have their favorite hangouts.
Bill Lee
z6a Cincinnati
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