Re: insects in the greenhouse
- Subject: Re: insects in the greenhouse
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 03:49:59 -0400
Expect it would be if you could catch them. A lot of predators are
really tiny - parasitic wasps, lace wings and the like. From my end
of life, don't have time to go bug hunting like that, but see no
reason why 'wild' ones couldn't be tamed to work in a greenhouse...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Madelin Holtkamp <madelin@pacific.net>
> Just musing here, but would it be possible to gather up some of the
> beneficial insects that keep plants clean in the garden and move
them into
> the greenhouse? I know that there is a very nice bug around here
that
> looks just like a lightning bug (but without the light) that comes
around
> each year just about when I think that i'm going to have to do
something
> about aphids. There are probably plenty other such insects for
other pests
> and perhaps one could just move them to winter quarters.
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