Re: Japanese Beetles
- Subject: Re: Japanese Beetles
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 21:20:58 EDT
In a message dated 5/6/02 6:10:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
<< If you come in my garden during JB time, you will see little jars of water
in
several locations. >>
What do you consider JB time? The first adults hatch here about July 4th and
continue maturing and appearing until the middle of September. There is no
letup in the daily appearances. You cannot kill them as you have to do it
daily. With the roses gone from the food supply and wild grapes now planted
on the fence lines the only plant left liked by the JB's is any thing related
to a hollyhock. We leave them alone on the grape vines occasionally picking
off a coffee can full. The grape vines as a trap plant has been the most
helpful thing we have done. We don't have any neighbors so the JB's here are
all ours. Wild grape vines are very weedy so it is a good match, they are
absolutely covered with beetles, a somewhat disgusting sight.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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