Re: cure for leaf miners on/in Aquilegia?
At 08:28 PM 5/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>ginny wrote:
>>
>> Matt,
>>
>> You should pick off and destroy any leaves showing infestation. You can
>> prune the stems back to new, healthy growth also. Sometimes a spraying of
>> insecticidal soap for several weeks will help. Leafminers overwinter in
the
>> soil. It would be a good idea to cultivate around plants late in the fall
>> to expose them to birds and other predators.
>>
>> Whenever mine get leafminers, I just ignore them. Usually the plants do
>> just fine.
>>
>> Ginny
>>
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>Leaf miners live between the top layer and bottom layer of cellular
>tissue. No amount of insecticidal soap can get to them.
>Use Orthene.
>Sorry, Ginny.
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Beneficial wasps take care of leafminers for me. Leafminers do some damage
in my garden until the beneficial wasp population builds up, then they take
care of the problem. Plant stuff like umbelliferae to attract them.
Margaret
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