Re: Little black eggs
My guess is that you have black aphids. I found the underside of the leaves
black with droppings and aphids to a point at which they seemed to be
blocking the leaves from doing their job.
Yesterday I spent 2 hours with a hand held sprayer with a solution of Safer
Insecticidal Soap and I sprayed the entire under side of each leaf followed
by the top. Today I checked the plants and I found no live aphids, but gobs
of messy black droppings. My plant was slowing down a bit and hopefully this
will allow the plant to get going again.
I am not a big expert on the bugs, but I am pretty sure I am correct on this
solution.
Richard Koch
Bremerton, Washington
----- Original Message -----
From: <Peneilope@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Little black eggs
>
> Hello,
>
> I found thousands of little black eggs laid on the underside of my pumpkin
> leaves. At first I thought the plant wasn't getting enough water since
the
> leafs were getting wilted, but upon closer inspection, I found the eggs.
It
> almost looked as if mud had splashed up under the leaves they were so
> infested with the black eggs. I sprayed "Bug-B-Gone" and today they are
> looking 75% better, but I am still very uncomfortable with the whole
thing.
> In the mean while, the pumpkin has stopped growing! :( Does anyone know
> what this is?
>
> Sincerely,
> Karri
> Santa Maria, Ca.
>
> Peneilope@aol.com
>
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