Re: cuke beetles

I wonder if it is possible to put a decoy food in your patch for them to
eat.
It is just a thought but do they enjoy something else more than pumpkin
plant?
Maybe you could feed them instead of killing them. This is in response to
that
hippie groundhog hugger guy :)

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Russ,
>
> I totally agree with you on the subject of Sevin being basically useless
> against common pumpkin insect pests.  It does kill ants, however, and
> probably
> some other insects, but as for squash bugs and cucumber beetles, Sevin is
> worse than useless.
>
> On the contrary, I think the buggers actually enjoy being sprayed with
> Sevin.
>
> Steve
>
> --- On Sun, 8/15/10, Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> From: Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: cuke beetles
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 6:03 PM
>
> If you apply later in the day, once the heat and sun is starting to go down
> you should be okay.  I still advocate a double attack if you are seeing
> more
> than a few cuke beetles.  The Bayer Advantage containing imidichlorprin
> (Merit) is good to use as a drench and then you can spray Triazicide as
> well.
> I use Triazicide on about 100 Hyrbrid T Roses and have never experienced
> any
> spray damage as long as I spray later in the evening.  Even the open blooms
> show know damage. Sevin has been around for a long time.  My belief is that
> Sevin is no longer very effective because insects have gain resistance to
> it.
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