RE: :Repellant plants
Sorry, but they do repel them. Cucumber beetles along with squash bugs are
drawn to the bitter odor of plants of the cucurbita, like cucumbers and
squash which give off the most bitter odor. Mustard greens make a very good
trap crop for squash bugs and cucumber bugs, I plant them in a smaller
garden beside my pumpkin patch for just that reason. It works very well.
Their is a book that is very very interesting called The Organic
Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control. I got it from
Rodale Press Organic book club. On page 419, it talks about how cuc. bugs
are repelled by radishes
-----Original Message-----
From: BILL J. SADOWSKI [SMTP:BSADOWSKI@CompuServe.COM]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 9:13 PM
To: INTERNET:pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: RE::Repellant plants
I thought the raddish actually attracted the beetles and bugs. By planting
them, the beetles will be drawn away from the pumpkins or cucurbytes.
Then spray the raddish and destroy the invaders.
Bill Sadowski, Ohio
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