RE: Cold weather & pests
Hi Wim,
The latin name for the most common marigold is tagetes patula. These are
the common French marigold, there are other species as well. For
nasturtiums it is tropaeolum majus. Both are common annuals and easy to
grow.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
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> From: Wim Van Loock [SMTP:EYES_T@bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:24 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Cold weather & pests
>
> Thanks for the info, Chris !
>
> What are Marigolds and nasturtiums ??
> Is nasturtium the latin name ??
> If so, can you give me the full latin name
> of those two plants ?? I don't speak English,
> so I don't know the local names....
>
> Thanks again !
>
> Wim
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> Van: "Michalec, Chris" <cmicha@chmc.org>
> Aan: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Verzonden: dinsdag 9 januari 2001 18:42
> Onderwerp: RE: Cold weather & pests
>
>
> >
> > Hi Wim,
> > Those black "leaf lice" that attract ants are aphids. If you look
> > closely they are often a purlpe color. The ants "farm" them and collect
> the
> > honeydew "liquid aphid poop" mostly sugars that the ant feed on. Aphids
> are
> > a problem as they drain vital juices from the plants weakening them and
> are
> > known to carry viral diseases from one crop to another. They could
> infect
> > the pumpkins with the watermelon mosaic virus which has no treatment or
> > cure. I used micorrhizal innoculant last year on my plants. I didn't
> see
> > any significant difference, but I did grow my largest pumpkins yet, so
> > apparantly no harm done. Marigolds, and nasturtiums have been purported
> to
> > be useful and repelling unwanted insect pests. I have grown marigolds
> next
> > to my pumpkin hills the past two seasons, but haven't really noticed if
> they
> > really helped in that regard. It would take a significant number of
> > marigolds to really cover a pumpkin patch once the plants take off.
> Garlic
> > is said to repel aphids and I must admit I have never had an aphid
> problem
> > with my garlic. As for its effectiveness in repelling them from
> surrounding
> > plants I think they probably aren't much help. I have grown dahlias
> around
> > my patch for the past two seasons and have found them to be an effective
> > trap crop for spotted cucumber beetles. The beetles seem to prefer the
> > dahias smooth leaves, stems and flowers to the prickly pumpkin plants.
> Last
> > season I only found two cucumber beetles in male pumpkin flowers when I
> was
> > done pollinating. I found a lot more on the dahlias. Cucumber beetles
> can
> > also carry viral diseases and growing in an area where I cannot use
> chemical
> > pesticides I have found this to be an effective control.
> >
> > Chris Michalec
> > Covington, WA
> >
> > > I know that some people use other plants to keep insects
> > > away from their favourite crop. Why not fungi ??
> > >
> > > By the way, did any of you already use a plant to protect
> > > another one from 1 specific insect ?? If so, what was the result ??
> > > I once used onions to get snails away......Just throw them at the
> little
> > > bastards !!!....:-))
> > > No, when you plant onions around a plant, some kind of snails just
> don't
> > > come near anymore ! ! They don't like the smell.
> > >
> > > On fungicides, I never used them in gardening....., except to get
> > > some garden-woodwork last longer. Never to keep plants free
> > > from fungi. The things, which do the most harm to plants over
> > > here, are mildew and some kind of black 'leaf-lice' which always
> > > sits in colonies on the leaves. They also attract ants.
> > >
> > > Greetings.
> > >
> > > Wim Van Loock
> > > "Mr. Belgium" - I liked that........ :-))
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> > > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > > Van: LIpumpkin@aol.com <L*@aol.com>
> > > Aan: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> > > Verzonden: dinsdag 9 januari 2001 0:56
> > > Onderwerp: Re: Cold weather & pests
> > >
> > > Nice article Mr.Belgium...thanks. It confirms what I thought about
> > > this when
> > > it was discussed last year on the list.....that the methods we use
> > > of
> > > overfertilization and watering (or at least to excess ! ) ,and the
> > > constant
> > > pampering pretty much eliminate the big benefit hoped for. Also,I
> > > sometimes
> > > wonder if our preventive and scheduled applications of
> > > Benlate,Benomil,Daconyl ( fungisides), etc would wipe out any high
> > > dollar
> > > fungi before any benefits were seen.......just my two cents worth.
> > > Again...thanks for the article..........G
> > >
> >
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