Re: cuke beetles
- Subject: Re: cuke beetles
- From: K* M* <f*@att.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:55:05 -0700
Debbie,
Can you get your hands on a small portable vacuum cleaner? I wouldn't
use it on the AGs, but if you find cuke beetles elsewhere in the
patch, gobble them up.
(Then subject them to the agonizing death they deserve.)
Good luck!
Kathie
On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Brian Taylor wrote:
> I've been treating my patch with ortho max and the bayer bug killer
> mixed at
> the recommended mix every 2 weeks, been keeping them at bay. I've
> always
> had fits with squash bugs. I treated the soil during the soil prep
> stage
> with grub killer per advice from this group. with all these
> chemicals, i've
> seen less pests than I ever have. I spray of an evening, while the
> blossoms are closed, that way the bees can still do what they need
> to do.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Debbie Runkle <yorunk13@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I am seeing more cuke beetles around the plants. This morning I
>> noticed
>> them in
>> the male flowers. My insecticide program consists of Ortho Max
>> every other
>> week
>> with 70% Neem Oil on the off week. Should I be worried?
>>
>> Debbie
>>
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