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Re: The Wacki Dear Abbey!

That is one heck of a good idea.  I'll be out there with my shop vac
suckin' aphids, beetles and ants off my plants.  Watch out slugs! Here I
come! 	VVRROOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!  THOOOCK!  VVRROOOOM!  THOOOCK THOOOCK! 
VVROOOOOM!  hehehehehe

Eric Raymond
Port Orchard, WA (Slug Capitol)


Chris Andersen wrote:
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^^^
> > John,
> >      I'm from the west coast. I had a cucumber beetle siting 2 days ago.
> > There were 2 of them on a unprotected back up plant and this has me
> worried
> > too. When I remove the cloches from the 4 plants I am tending I'll be
> > smashing and squishing the ones I can catch. Last year it took one hour
> to
> > get around one plant to kill them . I couldn't keep up with them and I
> was
> > loosing leaves to bacterial wilt. I will start a spray program this year.
> 
> > Hmmm. Not what I want to do. This is necessary to be competitive. So I'll
> > do it..
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^^
> Shellie,
> 
> Of course Sevin or Diazanon works great but here is one more thought in
> lieu of Spray or in addition to spraying, if you see cukes, squash bugs
> etc. in your patch.
> 
> And yes some of you may think I am nuts.
> 
> Get out your good old trusty Dust Buster, make sure the Bats. are charged,
> start out with the crack and crevice tool, works the best!
> Then head out into your patch and just suck them up as you see them!
> 
> Chris Andersen
> Moraga, Calif.
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