Gold Flies and plants Cuc. beetles prefer
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Gold Flies and plants Cuc. beetles prefer
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:25:13 EDT
Growers;
I have in my garden flies with gold bodies and clear wings. They are
the size of small house flies. Are they any danger, does anyone know what
they are? They are very bright colored and good looking, if a fly can be good
looking.
For those who are planting decoy plants, I have noticed that my
Zucchini Squash plants drew many Cucumber beetles while the yellow summer
squash drew almost none. Conclusion, Cuc. beetles prefer Zucchini 25 to 1. I
am not sure if decoy plants are the way to go. I've had a ton of the beetles
this year and wonder if the extra plants actually drew more beetles to my
patch. Do they smell them or what?
On the flat Vine question I've had much more of it this year.
I pol. two female flowers today on my early plant. 935 lloyd x 600
Jones (Zehr)
Alan R.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
