Re: LIVE _ FROM SQUASHBORER LAND USA!!!
Cool trick! I'll have to try it. I have hand smacked my share of SVB moths in
the past, but I can't be out there guarding the patch 24 hrs. a day. Thanks!
--Chris Wilbers
Springfield, MO
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DBHASKARAN@aol.com wrote:
> Chris,
> I put about 6 jugs around the patch and it caught a bunch....since I still
> saw the darn moths till mid-August here in Rochester, MN....keep these jugs
> out all season ;-).
> (Whoever says they have a "short" season is kidding you...do not let your
> guard down!)
> Ok....look at my previous listing for the components to mix.
> I take a plastic gallon milk carton and put a hole in it 3" x 5"...but high
> enough that the components do not leak out ;-)....I leave the top on the milk
> carton to help keep the rain out and try to face it away from the rain
> direction...ie...to the east.
> They fly into the "sweetness" and drown.
> Note: a great side effect is that I caught a zillion of those little
> strawberry and raspberry beetles that eat the berries. Also it does not seem
> to bother the bees...
> Dave
> Rochester, MN
> In a message dated 11/8/99 11:53:58 PM Central Standard Time,
> nevus@sofnet.com writes:
>
> << David,
>
> How does your milk jug trick work? Do you paint them yellow? A few more
> details
> on this please....
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Wilbers
> Springfield, MO
> >>
>
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