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Re: Locusts

barriers ought to do it, though locusts is one pest I've never had to deal
with, thank the great pumpkin god! Try reemay, the floating row-cover spun
cloth, very light, put it over the whole plant. One thing, though is you
have to make sure the edges don't come apart and let the pests in that way.
Duct tape them together, bury the perimeter edges in the soil and I don't
think the locusts can get at it to do it any damage.

Denise McCann Beck
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia

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> From: Wendy Stayner <pumpkin@ajm.net.au>
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Locusts
> Date: September 21, 1997 11:05 PM
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I think I know the answer, but I will ask anyway, I have had a question
> from a grower in the Pilbara Section of Australia (way up North in
> Western Australia, it is very hot and humid there).  Her question is
> about Locusts, does anyone know a way of controlling these and save her
> pumpkins.   
> 
> If anyone does have an idea, I will pass them on.  Thanks for your help.
> 
> Wendy Stayner (Australia)
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