Re: Sweet potato vine pests
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Sweet potato vine pests
- From: D* B* T*
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:50:05 -0500
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What has amazed me in the last few years is how specific bugs find specific
plants. I had never seen a cabbage looper until last year when I had
ornamental cabbages in a pot; there they were, eating the HECK out my
cabbages!! Now the lovely sweet potato villain, which I also had never seen
(or heard of) before....
Perhaps everyone will want to plant the lovely yellow sweet potato so they
can have a look at this little treasure of a bug! And now I will go out to
exterminate them....
I'm thinking of making the effort of taking one to the extension office's
master gardeners, and now that I have a family name for it, I'm even more
enticed.
Diann
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> connie hoy
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 5:28 PM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Sweet potato vine pests
>
>
> Hi Diann,
> seems this (certain)bug subject comes up once or twice a season ..
> It comforts me to know that someone has it besides me..(most
> folks including the
> 'experts'just shrug it off as they dont know what I'm talking about.)
>
> The really fascinating thing is that it seems only to be attracted to the
> Ipomoea family
> i.e.your Sweet P.vine, here it goes for the bindweed which of
> course is same
> family.So in a way it has befriended me as it bothers no other plants (so
> far)over the several years it has been in the area.
>
> Gosh, wish it would kill off the miserable stuff (and then of
> course just leave
> the yard:)
> Its proably one of the prettiest insect I have ever seen..Some of
> pure gold some
> with mother of pearl over gold...Same shape and size as lady bugs
> here so these
> seems to be larger than yours,perhaps yours are still immature.?I
> will keep an
> eye out for them on my S.potato vines thanks for letting us know this.
>
> Diann Barbee Thoma wrote:
>
> > I have a couple pots with yellow sweet potato vine. It's certainly
> > beautiful except something is eating gazillions of little holes in the
> > leaves (~1/8" to 1/4). I've examined the plant day and night,
> and all I can
> > find are very small round beetles, about 1/8", of metallic
> GOLD. They are
> > certainly amazing-looking bugs, but my local extension office
> couldn't help
> > identify them or tell me what else may be redesigning the
> plants--so anyone
> > know if this beetle is likely the demon?? ...and if so, what
> to use to stop
> > their damaging behavior.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Diann
> > zone 5b
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On
> Behalf Of
> > > cajun Joe
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 11:09 AM
> > > To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> > > Subject: [SG] BLACK = Sweet potato vine habits
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello -
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you plant your potato vine in a pot, or in the ground?
> > >
> > > If you plant it in the ground, does it grow up again the
> following year?
> > >
> > >
> > > Does it take over everything?
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it hard to get rid of if you plant it in the ground??
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you = Cajun Joe
> > >
>
