Re: Asparagus

Because of these beetles, I discard the brown ferns in the fall/winter and
burn them the next spring; rather than using them for mulch on the bed.  I
read (somewhere) that the beetles may overwinter in the stalks.

Rene.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Day <nday@zoo.co.uk>
To: Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net <Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net>
Cc: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: Asparagus


>Steve wrote...
>
>> Also, asparagus beetles can be a problem early in the season.  I
>> hand-pick the adults but you have to develop the technique as they drop
>> to the ground or fly away at the slightest disturbance.  The larvae are
>> like grey slugs, but not slimy.  If hand-picking bothers you, use
>> rotenone on them.  By June the ladybugs usually are quite activly eating
>> the larvae and I don't worry about it after that.  (Note that a ladybug
>> larva looks like a tiny grey dragon.  Don't confuse the ladybug larva
>> for an asparagus beetle larva and pinch or spray it.  The ladybug larvae
>> eat the asparagus beetle larvae.)
>
>Good advice, Mr. Maritime.
>
>I often wonder how many people kill their ladybird larvae, thinking they
are
>something nasty. Anyone using a Mac might like to seek out my
Insecticons --
>icons of insects, real and imaginary; these include a picture of a ladybird
>larva. They are on most shareware sites, so you'll find them quite easily
>from a search engine.
>
>Rather than picking off the asparagus beetle larvae, I squash them by hand
>in situ which is faster.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Nick
>
>
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