Re: Green Beans - Leaf Attack

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• Subject: Re: Green Beans - Leaf Attack
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• Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:15:53 -0700
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Al Neller wrote:
> 
> At 06:11 PM 7/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Al Neller wrote:
> >>
> >> The last two years my green beans have been defoliated by aggressive yellow
> >> bugs that selectively eat only my bean leaves to the point where an entire
> >> row of them die for lack of leaves...  in the process I get a really nice
> >> single harvest of beans... but that's it for the year.  Does anyone have a
> >> solution to what the yellow bug is and how to stop it...it is eating as we
> >> speak!  We are talking of a 50 ft row of beans.  These bugs eat nothing
> >> else in the large garden.
> >>               Al Neller
> >
> >
> >What do you mean by "bugs".  Are they a type of beetle?  What size are
> >they?  Where do you live (i.e. what state or nation)?
> >
> >Steve  (Maritime...)
> >
> Steve, see Lorraine Hoag's post last night.... she was able to describe the
> "Mexican Bean Beetle" perfectly in it's early stages.  The green beans are
> being treated this am per her suggestions.
>         The yellow larva / bugs / young beetles are now 1/2 cm long... they live
> on the underside of the leaves and don't stop until the plants has no
> foilage and the entire bean plant dies after birthing one single bean
> offering.  I am in New Hampshire (New England , USA) directly north of
> Boston on the Seacoast.  I am extensively planted in a big farmfield
> (acreage ...two of us work the veggies).
> 
>                                         Al


I'd suggest a less drastic route than the carbaryl or diazanon
treatment.  Carbaryl will also kill off the pollinators so if you use it
too much or too often you'll end up with no beans anyway.  And dumping
poison on my food was never very appealing...

Steve  (Maritime...)

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