Posted by General Schvantzkoph on June 25, 2009, 5:48 pm
A voracious bug of some sort is eating my bean plants. What's the best
way to handle this problem.
Posted by Steve Peek on June 25, 2009, 7:21 pm
If I had to make a guess, it's Mexican bean beetles. The only thing remotely
organic that helps is Bonide's Rotenone/pyrethrum blend. For some unknown
reason we don't have many this year, I'm just hand picking in the evening.
Best of luck,
Steve
>A voracious bug of some sort is eating my bean plants. What's the best
> way to handle this problem.
>
Posted by General Schvantzkoph on June 25, 2009, 8:48 pm
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:56 -0700, Just Me wrote:
>> A voracious bug of some sort is eating my bean plants. What's the best
>> way to handle this problem.
>
> Well General, if you're living anywhere east of the Rockies, chances are
> you've got a Manilla style sneak attack from the Japanese Beetles. See
> the post, "Will Chrysanthemums Work? And check out that link, see where
> it speaks of making a spray from "flea and tick soap" mixed with a tbsp
> of ammonia to the gallon of water.
>
> Soon as this Sevin I sprayed today wears off, that's goiing to be my
> next experiment. Meanwhile, that Sevin works. But, so much as people are
> using it more and more to deal with this plague, according to some, it's
> already doing a job on the honey bees. We got NO peaches and apples this
> year. This could be related.
>
> P.S. What does "Schvantzkopf" mean in Yiddish? ;-)
I'd rather not translate it in mixed company. I use it in newsgroups
because it's flame proof, if you call yourself Schvantzkoph it doesn't
leave a lot of room for anyone to insult you.
I'm in Massachusetts so Japanese beetles are more likely than Mexican
bean beetles. They used to make Japanese beetle traps that had a
pheromone attractant inside of a bag, do those still exist.
Posted by Just Me on June 25, 2009, 9:46 pm
wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:56 -0700, Just Me wrote:
> >> A voracious bug of some sort is eating my bean plants. What's the best
> >> way to handle this problem.
> > Well General, if you're living anywhere east of the Rockies, chances are
> > you've got a Manilla style sneak attack from the Japanese Beetles. See
> > the post, "Will Chrysanthemums Work? And check out that link, see where
> > it speaks of making a spray from "flea and tick soap" mixed with a tbsp
> > of ammonia to the gallon of water.
> > Soon as this Sevin I sprayed today wears off, that's goiing to be my
> > next experiment. Meanwhile, that Sevin works. But, so much as people are
> > using it more and more to deal with this plague, according to some, it's
> > already doing a job on the honey bees. We got NO peaches and apples this
> > year. This could be related.
> > P.S. What does "Schvantzkopf" mean in Yiddish? ;-)
> I'd rather not translate it in mixed company. I use it in newsgroups
> because it's flame proof, if you call yourself Schvantzkoph it doesn't
> leave a lot of room for anyone to insult you.
You know, that's just what I was thinking when I joined the group,
soc.culture.jewish.moderated under nym of "Shmendrik"? And you're
right. It did work for awhile, till people started making comments
like, "Can there be a shmendrik--from Iowa? But who said I was from
there? Not me. Then along came the one who said, "Shmendrik! Don't
try to live up to your name." It was all downhill after that.
> I'm in Massachusetts so Japanese beetles are more likely than Mexican
> bean beetles. They used to make Japanese beetle traps that had a
> pheromone attractant inside of a bag, do those still exist.
Yes, but again, see the first post in the Chrysanthemum thread. There
are many who say those bags just make things worse.
Here's the pretty little suspect in question, though these images can
never do such a bug justice. Not like seeing one close up and
personal, all iridescent green and copper toned, shining in the sun,
being squashed between a nimble forefinger and thumb.
http://tinyurl.com/kp3aln
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