Posted by ladya00 on September 5, 2011, 7:12 am
All summer, I've had a problem with the leaves on the strawberries being
eaten, its not slugs or snails, or the usual caterpillars. I have found
the occasional tiny green caterpillar like thing, but only about maybe
5mm long max and not many of them ... eventually the leaves become
skeletonized. I always grow the everbearing all summer type, but it
seems that the crop has been much reduced this year. I've sprayed with
Murphy's intecticide to no avail. Anyone else had this problem? Thanks
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ladya00
Posted by howtogrowveg on September 9, 2011, 7:18 am
ladya00;935337 Wrote:
> All summer, I've had a problem with the leaves on the strawberries being
> eaten, its not slugs or snails, or the usual caterpillars. I have found
> the occasional tiny green caterpillar like thing, but only about maybe
> 5mm long max and not many of them ... eventually the leaves become
> skeletonized. I always grow the everbearing all summer type, but it
> seems that the crop has been much reduced this year. I've sprayed with
> Murphy's intecticide to no avail. Anyone else had this problem? Thanks
This web page has a good list of the pests which can attack
strawberries
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/ $department/deptdocs.nsf/all/prm2561
sadly, the cure for some of them is to get rid of your plants and start
again!
Hope this helps
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howtogrowveg
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> eaten, its not slugs or snails, or the usual caterpillars. I have found
> the occasional tiny green caterpillar like thing, but only about maybe
> 5mm long max and not many of them ... eventually the leaves become
> skeletonized. I always grow the everbearing all summer type, but it
> seems that the crop has been much reduced this year. I've sprayed with
> Murphy's intecticide to no avail. Anyone else had this problem? Thanks