Thursday, June 18, 2009

Potato Beetle Update

I've been on potato beetle patrol since my last post on the subject. A few days ago I had a banner day - not really seeing the grown ones anymore but was seeing a LOT of the larvae of various sizes. Crushed everything I saw (yes, this is VERY gross). I found that folding over and pinching the leaf they're on works pretty well and keeps the goop to a minimum. I also found about 5 or six patches of orange eggs, on the underside of the potato plant leaves, and on my eggplant! So I got rid of all of them. The day after that I saw substantially less larvae....Sorry but I didn't have the camera on me during this exercise...

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