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Little-TON - Colorado

IZ is too early for the CB'Z?? Have seen a few but so far not like last year......

8/7/2008 11:33:13 AM

Massillon, Ohio

You don't need to worry about them, Wiz.
They ALL came to my place this year.....thousands of them! ......Glenna

8/7/2008 11:45:56 AM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I've only seen one so far myself, and I'm not complaining.

8/7/2008 11:54:36 AM

Johnston, R.I.

Want some, be glad to send some.....

8/7/2008 11:57:18 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

only saw one or two this year and aint complaining

8/7/2008 12:10:20 PM

Columbus,ohio

nana rea is right

8/7/2008 1:16:04 PM

Ohio

I agree wuth Nana, I seen the most this year then I have in the past three years put together. I think there has been alot of lost pumpkins/plants this year because of the nasty desease they cause.

8/7/2008 1:57:25 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Last year they hit us in a cloud, this year Im wanting to have a plan of attack if they come....Garlic is what Im wanting to due. Do you spray a perimeter around the patch or the leaves......We dont want to burn the leaves.....

Please Advise

8/7/2008 2:39:29 PM

[email protected]

I've seen way less this year too.

8/7/2008 5:42:42 PM

Reed Point Montana

whats a cuke beetle? lol i have never had any problem with any bugs harming my plants for the 10 years i have been growing

8/7/2008 6:48:51 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I've had a fair amount of them. Not as many as the last two years it seems. I think one of my pumpkins has some type of mosaic virus, maybe due to cuke beetles....although they didn't do too much damage to the leaves of this plant.
I use Garlic Barrier at the recommended concentration. I haven't used it since pollinations started around mid July, that might have been my problem. I think spraying every 5-7 days may be a good schedule....but that's just a guess.

8/7/2008 7:38:02 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

If they get thick, I hit them with a good spray to knock down the population. Then I use cheap garlic powder from WalMart, $0.50 a bottle. I just sprinkle it all over and it repells them without harm to the plant.

8/7/2008 7:55:13 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Iowegian...do you sprinkle it on the soil, the plant, or both?

8/8/2008 3:40:20 PM