From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 4:14:39 PM UTC-4, Snag wrote:   
   > Were eating my beans up pretty badly , but I'm somewhat controlling   
   > their numbers now . I sprayed the plants - blue lake pole beans - before   
   > they flowered with some fruit tree spray (checked with my Plant Guru   
   > first , she said it was OK) that has permethrin and neem oil and that   
   > worked fairly well . Once they flower I can't use pesticides because of   
   > the bees , so I'm drowning the bugs in soapy water . What I'm doing is   
   > holding a gallon size ice cream container with an inch or so of soapy   
   > water in it under the leaf they're on . I touch or shake the leaf , they   
   > land in the soapy water and drown . Early in the morning is a good time   
   > as is late afternoon/early evening - but you can find them just about   
   > any time of day . I'm not preventing all the damage , but I'm reducing   
   > it enough that it's not a big deal . And this year the beans are loaded   
   > loaded with blossoms and teeny tiny beans . I am optimistic ...   
   >    Also , the tomatoes are doing very well , loaded with fruit and   
   > blossoming like crazy .  We've started picking cucumbers and a few   
   > peppers (California Wonder red/green and Anaheims) and the bees are   
   > doing very well , putting up lots of honey . Everything seems to be   
   > going well this year - I think it's partly because I'm spending more   
   > time out there and partly due to fertilizing with generous quantities   
   > of rabbit droppings ...   
   > --   
   > Snag   
   > Illegitimi non   
   > carborundum   
      
   Several years ago the Japanese beetles were eating up my grape plants. I got   
   some traps that attracted them then trapped them in a disposable bag. These   
   are still available at Amazon, Home Depot, etc.   
      
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