From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-07-06 13:14, 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 ...   
      
   Hi Snag,   
      
   Anaheims?   Love Anaheims?  Do you fertilize them much?   
   I just put fertilizer at the bottom of the hole when I transplant them.   
      
   -T   
      
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