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   On 7/6/2020 5:19 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   I did this years ago and would point out my mistake of putting the traps   
   near the grapes as the beetles congregated there.  Trap should be placed   
   away for the crop.   
      
   Funny how they are no longer pests here.  I think the treatment bacillus   
   thuringiensis has taken control in the neighborhood.   
      
   Suggest Snag look into this.   
      
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