Hey Mate..... Thanks for the reply from Downunder.. I haven't seen any
more Mantid emerge. I know the cux beetles are on thier way and I
hope the mantid get big quick since I want to keep an "organic" garden
but when that crowd shows up its TIME FOR WAR...Chemical ******* Killer
and the Mantids will leave/die from the stuff. Where do some of the
college Ag web sites come up with crap like??? solutions to Cucumber
beetle problems...Try hand picking??? Last year for me within 24 hours
of the cucumber flowers there were thousands of both spotted and
striped varmits. I had 12 plants...Like these college eggheads have
ever been outside a sterile greenhouse before. Anyway I put all my
"babies" out 3 weeks early here in Madison, IL St Louis area and the
weather has been REAL WARM and soil temp too. So far Toms, Cux
Squash Peppers are doing fine. Brox and Brus Spts have been in for
6 weeks and lettuce always loves this time of year. Its all good.
Thanks Farmer Joe