Jangchub wrote:

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:08:03 -0400, "Paul E.
Lehmann" wrote:

Jangchub wrote:

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:12:46 -0400, "Paul E.
Lehmann" wrote:

I have a backyard vineyard of about 100 vines.
Does anyone know of any plants that are
natural insect repellants that I could plant
between the
vines. I do not need a product I can eat but
something that is pretty would be an added
bonus.

What insect are you trying to repel?

Foliar spraying with liquid seaweed or also
sold under sea kelp has been shown to repel
spider mites.

I'd have to know more to give accurate
information.

I am particularly interested in getting rid of
Japanese beatles.

The best thing is to eliminmate the grubs in the
soil before they
become beetles. The long term solution is to
use a product called
Milky Spore. It's an organic pathogen which is
host specific. OR, the use of beneficial
nematodes is also a much faster way to get rid
of grubs in the soil. I don't know of anything
which would repel Japanese beetles, but I can
tell you that if you use foliar sprays of liquid
seaweed weekly, the plants will be much
healthier and will
repel the insects themselves. In general,
insects are drawn to unhealthy plants before
they are drawn to healthy plants.

I have heard about the milky spore product but I
also heard that you need neighbors who will
cooperate and use it also because the beatles do
fly and they will just migrate in from nearby.
Also the beatles I have eat very healthy plants -
roses and young grape shoots - in addition to
other things.