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Old 20-07-2007, 05:01 PM posted to rec.gardens
William Wagner[_2_] William Wagner[_2_] is offline
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Default cucumber beetle infestation - what to do?

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Check into "neem". It's been getting popular in the organic gardening
world for a few years now. Comes from an Indian tree. Apparently,
people in India just take it as a tonic, also. Anyway, there are a lot
of neem preparations around these days. i even saw some in Home Depot.


I have so many bugs now, mostly beneficial, I'm hesitant to do anything. My
garden has turned into a forest, and the cucumber beetles can't hurt it any.
I'm concerned that they will breed most prolifically - I need something that
kills them and not the other bugs. My daughters would never forgive me for
killing so much as one ladybug.


Fingers work just a small squeeze. Consider ant lions

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il...s/antlion.html

We have them about but I have no idea if you can purchase these monsters.

Bill

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