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29-06-2005 07:26 PM

how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

TQ	30-06-2005 12:13 AM

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how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

How many plants are you tending? Hand-picking the beetles and squashing the
orange egg clusters are effective and safe ways to control them.

RR	30-06-2005 04:19 AM

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how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

The only totally reliable method I've found is hand picking adults
and/or larvae, along with squishing the egg clusters.
Or, you can get your 5 YO grandson to do it for you. Right Sam?

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada.
New AgCanada Zone 5b
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80º13'32" West
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Frogleg

30-06-2005 10:11 PM

On 29 Jun 2005 11:26:17 -0700, wrote:

how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

Colorado potato beetles? Hand picking, as others have suggested, or BT
San Diego.

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02-07-2005 07:24 PM

Frogleg wrote:
On 29 Jun 2005 11:26:17 -0700, wrote:

how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

Colorado potato beetles? Hand picking, as others have suggested, or BT
San Diego.

thanks for the replies, hand picking will take too long, what is BT ?

Richard

03-07-2005 06:22 PM

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Frogleg wrote:
On 29 Jun 2005 11:26:17 -0700, wrote:

how do I get rid of colorado beetle ?

Colorado potato beetles? Hand picking, as others have suggested, or BT
San Diego.

thanks for the replies, hand picking will take too long, what is BT ?

BT stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacteria that produces
crystalline protiens that, when the larva ingest the bacteria, cause them
to stop feeding and eventually die. You need to get the right strain of
bacteria for the beetle (var. san diego, sold as M-One, and var.
tenebrionis, sold as Trident) and it is only effective on young larva,
older larva are tougher and don't succumb as easy.
My information may be a little out of date, am going off of an extension
factsheet.

noone_atall

04-07-2005 05:10 AM

Guinea fowl works for me.

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