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cucumber beetle infestation - what to do?
This year we have a moderate stripped and spotted cucumber beetle
infestation. They are voracious, and devestate small plants, especially beans. I've used insecticidal soap, but it only kills the ones it comes in contact with. I tried some canola based spray, but it likewise only kills the ones it comes in contact with. I pinch them when I see them, but they are everywhere. I used Bug-B-Gone, which coats the leaves with poison, and that worked good but you have to wonder where the poison residues are going. Also, with the warm weather we have been having, my garden has exploded into a jungle, and it's just not feasible to use any kind of toxic spray on all of the things I have that they like to eat. They eat sunflowers, beans, squash, okra, cucumbers, they especially love young pumpkin plants, and tomatillos, and I have a lot of all of those. How else can these be safely controlled on such a large scale? |
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