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| Help! Some kind of bug is feasting on my Asters (New England) Echinacea, Helianthus, Hostas and Dianthus. Not touching the Russian Sage, Agastache, Joe Pye Weed or Lilies. Neighbor 'dusted' them with Sevin when she applied it to her roses on the other side of the fence, but the damage continues.
I've put out empty tuna cans of beer, thinking it was slugs, (especially after all the foliage was eaten off the marigolds at the edge of the beds) but only caught a few small flies--not a single slug. Is it too early for Japanese Beetles? I haven't seen any, and don't see any bugs on the plants themselves. Any thoughts as to what it could be and how I can stop it? Thanks in advance! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 12 at 16:50
| nowhere to go w/op a pic and if you already applied chemicals once.. how many more times is OK?? in other words.. you dumped sevin all over them.. and dont even know if sevin kills whats doing it.. since the beer traps are for slugs... and sevin wont work on them ... please dont do any more polluting.. until you have an ID .. and dont get me wrong.. i am all for chemicals.. AFTER you ID the problem ... and try going out at night .. ken |
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| Yes I agree with Ken, go out at night with a flash light and you might find the culprit. It could be slugs, beetles, or earwigs that seem to be more active at night. Last year I decided to check out what was going on at night a few times with a flash light and was amazed to discover that is was beetles eating the Basil, slugs were eating holes in the Hostas, etc. So I would go out with a spray bottle with 12.5% ammonia solution for the slugs, and a container with soapy water to knock the beetles and earwigs into. And dispatch those insect pests! And it's kind of interesting to see what's going on at night in the garden. |
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| Yup, go out at night or sometimes very early in the morning. Something was shredding some of my goldenrod last year. It got to the point where there was nothing left but stems. Never saw a bug during the day, but boy was it a different story very early in the morning! The 'things' were everywhere. I never did find an ID, but in my case a couple of treatments with Sevin did the trick. Kevin |
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- Posted by hudsonriverbug 7A (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 12 at 19:51
| I did research what Sevin is affective for, and with such broad coverage it was disappointing to see more destruction. Sorry I didn't describe the issues better---Small 'holes' are all over the Hostas, but on the Echinacea large areas of leaves are totally gone, and the Helianthus are down to just stems, much the same as the Marigolds. We've had quite a bit of rain since the Sevin dust was applied, so I'm thinking that its affectiveness has probably washed away, since we put it on 2 weeks ago. Got new batteries in the flashlight and I'll go out sleuthing tonight. Don't know if leafhoppers and grasshoppers are active in the dark, but it's sure worth taking a look. Thanks for the suggestions! |
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- Posted by Bumblebeez z7b Seneca SC (My Page) on Sun, May 6, 12 at 20:59
| Down to stems sounds like rabbits and small holes either slugs or caterpillars ( future butterflies, remember). I haven't found any good solutions for keeping bunnies away... |
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