#1: potato bugs!

Posted on 2006-07-01 04:03:13 by wayne

What do I do to get rid of potato bugs? I have a 4 year old garden bed
and haven't had them at all until this year. What works?

Wayne

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#2: Re: potato bugs!

Posted on 2006-07-01 23:49:42 by sockiescat

wayne Wrote:
> What do I do to get rid of potato bugs? I have a 4 year old garden bed
> and haven't had them at all until this year. What works?
>
> Wayne

u could try picking them off by hand and dropping them into a bucket of
water mixed with dishsoap. its a lot of work but u dont have to use
chemicals. another idea would be to try using cayenne pepper. i would
just sprinkle it right onto the plant itself and see if that helps at
all, maybe try doing a few to test so as to be sure it doesnt hurt the
plants themselves but i really dont think that it will.
otherwise u can try organic sprays or potato dust. good luck,
sockiescat:).


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#3: Re: potato bugs!

Posted on 2006-07-02 08:19:01 by ginnyp

get a container of baby powder at the dollar store and sprinkle it on the
plants they hate it....

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#4: Re: potato bugs!

Posted on 2006-07-03 04:45:12 by wayne

thanks for the advice. I will try both methods suggested above.

wayne


ginnyp wrote:
> get a container of baby powder at the dollar store and sprinkle it on the
> plants they hate it....

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