[Homestead] 'nother asparagus question--pest control

Rebecca in the Great Northwest rebas_own at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 9 12:18:12 EST 2009


anybody here got a good method for dealing with asparagus beetles?  

Our first cutting is usually bug-free, but later cuttings are rife with beetles.  The bugs hide in the tips and under the scales, so a good soak in salt water doesn't always flush them out--and I can tell you from experience the beetles don't taste all that nice.  We gave up on asparagus a few years ago, but the spouse is making a new bed this year with the surviving plants plus new stock.

A family member suggested making a nicotine tea out of scavenged cigarette butts and spraying the plants and soil with that, something we may try on this new bed.  I would love to know about other methods for control...

back to my seed catalogs!

-Rebecca in western Washington state

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