[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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