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  • From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Steve Diver <steved AT ipa.net>, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Leaf-footed bugs
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:43:11 -0400

Steve -

It may be that plain water works as well, but what I came up with for harlequins is backpack sprayer water treated with a few drops of essential oil of peppermint. A misty spritz down a leafy row with that stuff brings all the critters to the topside of the leaves, where you can effectively follow with a soap spray, or whatever. Adjusting the hardness of our spray water improved the effectiveness of soaps for us dramatically.

-Allan in WV




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