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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost AT gilanet.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Squash Bugs
  • Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:24:00 -0600


Just curious, hadn't heard of "coal oil" since I was five or six, found it
was simply crude kerosene at
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/uckerosene.htm

paul AT largocreekfarms.com
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On 9/24/2004 at 9:06 PM Bill Bradshaw wrote:

>Just to relate a short story on bug catching. I am about 2 days older
>than dirt myself . I do remember my grandfather would place a #3 wash tub
>out in the field, And fill about half full with water and add just enough
>coaloil to cover the water. Then a lantern was hung over the tub and would
>burn at night until the oil was used up in the lantern. This system worked
>very well though it did catch both good and bad bugs alike. Just
>remembering
>TexasBill
>
>
>> Guess I'll tell you an old trick to deal with squash bugs. Put flat
>boards
>> down at the base of your plants. The bugs will crawl under the them at
>> night. Go out early in the morning and lift up the boards. You can
>spray,
>> drown, squish, or whatever you want with them.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> (West Texas) Mark
>>
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