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Grasshoppers Ate My Cannas Last Fall
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Posted by fish_legs419 z5 OH (My Page) on Sat, Jan 13, 07 at 12:51
| I'm new to cannas. Found some in the community compost pile and took them home. They did fairly well in the big planter and hope to transplant them in the ground this year. The only problem I had was grasshoppers. As soon as I got some pretty blooms...the grasshoppers chewed them up! I put bug dust on the plants, but that looked nasty. Will pepper spray work? Didn't keep rabbits out of my beet patch. Maybe it works for bugs better??? |
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RE: Grasshoppers Ate My Cannas Last Fall
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| can't remember exactly, but it seems like the recommendations for grasshoppers are a dusting of plain flour (cements up their digestive systems) & maybe diatomaceous earth (sharp edges abrade their bodies). You might post on the Organic Gardening Forum;
I'll bet they know more techniques! |
RE: Grasshoppers Ate My Cannas Last Fall
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| there's a grasshopper killer called "viper"..i usually grow organic,but when i got invaded one year,i had to go to chemicals or lose everything in my greenhouse..i walked around the outside of a 48 ft greenhouse,spraying grasshoppers,and by the time i got to the starting point,i had piles of them kicking their last..really fast knockdown and kill.you'd have to actually spray the hoppers,but it sure works good! |
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