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Posted by jbean_2006 Zone 9 (My Page) on

Sun, Jun 24, 07 at 8:23

my dahlias have little spider webs developing under the leaves and the flower is getting eatten before it blooms. this is my first year with dahlias and i am not having any luck. are they done for the year, do i need to dig them up? by the way my dahlias are miniture dahlias they arent tall. also, am i suppose to not water them with a sprinkler?

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Posted by alyrics 5B NE OH (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 24, 07 at 14:52

I would get a spray bottle of soapy water with some tabasco or other hot pepper sauce in it. Those aren't spider webs - not if the flower is being eaten. Earwigs are notorious about getting into dahlia flowers, but they don't make a web. You may have spidermites - which the soapy water will probably knock off, but look for earwigs buried in the flowers. they are yucky looking but you'll get used to smashing them!

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Posted by alyrics 5B NE OH (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 24, 07 at 15:25

I just looked up earwigs and Paghat has a very good commentary about why earwigs get out of control
http://www.paghat.com/woodlouse.html

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Posted by poochella 7/ WEST WA (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 25, 07 at 12:53

Great article alyrics! Thanks for posting it. I was most pleased to read that birds do indeed eat earwigs. They are always hopping around the gardens pecking away at something here. Wish they ate moles ;)

Sounds like the soapy water drowning bath for earwigs isn't such a great idea then, unless used for a half day soak. Very good info, thanks again.

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Posted by alyrics 5B NE OH (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 25, 07 at 20:15

Paghat is great isn't she? I love that website, I could wander through for hours

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Mon, Jun 25, 07 at 20:16

Paghat is great isn't she? I love that website, I could wander through for hours

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Posted by jazzwrm (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 29, 07 at 0:42

I had spider mites on my dahlia, and i sprayed them with a mixture of dawn dish detergent and water and sprayed them once a week for a couple of week and now there gone

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