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Tue, Jul 7, 09 at 17:27
| http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FLOWERS/dahlia.html
This site has photos of the pest and what the damage looks like. |
Here is a link that might be useful: UC Davis Agriculture Site Dahlias
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| Thanks a bunch for this awesome link. I'm going to try the shallow can with oil in it as a trap for earwigs. Also, while I've been really good at keeping the weeds down near my dahlia beds, I do have a bunch of old broken irrigation hose pieces in pretty close proximity to them. I imagine, after reading about earwigs on this link, that that hose is providing them with place to live. It's ugly anyway, so why am I keeping it? I'll keep some smaller pieces of the hose for the other kind of trap they suggested but empty it out every morning. I'm excited because I'm tired of seeing perfect dahlias get marred by those bugs and I'm also tired of having them crawl out of the blooms when I bring them in the house! Annabeth |
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- Posted by cotodahliagirl (My Page) on Fri, Jul 10, 09 at 0:54
| I just found out that sluggo now makes sluggo plus that kills earwigs too. I have laid it down in my garden so hopefully I won't have a problem with those unless that was what I found under one of my leaves. |
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- Posted by crispyrice 6 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 3, 09 at 22:05
| Thanks for the link, it's a great resource! It doesn't have the particular bug that's eating my blossoms, but it's still a useful page, LOL. :) |
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