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Belgium

How do I get cumcumber beetles to go away and stay away?

7/29/2004 5:19:57 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Do you have access to professional isencticides or the regular garden center variety?

Without your location indicated, I can't check to see if we have a store near you.

If you're in the farm belt, finding an ag retailer/coop shouldn't be too difficult.

But if you must go retail, you still have options.

City/state would work.

7/29/2004 6:12:35 PM

Belgium

Winston Salem, NC or Kernersville, NC

7/29/2004 6:18:41 PM

Wv

Seven kills em dead quite quickly, but im not sure how it is at making them vacate an area. combine this with triazicide and u should be fine.

7/30/2004 12:45:10 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Sevin killed the buggers fer me, don't really know how to keep em away permenantly.

7/30/2004 6:03:32 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

We sell Sevin in 2.5 gallon jugs (too big?) & have stores in Greensboro & Winston Salem.

http://www.lesco.com/Default.aspx?PageID=27&ItemNumber=082007

Or there are supposed to be 15 garden centers just in Kernersville.

http://www.sedgegardennursery.com/products.htm

You should also be able to find Triazicide at the Lowes in Greensboro.

Better yet, you might check out Southern Hardware & Farm Supply in Stokedale. They sound like a real deal Farm supply outfit that is feeling the Urbanization crunch in NC.

Trazicide or Sevin; for this year you're making weekly applications for a while. Next year, I would consider using Merit/Admire from the start. Cucumber Beetles respond very well to this treatment & will get the patch as close to "low maintenance" as possible.

You could use Merit now, but it will take a couple weeks to get working & won't negate the need for contact sprays for 2-3 weeks.

7/30/2004 7:51:04 AM

Joliet, IL

demand cs has worked great for me. same as warrior t.
last year with sevin and malathion i still could find
the cukes in most flowers. this year, all i have seen are
dead ones on leaves. i used it at higher than recommended
dosage at 3.5 mls per gallon and sprayed every week
with each plant getting 2 and a half gallon tank full
sprayed on all parts of the plant, especially along
vines and leaf stalks for svb protection. some leaf burn on
tender foliage through the season was minimal compared to
ease of mind it created for me. just watch the smaller
leaves when spraying. it really worked great this year
so far.

7/30/2004 10:45:57 PM