Hi guys, I need your help in trying to figure out just exactly what this little green menace is... I have no idea what it is. The only reason I think it's related to corn is that it is more of a problem when I'm surrounded by corn fields and not bean fields.. Thanks for any information you can provide.
Diann
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This message was edited Sep 5, 2006 4:48 PM
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Nevermind, I've found out who my nemesis is. It's a Northern Corn Rootwoom Beetle. ISU says there isn't much to be done about them.... Oh well...
Diann
edited because I can't spell or obviously, run a spell checker. ;)
This message was edited Sep 5, 2006 9:52 PM
Yes, they are destroying my white dahlias and very light colored ones.
Do they rotate the crops near you? If they rotated corn out for 2 years all the rootworms would die off... of course, they could turn the farmland behind me into a housing development. Then I'd have different pests, two legged pests....
Diann
Not much rotation around here, I'm surrounded with 4 square miles of corn. soybeans and alfalfa. All are attractive to the beatles.
