Re: Best place to buy ladybugs

In article <g0r0au$75o$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Katey Didd" <spamless@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Omelet" <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:ompomelet-172E6C.04131518052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Aphids on tomatoes? Really?
> > I've never seen that. They seem to hang out mostly on the muscadine
> > grapevines I use as a privacy fence, and they can have those. <g>
> 
> Yes, they're aphids. There were a few ladybugs among them so left them 
> alone. There aren't enough to do damage. And I also noticed more damage
from 
> the neighbors RoundUp spraying. The pepper plants have deformed centers
and 
> the small Okra are losing their oldest leaves.  It's very discouraging.
It 
> looks like he sprayed around his garden patch which is only about 40'
from 
> ours.  :(  I hope he doesn't do the weedy patch even closer to our
garden. 
> We'll have nothing left healthy.

Have you talked to him about it?

If you  have a fence, placing a sheet of clear plastic over it might not 
hurt, to prevent spray drift.
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Peace! Om

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