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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: small on May 31, 2021, 20:12:28
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So I've had a wonderful asparagus crop this year. Hadn't cut any spears since last Thursday, looked at them today and they are alive with asparagus beetles. I must have killed two hundred of the little blighters, it's only a ten foot row! I'd been leaving the sprue to grow on, some of the fronds had half a dozen beetles at the ends having what looked like a mass orgy. So those of you with new asparagus beds, look out!
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Oh no, I just started one this year! :BangHead:
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Only seen one beetle so far this year, but know there will be more... seen eggs on a few spears so brushing them off before they hatch... this hot weather will bring them out!
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Found about a dozen for the 1st time this weekend - back to checking each time at the plot. Asparagus was late this year, presumably the cold weather, but the warm weather has brought on both the crop and the beetles.
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Thanks for the warning - will inspect mine!