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Group: rec.gardens.edible · Group Profile
Author: phorbinphorbin Date: May 16, 2008 19:21
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> "Omelet" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ompomelet-345FDB.10142316052008@news.giganews.com...>> In article 4ax.com>,
>> The Cook yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 06:36:15 -0700 (PDT), Sam hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>I would like some ladybugs for my SMALL garden. 9foot by 5 foot. I
>>>>have ants, so I assume aphids. Where is the best place online to by a
>>>>small qty of them.
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>>>>Any tips for keeping them around?
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>>> Careful. I don't know the whole story, but someone brought in
>>> ladybugs into this area a few years ago. Now they are everywhere and
>>> do like to come in when the weather cools.
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>> But I'll bet you have few garden pests! They eat aphids, scale,
>> mealy bug and other things. Another good predator are lacewing larvae.
>> I got rid of a persistant scale infection on the succulents in my
>> greehouse using those...
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> I remember my ex-husband releasing them in our large vegetable garden years
> ago. At least 90%% were gone the next day. A few days later we didn't find
> any. Same thing with praying mantis he bought. We never ordered any more
> beneficials.
You have to have adequate numbers of prey around to keep any predator
happy.
No prey equals no predators.
A neighbour of ours bought a package of ladybugs once.
They all flew across the street to a less kempt lot.
The only predators I bring home are the ones I find in weird locales,
like the preying mantis I found clinging to a bank downtown.
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