[Arid_gardener] Fw: Pomegranates and leaf-footed bugs

[Olin Miller]

----- Original Message -----From: "Derek Davis" <derekdavis at ieee.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: Pomegranates and leaf-footed bugs

> ...  We have a mature Wonderful
Pomegranate that suffers every year from leaf-footed bugs.

 I've been  going out every night with a squirt bottle of
diluted Peppermint Castile soap and
a flashlight.  A short squirt knocks them down and kills them - a lot easier
than trying to grab them, especially when they are high up.  Plus they don't
generate that foul odor.

But it's very labor-intensive and I wonder whether it really does any good.
Seems like what they don't destroy, the roof rats get. :-(

We also are using glassine bags to try to protect some of the fruit - they
seem to weather better than just regular paper.
If you've any suggestions, we would love to hear them.

> ......Derek and Heike Davis  (in Ahwatukee)