Finaly, we at R-WAY down in Kentucky, have been plaugued,(OVERRAN) with Blister beetles on our tomatoes. The plants are hanging on but the beetles are getting worse. The net has many references about control in alphalfa fields, but all I can find right now is hand picking, bleh!!! Also any Countrysiders around the Hopkinsville area in Ky. and the Evansville, In. that would like to coffee, look us up

-- Wayne & Lyn Roach (R-WAY@msn.com), August 31, 2000

Answers

I had good luck with insecticidal soap last year; we had these kind of bugs thinking our tomatoes were their salad bar, and they went thru a third of a plant in just one day! But the spray on soap stopped 'em.

-- Leann Banta (thelionandlamb@hotmail.com), August 31, 2000.