| ENEMY |
DAMAGE |
CONTROL |
| Gourd |
| See also Cucumber |
| Whiteflies |
Common in summer; leaves |
Spray or dust with DDT. |
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yellow. |
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| Grape |
| Grape berry |
Fruit shrivels, drops. |
Spray with lead arsenate |
| moth |
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when shoots 8 inches long, |
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after blossoming and 10 |
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days later. |
| Grape leaf |
Leaves folded and chewed. |
Spray with lead arsenate |
| folder |
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when shoots 8 inches long, |
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after blossoming and 10 |
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days later. |
| Rose chafers |
Buds and foliage eaten, in |
Dust with DDT. |
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June. |
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| Japanese |
Foliage chewed to lace in |
Special rotenone-rosin |
| beetles |
summer. |
spray. |
| Black rot |
Berries turn black, shrivel. |
Spray with Fermate when |
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new shoots are 1/2 inch |
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long, 8 to 12 inches, and |
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10 days after bloom. |
| Grass |
| Ants |
Hills in lawn. |
Treat with chlordane. |
| Beetle grubs- |
Brown patches in lawn, can |
Treat soil with chlordane |
| Japanese, Asi- |
roll grass back like a car- |
or DDT or a mixture. |
| atic, white |
pet. |
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| Chinch bugs |
Brown areas, grass cannot |
Treat soil with chlordane |
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be rolled; minute black and |
or DDT or a mixture. |
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white bugs. |
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| Sod webworms |
Larvae like cutworms, in |
Chlordane dust. |
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nests in soil. |
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| Moles |
Ridges in lawns. |
Use chlordane to control |
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grubs moles eat; roll often. |
| Brown patch |
More or less circular brown |
Treat with mercury com- |
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areas-see under Rots. |
pounds such as Calo-Clor. |
| Dollar spot |
Small brown circular spots. |
Treat with cadmium fungi- |
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cides, such as Cadminate. |
Garden Plants and Their Problems
