-=> Paul Rogers wrote to Bob Lotspeich concerning Roses <=-
 BL> a few weeks to months of purchase.  Have you ever watched Japanese
 BL> beetles laugh at your insecticides, powders, and bug traps as they
 BL> completely devour a large rose bush in a single day?  Not a pretty
 BL> picture...  My little cheapie tea roses have survived this and much
 BL> more.
 PR> Orthenex is the solution for that.  (oooh, is that a pun?)
Been there, tried that.  Actually, the best cure we found was milky
spore bacteria, but it required that at least every other neighbor
chip in on buying some and applying it in their yards also.  We tried
that, and had several years of beetle-free peace.
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