bamboo pests

Controlling pests of bamboo

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How bad are the lubber grasshoppers there? How much damage do they do? Luckily we don't have a problem with those here.
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not bad here really.
easily controlled.
minimal damage.
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Alan_L wrote:How bad are the lubber grasshoppers there? How much damage do they do? Luckily we don't have a problem with those here.
I hate them. They don't eat my bamboo leaves, but love my crinum lilies and it's a constant battle with them until about mid-Summer when supposedly the higher rain and humidity causes more viruses/bacteria (?) that reduces their population. By mid-Summer they are huge.

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maybe you can train the second bamboo pest to eat the first one, thus eliminating two issues at once... the energy of a terrier, and hoppers eating your boo! of course, the way terriers chew, you wont really have to worry much about the hoppers.....
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ghmerrill wrote:maybe you can train the second bamboo pest to eat the first one, thus eliminating two issues at once... the energy of a terrier, and hoppers eating your boo! of course, the way terriers chew, you wont really have to worry much about the hoppers.....
I have trained a cat to hunt squirrels with me, but never did any dog training other than "sicum Max!"
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We get a few of those around here, not many. I really like their looks.
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Bamboo Outlaw wrote:We get a few of those around here, not many. I really like their looks.
I guess jack russells are cute dogs.....

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Bamboo Outlaw wrote:We get a few of those around here, not many. I really like their looks.
I like their looks too. Especially after I have body slammed them to the ground and stomped on them! :lol:

They are colorful thought. :)

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Found a vole on my f nitida this morning
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Hey Steve,

you might want to check your state laws about shooting squirrels out of season/without a license, before posting incriminating evidence online :wink:

you would be suprised how bent out of shape some people take things like that, when to most of us, they are rodents to be exterminated!
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