Burn That Belly
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This is why Irvine needs to spray MORE and MORE pesticides
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We're these organic?
You gotta buy in the non organic section then.
hmm
Also, he can contacthttp://www.ocfoodinfo.com
Send them the photo and give them the store name.
(Joking aside: this may be the best avenue to take)
The pepper has pepper maggots. It looks gross because the pepper rots when it has pepper maggots. It was poor quality control that missed the hole and usual brown spot that indicates the infestation.
As for squash, cucumbers or melon, they all attract the same kinds of pest. They're all cucurbits. Things like cucumber beetles will perfer one variety over another so you can literally plant your plants and then plant a sacrificial variety which will get the majority of the pests.
Eggplants are susceptible to the same maggots as peppers.
I've found that the local bugs don't seem to like Japanese eggplant and Japanese cucumber. For the Japanese eggplant, even when they're over-ripe and I throw them in the dirt, most bugs avoid it while it's decomposing. They avoid the Japanese cucumber on the vine except for pill bugs, which will dine on them if they are low to the ground.
Melons, on the other hand, required putting down ground cover sheets, or else they are covered with pill bugs in the morning. Cauliflower also attracts winged critters to lay eggs. Beetles loved my orange tree, I just hose down with canola oil + dish soap + water mix.
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jmoney74
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Burn That Belly said:My shawty cut opened a red bell pepper last night and screamed.
It appears that WORMS have made our bell pepper their home. Yes, those white squiggly things in the center are the worms. They also got onto the knife.
Let's vote to SPRAY more and more pesticides to keep our food free from worms!
Kind of ruins the appetite for the night.
We're these organic?
Burn That Belly
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Where did you buy the vegetable? If it wasn't grown in Irvine it's a non issue.
Burn That Belly said:My shawty cut opened a red bell pepper last night and screamed.
It appears that WORMS have made our bell pepper their home. Yes, those white squiggly things in the center are the worms. They also got onto the knife.
Let's vote to SPRAY more and more pesticides to keep our food free from worms!
Kind of ruins the appetite for the night.
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jmoney74
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Burn That Belly said:
You gotta buy in the non organic section then.
Burn That Belly
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Burn That Belly said:I bought it in Irvine ... but yeah, probably not grown here. But I'm saying that I now understand why we must be vigilant with our pesticide use.
It's disgusting to store vegetables with hundreds of these worms in your refrigerator. These guys could crawl out and get into your other food, drinks, etc. Some how, these bad boys can endure 36'Celcius.
hmm
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momopi
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Certain veggies/fruits like cauliflower and melons attract insects. If you don't want to deal with it try planting stuff like eggplant, summer squash, or cucumber on upright trellis. Pill bugs like to dine on young plantings so keep an eye out. For melons you could use ground cover to reduce number of bugs.
momopi said:
Also, he can contacthttp://www.ocfoodinfo.com
Send them the photo and give them the store name.
(Joking aside: this may be the best avenue to take)
woodburyowner
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Price tag reminds me of Zion.
nosuchreality
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momopi said:
The pepper has pepper maggots. It looks gross because the pepper rots when it has pepper maggots. It was poor quality control that missed the hole and usual brown spot that indicates the infestation.
As for squash, cucumbers or melon, they all attract the same kinds of pest. They're all cucurbits. Things like cucumber beetles will perfer one variety over another so you can literally plant your plants and then plant a sacrificial variety which will get the majority of the pests.
Eggplants are susceptible to the same maggots as peppers.
Burn That Belly
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momopi
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nosuchreality said:
I've found that the local bugs don't seem to like Japanese eggplant and Japanese cucumber. For the Japanese eggplant, even when they're over-ripe and I throw them in the dirt, most bugs avoid it while it's decomposing. They avoid the Japanese cucumber on the vine except for pill bugs, which will dine on them if they are low to the ground.
Melons, on the other hand, required putting down ground cover sheets, or else they are covered with pill bugs in the morning. Cauliflower also attracts winged critters to lay eggs. Beetles loved my orange tree, I just hose down with canola oil + dish soap + water mix.
Maybe they ate some of YF's maggot bell peppers:
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/29/hazmat-team-responds-to-report-of-sick-patrons-in-irvine/
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/29/hazmat-team-responds-to-report-of-sick-patrons-in-irvine/
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jmoney74
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YF was good for the boards.. just pissed off some people. Now he's back in another form which is fine.