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I’ve had luck using nasturtiums to reduce cucumber beetle damage on my melons in Colorado.

2024 Melons

I had heard that nasturtiums can help repel cucumber beetles, which have been a bother to my melons. This year I’ve experimented having beds with and without nasturtiums. Not perfectly controlled, as I used different melon varieties in the beds. But it does seem to make a significant difference and reduce number of beetles in the beds with nasturtiums. [image] [image]