>>Steve M Duddy wrote: Lots of rain, hot and humid. Hmmm I think we can figure this out Dan. ;) Hi Steve, Ok, let me know when I have the answer! Hope your pepper patch is doing well. By the way has anybody had any problems with Japanese Beatles, I mean Beetles, bothering their plants. Until this year I have never had a problem or even seen any in my yard or garden. Sat. I picked a few things out of the garden, along with some raspberries, and didn't see any but yesterday afternoon the garden was loaded with them. There were some on the pepper plants but as far as I could see they hadn't eaten the leaves the way they had devoured leaves on the raspberries, eggplant and sunflowers. Just wondered if I should be concerned about them eating the pepper plants. May you all have enough rain and and fine weather. The Chile Cheese Head, Dan McWilliams