Japanese beetles are a HUGE problem in the summer here and so you better be ready to defend your garden. These invasive pests have very few predators and so they can attack your garden and all your plants without fear.
There are a few tools at your disposal that you have to fend off this adversary. Take advantage and stay vigilant!
You may lose a battle. But you can win the war!
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Our sweet cherry tree is being eaten alive by the Japs. Last year we tried the bag-a-bug, but I think that it attracted more beetles than we would have had otherwise. We're going to try milky spore this year. @ironshield
Make sure to set the traps far away from the tree. 30ft or more otherwise you're just attracting more!
MilkySpore really is the ticket. It takes a year or so to really see the results but works wonders. I went from decimated beans and hop plants 2 years ago to only ten beetles in the traps this season. Worth it's weight in gold even if you aren't going for organic. Make sure to place some underneath the traps to kill of any grubs that hatch there.
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Bucket of soapy water and a quick bat into the bucket.
sounds like a job for ............CHICKENS!
They scratch up too much...they will completely dig up my plants. The bugs sit up too high in the plants for them to see.
Gonna have to check out this milky spores for sure. Right now I'm having the same problem with the neem oil. After a couple days the beatles just don't seem to be affected by it anymore regardless of rain or not. My basil is just taking a beating! Please hook us up on an update in the future on how well the milky spores seem to be working.
Try Diatomaceous earth. It's not rain fast but can immediately drive off the beetles. Make sure to use a mask when applying it: just cause it's organic doesn't mean it's go for you.
Very nice job friend.
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Last year japnese betles were all over my blackberry bush and after some thinking this is what I came up with. Thoes japnese bettle traps contain smell that attracks a lot of the bugs, and the way the traps are set up is for the bug to fall into a bag and drowned. I was thinking that perhaps a person could cut a hole in the bottom of the bag and the bumbeling insects will fall on the ground...and I believe that is called free chicken feed!
We don't allow chickens to get in the garden in the summer, it would be even more of a disaster. They scratch and dig up everything.
:) Will you make a video about Egyptian spinach, it can be in segamets. Tell us how tall the plants get, what do you do with the woody remains at the end o the year, how are some ways that you enjoy eating the stuff, how do you store the excess leaves...? Thanks!
Just noticed yesterday they are starting to appear here at my place in OH. Looks like they are hanging out by the grapes the grapes and blackberries. Thx and resteemed.
I purchased 2 rose trees from lowes and a pesticide to use only on it as I noticed they went after my roses before touching my garden. Maybe the sweet smell attracts them first? Problem solved beetles dead.
That's the only place I use a pesticide is on my flowers as my garden is all natural.
Hope this helps everyone.
Those Beatles are everywhere in kansas
Thanks for the Milky Spore tip! We need to try it, Beatles and grubs are still a big issue on our homestead!
I plant garlic around my garden and roses to help deter them, and as another mentioned the started attacking my fruit trees one more so than the rest a honey crisp apple tree. I have been picking them off and supplementing my chickens diet.
I have heard that peppers deter all kinds of pests . I have seen vids where people mix pepper powder with a tiny amount of soup and spray it on the plants.
I've not used this methods myself as I have not had the time for the garden this year.