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| jollyquilter |
Posted - Jun 13 2012 : 9:11:38 PM
I have always been lucky and not had any trouble with them at all. But my luck has run out. I try my best to not use sprays and such so can anyone give advice on how to handle this. They are on my Hummingbird vine, butterfly bush, hydrangea, black-eyed susans and who know what else they will be on tomorrow.
HELP!
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| jollyquilter |
Posted - Jun 21 2012 : 11:04:34 AM
Thanks everyone!
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| soapmommy60543 |
Posted - Jun 21 2012 : 09:21:10 AM
We interplant geraniums in our garden beds to keep them out of our vegies. For some reason, they really like potato plants. Anyway, geraniums work really well. You can find more info on companion planting in Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte.
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| AnnieinIdaho |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 4:01:45 PM
Hi,
We had them in Virginia and I found the traps you can buy at the garden center work amazing. They are like a sack that attaches to a wire and the color of the sack along with a scent pack make them fly into the sack. We collected hundreds this way. They are trapped and can't get back out and die.
Good luck.
Annie |
| sjmjgirl |
Posted - Jun 16 2012 : 5:05:09 PM
I also know people who have had good luck using Milky Spore. Its a naturally occuring option that zaps the little buggers in the grub stage. You can get it in alot of garden catalogs and also at stores like Lowes. Good luck!
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 05:40:21 AM
We don't have Japanese beetles here in WA. I remember them from the east coast and KS. I sure don't miss them. They used to fly in my hair at night. Yuck!
Good luck getting rid of them. Sounds like you have a good start.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jun 15 2012 : 05:20:08 AM
I have chickens now that take care of them, but prior to that I hand picked them and dropped them in a bucket of soapy water.
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| jollyquilter |
Posted - Jun 14 2012 : 9:02:57 PM
Thanks for the advice. I have hand picked what I can reach and I noticed this afternoon I did not see very many hanging around. i do have alot of birds to so I am hoping that they will help me in this endevor of "hand picking".
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| edlund33 |
Posted - Jun 13 2012 : 9:59:10 PM
Your best bet if you don't want to use chemicals is to squish the adult Beetles as you find them. You can wrap a sheet around the plant and shake them off early in the morning to get lots of them at once. I think you can also buy Japanese Beetle traps at garden centers although I have never tried them.
Beneficial nematodes (Heterorhabditis bacteriophora) are effective on Japanese Beetles too, but they work only on the young grubs that are lurking in the soil, so you won't get control of the existing adults. Nematodes are an effective treatment if you are patient - I have had great success with nematodes in my own yard for controlling both Japanese beetles and weevils. These are naturally occuring microscopic soil organisms that arrive on a sponge which you squeeze into a sprayer filled with water and spray them on the soil. The nemotodes attack the larvae causing death. This breaks the reproductive cycle and the adults don't appear the following year. They are a bit expensive but are the most effective treatment for the larvae which can cause extensive root damage during the winter.
Here's a link to one source:
http://www.arbico-organics.com/category/beneficial-nematodes
If you want to try a spray, Neem Oil is a safe alternative that kills both adults and larvae.
Hope this helps!
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