How to get rid of japanese applocale
Renee “ If you have grubs in your garden use Milky spore on your ground and it will kill the grubs.” It is harmless to everything else, since it is a spore, it spreads out and it kills the grubs for 20 years. Pat “The best way to get rid of Japanese beetles permanently is to spread milky spore on your yard. They meet the same fate as bagworms at my house.” Milky Spore As others have said, plunk them down in a bucket of soapy water. They love my rhubarb and raspberries!”Ĭolleen “Japanese Beetles are a pesky garden visitor. We just drop them in a bucket of water and a squirt of Dawn.”Ĭathy “When I was a kid my mom would hang out the white sheets and the beetles would land on them, then I would nudge them into a Ball jar of soapy water and kill them.”Īnita F “They’re pretty docile in the morning, easier to flick into bucket of soapy water. Holly “Japanese Beetles….they live in abundance here in the North East. Lisa “We pick about 50 Japanese beetles a week, just put a small container of soapy water under them and gently flick them in! A daily practice! Lol.” Jen “We also pick them by hand and drop them in water (it doesn’t have to be soapy) so they don’t get too out of control.” If squeamish, have your husband do the deed.” Michèle “If you pick them off and toss them in a mixture of soapy water KAPOW! they’re gone. Lillian “A spray bottle with water and just a bit of dawn detergent to spray on plants keeps the beetles away.” (I do the same for stink bugs – the chickens love those too.)” The beetles still drown though I think it takes longer, but I can then feed them to the chickens. Sheila “My chickens love them and instead of using liquid soap when hand picking, I splash a dollop of distilled vinegar in the water.
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I’ve handpicked them every morning when making rounds for years and it seems to keep their populations in control.” SO-you want to control them before they mate and lay eggs in your yard. Unfortunately, hand picking seems to be the best way to stop them which also prevents the next generation from being quite as bad.”ĭiane Dodge “After mating, the Japanese beetles lay eggs under the earth–these become grubs and can destroy turf, but also become the next generation. I’ve also caught quite a few hanging out on my asparagus ferns and some on my Japanese maples. Misty “In my yard Japanese beetles seem to prefer fruit trees (apple and in the past peach), fruit bushes (raspberry and grape), rhubarb, willow, zinnia, flowering shrubs like roses especially when they are in bloom. Joyce “Japanese beetles destroy my grapes every year, I have tried the traps but find hand picking the best way to remove…they smell awful to me.” You can dump the can and refill it with soapy water and beetles as needed.” I keep the covered can outside and near the affected plants. Janet “The old-school, organic way of dealing with Japanese beetles is to use a coffee can or other container with a cover, fill it with soapy water, then hand-pluck those nasties and send them to a watery oblivion.
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Hand Pick Japanese Beetles Off Your Plants
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The old-fashioned flower four o’clocks will work for this purpose.”
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So, we plant zinnias at least 20 feet from the vegetables and it seems to help.”Īnother Nancy “Trap crops work well, as someone mentioned above (the roses). Jen “They seem to love zinnias even more than beans and basil. It is the only effective means of control we have found.” If I try to discourage them there they will eat everything they like on my entire acre. If I don’t try to kill them or trap them they stay right there and leave everything else in my yard alone. Lana “The Japanese beetles always find my knock out roses near my mailbox first and I just let them have them.