In this video we discuss the Japanese Beetle and how to prevent them from taking over your garden and how to control them when they arrive. Japanese Beetles have become a serious epidemic over the last century and cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to turf grass, orchards, farms and gardens alike. Controlling and preventing the Japanese Beetle usually requires a multi-faceted approach that requires a good bit of diligence. With the tips I provide you will be armed with the knowledge you need to get your garden successfully through the Japanese Beetle season.
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I hate hate hate these beetles!! Loved the picture showing their cycle.
I don't think I have ever seen a Japanese beetle but if I do.. I feel more confident now how to handle it.
Really solid information on the Japanese beetles. Like any pest, it seems a multifaceted approach is best.
Oh oh I saw some skeletonization on a rhubarb leaf yesterday! I better get out there and look! Thanks for the great video!
Klaus
Going down to my vineyard to spray Sevin when it cools down a bit this evening. Quite the infestation this year!
Don’t grow roses, they will really attack!
Thanks for sharing this informative video. I really appreciate it. ❤️
I saw one of those the other day! I squished it
but now I am going to be in the look our for more.
They remove the active ingredient from the neem oil so you keep buying their product.
I didn't know about the soapy water thing. Nice.
I use the lid of the container to tap them in…
We have them on our grapevines.. by the dozens.. i"m here in Ontario Canada.. where are you from?
Thanks so much for the info. These things are a true pain.
I've heard sprinkling corn meal near plants will cause them to die because they can't digest the corn meal.
Im getting ready to do battle again this year..Im going to try an old trick this year that seemed to work on keeping mesquitoes at bay when i lived up north..For any of you smokers out there heres what i did..Keep a 5 gal bucket with about 3 gal of water in it..Empty all astrays into it for a while, several weeks..Then take that nicotine water, add dish soap maybe 4 table spoons per gallon, pour only the water in a sprayer, and spray the lawn with it..Now that worked great on keeping mesquitoes away i wonder if it will work on these little green demonds…I figure since nobody has a solution if we keep trying things ones bound to work…P.S SEVEN DUST is a joke, i covered them with it, and one of them gave me the middle finger as they laughed, and kept chewing..Besides that it kills bees ,and NOBODY wants that…
Beetles and squirrels are two nasty pests for fruit and rose growers.
I spray the beetles with soapy water before pushing them into a pan of soapy water. Dawn Dish soap seems to be the key. The spray freezes them and they cannot fly. Most will die on the leaf within minutes. Test the plant with a small amount of spray first because some plants don;t like the soap.
Create a natural homemade trap. Another homemade method for getting rid of Japanese beetles is to mix 1/3 gallon of warm water with a packet of yeast, 1/4 cup of sugar, a small piece of ripe banana and a tablespoon of dish-washing liquid. Mix all of it an an empty milk jug you cleaned out, and hang it close to where Japanese beetles are attaching your garden.
Wow grinding them up acts as a repellent?!?! Can I borrow your blender? LOL
I'm using milky spore treatments on my lawn. So far after one treatment no help. Also using D.E. for dusting and it's helping but not perfectly. I'm going to try D.E. in a liquid mix and see if that sticks better to the leaves. If it continues and gets worse I'll consider tree covers. If that doesn't work I'm getting a bazooka!
You mention that beetle traps should be "hundreds of yards" away from the plants. The instructions on the traps say a "minimum of 30 feet from the plants". I've captured many thousands of those beetles with traps and also spot spray pyrethrum in an old Windex bottle. It keeps them in check but doesn't get rid of them. They are drawn to my eggplants, cannas and crepe myrtle bushes.
Squish between thumb and index finger, repeat until gone.
It's still early in the season, however I attracted more Japanese Beatles and only caught a few…
Years ago I used to ask people, "how do they know they are Japanese Beetles. " Generally people would say I don't know. Then I would say,"that's easy, they speak japanese."
….this dude wildin….just get a trap, they work.
You have to be careful, don't use pesticides that will harm useful insects, etc. There are some products with BTg that stop the Japanese beetles but doesn't cause harm. Even has a form to put on the lawn to kill the grubs.
NEVER smash them to kill,they will release a pheromone,more will come.The soapy water method works the best for me! Milky Spores is suppose to work!
I have a Flowtron bug zapper mounted on a metal milk crate with a metal pan half filled with soapy water inside the crate. Great bug killer.
I made a soapy water sprayer and I just spray the flower and just watch the beetles fall off and die.