If you're throwing an old hose away, cut off some pieces first. Cut into short pieces and put them in the garden. The earwigs crawl inside and the next day just drop the piece of hose into a bucket of soapy water. It's the same principle as the cardboard and paper rolls but they're easier to handle, reusable and store nicely in my shed.

@gaywizard2000

Жыл бұрын

I read that as horse first! Yeesh.

@gibbyrockerhunter

Ай бұрын

Excellent idea. Thanks mate

@quick-silver860

27 күн бұрын

Yeah baby.👍 Im infested...they even get into the house.

We have had a huge amount of earwigs this year. They are even getting into the house.

@pedro8769

6 күн бұрын

same here... oh my

Thanks for sharing the photo of Earwig damage as that’s exactly what was attacking my first true leaves on my Okra starts! I lost nine plants. And yes, the damage was only happening at night. Thanks!!!

This is a great approach Brian, you've always been one to respond well to your viewers. Thanks for another suoer useful video.

Hi Brian. I recently discovered the YT channel " Suburban Homestead". He is a little quirky and has recently changed his channel a bit but I like it. But when I went back thru his archives, I saw a amazing public conversation between the 2 of you that was so supportive of him. Wow that was really kind of you.

I love the moments when you can laugh at yourself in the videos. It makes you seem like it is more of a conversation with a friend than a lecture. And in case you were really wondering, the wiggly things in cardboard are called flutes but... wiggly thing probably gets the point across better with non cardboard producers than using the correct term.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you lol. I didn't know that! Learn something new every day 😀

@summerfoley2481

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening I only know it because I buy cardboard boxes for a living and have to know the specs to make sure they will work for what we are using them for.

I've been having the WORST earwig infestation this year, I can just pick up a random rock and have a 50/50 chance that there are a bunch of earwigs under there. Anytime I put my seed starts out into my garden, they get eaten within a day or two if I'm not protecting them. So far I've had to restart all my seedlings three times this year because they keep eating everything. I'm slowly getting them in control and what works for me is the oil traps (you can just use vegetable oil and not olive oil since its like 10x more expensive), double sides tape around the base of plants and trees (this also works for ants trying to get inside your sweet peaches and figs), and finally I found that they're really attracted to cheap hot dogs for some reason so I just put the liquid that comes in the package inside the oil container and it will be filled with earwigs every day.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@amandachristian895

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome , thanks!

@domytik

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, major infestation, thousands. I tried the oil traps, but some 4 legged creature, perhaps a raccoon, comes at night and slurps the oil containers empty! I also used neem oil and soap sprays with little success. I resorted to granular pesticides and now I really have to search hard to see one.

@aaronb5161

3 жыл бұрын

Where are you guys located if I may ask? I just bought a house in wisconsin and I'm having the same issue

@domytik

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronb5161 Southern California. Seeing a lot less after treatment with Talstar granules (Sevin granules near fruit trees), but it took a few weeks to see results (I had started treatment a lot before my comment). Now I see a few hiding underneath pots instead of hoards everywhere. I also used a liquid pesticide in areas where they transit. Next treatment I will add a growth regulator that does not allow them to grow and reproduce. Took out the big guns, but I had too much damage to my ornamentals and fruit trees. They all look like lace, and no, it was not caterpillars. I saw the earwigs chomping on them at night.

I had a chuckle about the ear and brain eating part. As a child, I also believed this.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Oh. Good I'm not the only one!

@tylerperry2900

3 жыл бұрын

My ears itch

@Chilly-uq2zl

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@jeffereyhopkins750

3 жыл бұрын

Just like the Wrath of Kahn

@LLAMA-LLAMA

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know they were called earwigs until I met my Husband, and I thought he made it up🤦‍♀️. I just thought they were called pincher bugs… in my defense I met my Husband when I was 17(not sure if that helps my defense or not).

Awesome, and very timely for me. I've been battling earwigs as long as I've been gardening. Did NOT know that they also eat aphids, and the vaseline trick was new to me, as well as the cardboard trap. Gonna try that one. Yes -please do a series on pests and diseases!

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

They do eat aphids so it's all about balance

@warbaby5490

Жыл бұрын

Vaseline around the trunk could slow them down. But remember. Ear wigs are also fliers.

20 videos later I find this guy . Omg this is the only video worth watching . Thank You for making this video ! Definitely a new subscriber.

Your ideas on dealing with moles would be great ,they are such an annoying problem. Love your videos lots of helpful information, thank you!

This is what I needed! Currently dealing with an earwig infestation in my garden. Thank you!

You definitely provide a detail coverage on how to treat this pest. Thanks again

Lovely information, i’m learning how to combat leaf eater insects to keep my green looking beautiful and you provided on awesome descriptions. Keep them coming.

Thank you for leaving that outtake in 😂🤣 “They eat mice” 🐁

@ashleighnelson512

3 жыл бұрын

LOL I was like DAYUM, these guys are more formidable than I previously thought 😂

@Barbara95688

3 жыл бұрын

MITES! Silly!!!

@theagespot9717

3 жыл бұрын

They eat mice?! LOL That would be terrifying, though.

@sslocke

3 жыл бұрын

They also crawl in mice's ears to eat their brains. Earwigs are scientifically the most dangerous animal on the planet

@Barbara95688

3 жыл бұрын

@@sslocke oh how SILLY! He said MITES, not mice.

Thanks for doing this series on garden pests. Earwigs have annihilated most of my garden starts this year. I have been using the oil/soy sauce and every night am catching about 50. However, the thing that has worked the best is Sluggo Plus. I had tried Neem and DM to no avail. The DM is gone with the next watering and the other organic sprays are only good if you spray directly on the insect. Sluggo Plus is the one thing that has been most effective. The earwig population is not completely gone, but diminished enough that I can keep using the oil traps. I already removed all cardboard from around my house as well as mulch until I get this under control. Never had such an issue as this and don't know why this year is so bad.

@jillzy1182

7 ай бұрын

Are you located in California? I ask because I’ve lived in California for 50 years and never had any real issues with earwigs until the last 3 years which I’m assuming is the unusual excessive rainfall we have had. Despite most googling gardening sites with useless information about how earwigs aren’t a problem and don’t eat healthy plants, clearly they never met my Ca earwigs! Man, these bugs destroy everything and fast! For being a small bug, they literally took out an entire row of Swiss chard in less than a week. Even more frustrating is their love of potato plant leaves. Once they decimate 50-75% of the foliage, the potatoes underneath are doomed and months of waiting is gone in a short time. I’ve brought the population down considerably, but even a dozen or so of earwigs can literally kill an entire potato plant in a few days. I refuse to use harmful chemicals otherwise I’d just buy my veggies at the store 😉 I’m at my wits ends and may give up gardening. To put so much time and money into this and have an ugly little bug destroy it all 3 years in a row…this may be my last straw

Love the idea of a series. Thanks. You're my go to channel for great information.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate that!

@leerodriguez3099

3 жыл бұрын

Squash bugs please!

@jlouise895

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I’ve learned a lot. And you make me laugh, all good.

Everytime you make a bug video. I find it that's the bug terrorizing my garden. Glad we live so close. 👌

You can also use beer traps..just like the olive oil and soy sauce..place the container just as Brian suggested the yeast attracts them and they drown in the beer...thanks for the other ideas the more knowledge you have the better for your garden.😊

Great advice! Thank you! Also, I like your sense of humor.

OH WOW BRIAN, WE GOTTA GET YOU A RAISE! SMART & FUNNY. NEVER KNEW ANY OF THIS.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Thanks Melinda!

Lol, sea turtles, reusable straw! And you say it so nonchalantly. Brilliant sense of humor, I LOVE it and needed it!

Waited ages for my Dahlia to flower and as the flowers begin to open they're eaten. Going to get a flame thrower. 🔥

Funny straw comment Brian! I love the red poppies in the garden behind you. See you next time.

Great idea about the series. Thx

these videos have been nice because Aphids and Earwigs are the 2 major pests I see in my garden every year. Unfortunately I cant use my chickens to control earwigs because the chickens would rather eat the plants but letting them free range and clean the garden after harvest has helped control the population. I might get some portable fencing to allow them to clean the beds in between plantings.

Love your videos thinking of you n was wondering how u r doing since your aneurysm? Such a great gardening teacher God Bless

Wow! That cardboard trick worked so awesome! These earwigs were killing my companion Marigolds. Thanks!!

Thanks for the great tip's and tricks 👍

Always informative. I love your show. I’m looking forward to your book. Earwigs, I don’t remember if I’ve ever seen one in the garden; I’ve got my eyes pealed now. Loved the ‘reusable straw’, lol. Thank you. Ok... my lunch break is over. Time to head back out to the garden. Earwigs.. hmmmmm....

Ohh Lordy day I had a dead one in my dryer yesterday morning and I had no idea what it was! 😳 Your videos are always sooo timely! 👏👏👍👍🤣

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Thank you

Great info. Thank you!

Didn't know about the soy sauce; got to try it! Have been battling earwigs in my sweetcorn for years- they eat the silks and it makes for poor pollination. Every summer I'm out in the corn patch with a flashlight and a pail of soapy water.

Awesome advice! Thanks

Arborists/professional farmers here use hollow bamboo sticks relocate them from soft bodied fruits to harder fruits (put them up before night and relocate them after sunrise, when they hide in the sticks). They can't nib on the hard fruit and will instead start to attack aphids.

Baited the earwigs with olive oil an soy sauce and before I went to bed I caught about 15 in each bowl. They have been eating my poppy blooms, lupin leaves and clematis leaves. We just bought this house and there are tons of earwigs here…not for long 🤣. Thank you !! I am now subscribed.

@hollyfelton5593

Ай бұрын

Oil and Soya sauce may kill earwigs, but will attract armies of ants!!!!

Great tips. Thank you.

I use the Vaseline trap method on my plum trees to control aunts. My plum trees have had aphids and to keep the aunts from herding them and spreading honeydew everywhere, the Vaseline works like a charm.

I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything with that "they eat mice" statement! I laughed right out loud!

We just built raised garden beds with woven ground cover. I don't want to leave the black fabric bare, and I've ruled out pea gravel. The power company is trimming trees this week so I can get all the free wood chips I want. After seeing this episode maybe I should rethink wood chips!

I tried the cardboard- no luck. I have had more success going out into the garden after it gets dark. They were quick to flee when I tried to pick them off. What worked well is getting a container and putting it under the leaf and flicking them into the container. This has been working, so I haven't tried the oil/soy sauce yet. Thank you for doing this video as I couldn't figure out what was chewing up all my greens!

Thank you. Your videos are very helpful. 🥂

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Great informative video. I'm always shaking a bunch of earwigs out of my leaf lettuce when I harvest. Will try the cardboard trick. Thanks.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I don't work for Monterey even though I should since I keep reccing this, but their ant bait also helps control earwigs/pincher bugs and pill bugs. Really helps keep their numbers down. The oil/soy sauce trap works too I can confirm!

Fantastic!! Thanks Brian😁

I love the idea of s series! I had no idea that it was earwigs that have caused damage in previous years. Watching this, I now know! I've seen this creepy crawlers in my garden! Thank you!

FANTASTIC INFO!!! I will use everything you said. I've got earwigs up to my ear lobes. They have been eating the crap out of my sunflowers. The "wig" is up. Thanks sooooo much!!!

Hey ... everyone Moniee-Mon, is listening thanks for the info vedios keep doing what'cha do best God bless ya!.

I been using blasts of diatomaceous earth. Seems to work well. Love the cardboard trap idea. Doing that for tonight

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes!

Chuckles are good...reusable straw...😅 The tip for petroleum jelly on plastic on trees was new for me. Thx

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. You're welcome

Thanks Brian. Love your organic approach and hey, I learned stuff. And yes, I do care about the sea turtles!

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Good!

I had a chuckle about the "don't worry, for those who worry about the sea turtles, it a reusable straw" lol I'm rolling.. Talking about the bugs mouth. That was amazing, thank you

That Vaseline method,could really prove to be helpful in the future for me. 🤔

Could you please add to your series, fungus gnats? I've tried so many *solutions* but have been losing that battle for a long time. (In the yard, on the patio, and in the house.) Thank you so much.

Very informative thank you 😊

Thanks for this video. We had earwigs so bad, we finally gave up on our lettuce, spinach and other cold weather crops. Ugh.

@jillzy1182

2 жыл бұрын

Awe man, that’s so incredibly frustrating! I’m actually at the point right now where I’m about to rip my Swiss chard, Brussel sprouts and potatoes out just because if I can’t enjoy my labor/vegetables, neither can they! I’m so over seeing my garden every single morning being wiped out more and more and it’s only been less 7-9 days of battling them. It’s like they emailed all their friends and gave them my address!

@jillzy1182

2 жыл бұрын

For anyone interested- I found a solution! Mix 1 liter water and add 3 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cooking oil 1 tsp dish soap Add to a spray bottle. Spray onto your plants. It cut the bugs way back and no harm to humans or environment.

Good advice . About the earwigs. Thank you. The bugs I hate most are the vine weevils.

Enjoying your content and the delivery style=we all need to chuckle more. Thanks.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Ear wigs are a problem here, when I had chickens I would put pinecones out in the problem ares and the ear wigs would hide in them ,I just toss them full of ear wigs in with the chickens ,when they were done scattered pine cones around again and repeat. Little bit of work but really cut down on ear wigs damage.

@abraham7330

2 ай бұрын

You found esr wigs in your chicken ear?

Proboscis is the "beak" you are referring too with the assassin bug.

I got an assassin bug inside my shirt collar while hiking a few years ago, a Black Corsair. He stuck that nasty little proboscis in me! Thankfully, he didn't suck my insides out. LOL

@fayevice607

2 ай бұрын

Is that the same as a "stink" bug?

This earwigs kind of insect eat my cabbage and also bite on leg or hand if they are in bed room, thanks for sharing to us such informative and educational tips

I would love a video on how to get rid of cucumber beetles!

I had some come in with my garden bed soil mix or with mulch. I have never seen them before. They got into my celery blanching paper and mushed up my celery.

I would suggest that if you don't have a bunch of little bowls laying around, you could cut down some red solo cups to about 1.5 - 2" left and use that for the oil trick. Cheaper and disposable/recyclable

@Dbatem

Ай бұрын

I use the red solo shot cups in hanging baskets

Brian...I've been putting Tanglefoot directly on my tree trunks for all the years I've been gardening. (A lot of years.) It's never hurt my trees. Just some info for your future endeavours. 😁

love this episode

Every year from mid-April to mid-May, my garden suffers what I call the Earwig Apocalypse -- literally tens of thousands of earwigs take over my yard. I can't plant out any seedlings or they will get eaten to the ground overnight. I've seen them decimate a very large pumpkin plant overnight. It's absolutely insane; I've never lived anywhere with so many earwigs!

@FliGuyRyan

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a horror film... I'm not happy about the few getting into my house.

You should do something on wasps as a beneficial as long as they do not get over populated they are a great for your garden they love catapillers, grubs, young box elder beatles, and other small insects

Thanks so much for this! I was having an apocalyptic earwig infestation this year! Those little bastards were ruining my flowers and herbs. The Buried Oil container! Wow! I just used vegetable oil - nothing fancy, in a shallow, oblong plastic container. It took a couple of days for them to find it, then it just started filling up with their ugly little carcasses! My garden is completely rid of them. My zinnias, basil, parsley etc are all looking beautiful. I also noticed they were infesting my container plants by going up through the drain holes. I repotted every plant with fine window screen mesh over the drain holes, and a layer of small rocks holding that in place. Bingo! Problem solved. Zero damage in my potted plants.

My grandad put tins up side down with some straw in side to catch them , never knew why he done it at the the time but we had fun standing on the earwigs to dispose of them.

I made a beer trap for slugs (because I thought I had slugs) and it's pretty effective for earwigs too. The downside is it's pretty effective for some beneficial insects.

I thought for a split second “mice”!!! I was a little more horrified of them than before and then you said “mites”, whew! Putting some cotton in my ears when I go to the garden 😂

@lorraineophoff4984

3 жыл бұрын

I want to fill every body opening with Vaseline!

Wow! Really good tips, thanks! They like to hide in the petals of artichokes and it’s a bit of a shock when you go to prep one and 5-10 earwigs come bouncing out!

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Uggghh...yea!

@pamelavance648

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh yuck I've been lucky so far Finding those would have had me screaming not kind words lol especially so many at once

@aloras405

3 жыл бұрын

They also like burrowing in corn. I had to stop growing corn because of it. * shudders *

@judiburle171

3 жыл бұрын

I submerge my artichokes in a bowl of water. Gets the earwigs and other bugs out before I cook the chokes.

@farmerbob4554

3 жыл бұрын

@@judiburle171 Good call. I’m doing exactly the same from now on!

Thank you so much!!! I’m going to try the cardboard first. They are doing a lot of damage.

Japanese beetles and earwigs are my biggest pests. I despise them so much! Also my brothers told me the thing you joked about at the beginning of the video a when I was very young and it scared the crap out of me. I know it’s not true but I still cannot shake the fear I have for them.

I like your idea of doing series. Thanks Brian, for the info.

they are going after my strawberries i think. thank you for this video. very informative!

How can I keep them from eating my strawberries? I'm going to try the oil and soy sauce trick. But any other tips would be great. Thanks.

I've found that they're mostly a problem for young seedlings. What works well for me is removing the mulch from the bed when I plant young seedlings or direct seed, so that they have nowhere to hide. I just water more often until the plants are big enough to fend for themselves, and then replace the mulch.

Thank you so much. I have an awful problem with earwigs.

Thrips are taking over my garden. I've tried Neem oil and Spinosad. Is there anything else I should try?

Commercial brand of sticky barrier is Tanglefoot. Use it the same way the Vaseline was demonstrated

Good video. I have a serious infestation this year and I am throwing everything I can at it. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! I know the organic pesticides is a last resort, but I would have appreciated some more information about those. Diatomaceous earth works to keep them off the plants but must be applied daily or whenever you water. The beer and oil traps work but I have a lot of ground to cover and they fill up every night with no end in sight. The war rages on!

Your channel is perfectly done, like Mary Poppins. Gardeners are from the same tribe.

Amazing! Thank you! It seems like I have a major infestation but we are also beekeepers so anything that won’t hurt our beneficial bugs is great. I too believed that earwigs would crawl in my ears but they would lay eggs. I had a psychotic brother who lovingly reinforced this idea.

@larsonfamilyhouse

2 жыл бұрын

Well they do like damp, dark places so I’m sure it’s happened

Good information

Appreciate the soy sauce idea and the actual pictures of earwig damage.

Do rolly polly’s cause the same type of damage as pincher bugs?

I live in an apt on a slab. We have different trees so i dont know if that matters but I've got them in my apt.

beer trap works well, and as an added bonus It will also take care of slugs and snails

Thank you!

Thank you so much🙏🙏👍👍

Earwigs can be important decomposers. If you trap them in the garden, they could be "spared" the soap bath and moved to the compost pile.

Great idea to address most garden pests ans diseases. Birds were not on yout list of eating earwigs. Do they eat them and roly polies or not? Always wondered if they were were good for anything or not

Everyone in my family has been sent this video. We've all been told that story Brian. That's funny right there. I'll never kill another praying manis again. GOD BLESS YOU BRIAN & FAMILY IN JESUS NAME.

Good stuff

When do you stop pinching the growth in the crotch of a tomato plant? And when do you start letting the flowers develop fruit ?

Finally information on how to clear my garden of earwigs. Hateful, scary looking, destructive, icky, nonessential (maybe) bugs. Thank you! Still not certain they wont crawl into my ears and eat my brain.

@larsonfamilyhouse

2 жыл бұрын

They’ll crawl into your ears for sure. Not sure they’ll eat all the way to your brain tho lol

Please do one for squash bugs!