Rachel, my hubby had the best idea and it worked for us. He took the generator and shop vac out to the garden. We put soapy water in the wet vac. He sucked all those bugs off and it was easy peasy! Just wanted to share.

@TwistedOaksLA

8 күн бұрын

My husband got a portable shop vac that uses a ryobi battery and does the same thing

@KellyJoLarson

7 күн бұрын

Good to know

What I did to take care of my potatoe beetles is I take a mesh strainer and put flour in it and lightly dust the top of my potatoes leaves..when the beetles start eating the plants they can only eat a very small amount and it kills them right away because they cannot digest flour and it kills them..works every time! I just use it when I see beetles..and if it rains just re-apply the next day ;)

@renz8563

9 күн бұрын

Does this work with any type of beetle? I have Japanese beetles eating all of my roses and dahlias! A lot of buds even before they bloom! I can’t keep up with them! 😑

@tiffanyguynn8852

9 күн бұрын

Does that work for grasshoppers?

@lisaautry4944

6 күн бұрын

@@renz8563I think I’m going to try it and see. Jap beetles are my nemesis in the garden. They devour my green bean trellis and I’ve tried everything but chemicals.

I just wanna say I absolutely love your thumbnail 😂. That’s such a real expression that I’m certain majority of us can relate to! ❤

@littlecountrykitchen

9 күн бұрын

Right 😂

I squish the squash bugs and check each leaf for eggs. I also started trellising the plants off the ground, this includes all the various squash: zucchini, Acorn, Hubbard etc, and pumpkins off the ground. I make supports for any of the fruit that it such as pumpkins and stuff so they have a sling so they're protected and I can look at every leaf and then I cut the lower leaves off so I don't have to check those that are close to the ground but I can see the main stems.

We always put food grade Diacotomas Earth down after watering. We then put a thick perimeter around the plants. Always lightly sprinkle each plant, especially after each rain. Works great on ants, pill bugs, slugs, cabbage moths, aphids, jade beetles, potato bugs, fleas, ticks, chigars, and much more😀

@LittleBitOfSunshine4u

9 күн бұрын

@@qismyfavoriteuncle9856 does it hurt the earthworms though? Like when the water washes it down into the dirt?

@anonanon1982

8 күн бұрын

Diatomaceous Earth did not work on my pill bugs. I could even tell the ones that had walked through it and were still going strong days later 🙁

@kaymack5304

8 күн бұрын

@@LittleBitOfSunshine4uit apparently does not. I wouldn’t have thought of that and your question encouraged me to look it up.

I am in the mountains of NC and have dealt with my potato beetles by paying grandson to collect them in soapy water. He ERADICATED all of them within a week!!

Planting calendula within potatoes helps with potatobeatle. They wont smell the potatoes, if the calendula is cca two feets away. It amount needed depends on the sizeof potato patch. Wont hekp if the beetle is already there, but for next year.

Here in the south we have ALL the bugs! I was just lamenting to hubby that I'm sick of the garden fight. Vine borers are the worst for me! Even my tromboncino plant is suffering from them! The hornworms won't even have a chance at my tomatoes this year bc the squirrels are hauling them off by the load! It is good to finally see real gardening on KZread. Far too often all you see is perfection and when you're in the garden w@r with bugs it is comforting (somewhat) to know others are also in battle. Your garden is always beautiful!!!

@amysmith3967

9 күн бұрын

Kelly you hit the nail on the head!! In NC I've never seen it this bad. Gardens aren't perfect no matter who we are.

@lisaautry4944

6 күн бұрын

@@amysmith3967I’m in NC too and holy moly the pests this year have made me want to give up gardening. I work full time so finding a good time to walk through is a chore in itself and it’s so hot you can’t stand to be outside 😢

Earwigs!!! I’ve never seen so many like I have this year.

@LinV04

8 күн бұрын

Same here in northern Utah What do you do to get rid of them?

@debburgi3971

8 күн бұрын

Use a shallow dish and add some cooking oil and a splash of soy sauce...they love it

@DK-866

8 күн бұрын

I've heard olive oil in a small bowl will attract them

@DK-866

8 күн бұрын

​@@LinV04I've heard olive oil in a small bowl

I also check under the leaves of potato plants…potato beetles eggs are orange. Squish those before they hatch out. I put pots of catnip near the potatoes to confuse the bugs. Snails have been terrible here in Vt. They were even on onions and garlic and they’re usually not bothered by much here. Ya, they crunch when you squish them…ugh!

I have been battling slugs this year more than ever before. I tried handpicking and have gotten over 700 in 4 days. Yes, I counted them.

@auntdello5286

9 күн бұрын

Try beer traps, it works. C I use the cheapest beer I can find into a custard cup.

@ashleycopper

9 күн бұрын

My sister asked what I was doing when she called the other day and I told her I just went on a slug swishing rampage around the garden. She thought it was funny.

@kshoe5004

22 сағат бұрын

@@auntdello5286me to! And they don’t like to climb over coffee grounds and egg shells that I sprinkle over my hostas!

The squash vine borer moth is a red moth with black spots. They lay their eggs all over the plant. If the egg at the top of the stalk hatches, the larvae will bore into that stalk and makes it’s way down through the hollow section of the stalk down to the solid stem and then start feasting on it. That’s why wrapping the stem is only marginally helpful.

I am having the WORST year for pests, some I have never, ever had before. And all my usual remedies seems to be not even coming close to wiping them out. It has been a daily struggle, plants dying, stunted, or no fruit at all. I have finally decided to stop fighting and continue moderate attention and harvest whatever comes in. Then in mid-July I am going to pull everything out and replant some of the things I have lost. It doesn't get pretty cold here until closer to the end of October. I'm on a gardening facebook page for my state and everyone is having the same issues. And I have seen a ton of homesteaders videos that I follow that are like you- experienced- and are having the most tremendous invasions of pests they have never had. It's ironic that the web says onions are a natural deterrent to potato beetles, and there they are- hanging out with the onions.

For the underneath of the leaves... take a ducktape and rub against the leaves. Works great!:)

I'm retired, and I swear I work more and do more now. I try to have time to work on my quilting hobby. But at least I keep myself busy. Squash bugs come out of nowhere. Hornworns on tomatoes. Pick the worms off, they feel real strange, look pretty except their heads. ❤😂

I brought 4 jars out yesterday, DAMN CUCMBER BEETLES.

Thank you for the advice on this pest. I didn’t have potato beetles but I did have tons of roly-poly‘s. I have also been finding caterpillars on my parsley plants. They completely decimated 2 plants. I had started pulling them off and tossing them out in the yard until I found out they were swallowtail butterfly caterpillars and I decided to let them have all they wanted just to bring butterflies back to my yard. The agricultural land sold behind my house and the new owner mowed down all the wild plants and now we don’t have bees or butterflies around here. Hopefully I can do my part and bring back some of the pollinators.

We deal with squash vine borer and last year I injected liquid BT into the hollow stems of the squash plants. Idk if it was luck or not, but we harvested tons of squash!

@marilynweber7957

10 сағат бұрын

This is the first year we did this too - and this is also the first year in about 12 that we have gotten more than one zucchini before the beautiful plants died - today I went out to smash eggs on the zukes

Hey Rachel. I am in the south. We get horn worms on our tomatoes. Big fat green worms and they stripe the leaves. I do pick them and squash them but it’s better to put them in soapy water. I use a black light at night to find them because they glow. The birds love them.

Always with the aphids on my cabbages and apparently we gave ourselves a pill bug infestation last summer when we barked all our garden paths. It took many hours of work and six trailers to the dump to get rid of all the bark but it was worth it.

The slugs and earwigs this year are insane. My area of WI was in a bad drought even a month ago now its wet wet wet. And of course welcome the cucumber beetles and squash beetles, just waiting on the borers.

@Terryo1939

8 күн бұрын

I am in wisconsin as well .. and yes the earwigs are awful. What are you doing to get rid of them? I tried the soy sauce and oil …. But no luck.

Horn worms are the pest down south. I go out in the evening with a black light I got on Amazon and hunt them on my tomato plants. They glow when the black light shines on them. Makes great treats for my chickens!

I thought it was just my garden but later I found out it was greater parts of my area experiencing the same thing, which is thousands of gnats or leaf hoppers. I don't know which. But I set up yellow sticky trap paper clipped to long bamboo poles and stuck the poles in a pot positioned under flood lights. The yellow traps hovered directly in front of the lights, from right after dusk until dawn with the lights on. I set my alarm to take it down so as not attract garden pests I didn't want to catch. I did this for about two weeks and the papers continued to be covered with the pests in the morning. I stopped when ladybugs arrived in my garden and unfortunately caught about 10 of them as well. That seemed to address the "infestation". Besides that experience, early on, there doesn't seem to be any more than normal amount of other pests and actually much less aphids - knock on wood.

Pacific Northwest - Flea Beetle - Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth, Slugs - Cheap Beer Baths, Aphids - Neem Oil White moths - row covers, inspection and manual removal Rabbits - Fake Snakes Moles - Manual traps Birds - strawberries - painted rocks (placed prior to ripe strawberries), Blueberries - covers

The moth that lays the vine borer is called a Melittia Cucurbitae. It is a red and black moth

@auntdello5286

9 күн бұрын

Looks like Darth Maul

@royalicing8603

8 күн бұрын

Our vine borer moth is white with a black dot

Take hot pepper, garlic & water about one gallon altogether and let it set over night.The next day strain off the pepper and garlic then take and put in a spray bottle with some just a Little squirt of dish liquid and spray on your plants.The dish liquid help it stick to the plants!

Japanese Beetles, I used a portable vacuum cleaner to vacuum them. When I tried to pick them off they fly away…so vacuum worked best

Beatles on my pole beans. I used Neem oil, and it did the trick.

Holy cow the pests are insane! We have an infestation of Japanese beetles! I’ve picked them off in the morning , throw them in soapy water then covered my trees in mesh sacks. Never had them this bad so I feel you Rachael. I hope you can get a handle on your bugs this year. 🙏🏼

Carrot root maggots? Yep... always something wants our veg just as much as we do! Mesh cover helps but... we always have to stay vigilant anyway. Blessings Kiddo!🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

Pure Pyrethrin is organic and will get rid of potato beetles, cucumber beetles, etc. It is what I use because I’m disabled and can’t pick off beetles by hand.

Love the caption photo! 😂❤

SoCal here. Rabbits and gophers are absolute terrors and they can only be stopped through deadly force, I swear. It has become a nightly routine to go to battle with them

@wendyrotchstein98

9 күн бұрын

I battle them too. The rabbit problem was solved with tanks I use as gardens. They don't seem to jump up in them....yet. I just found a gopher hill in a garden I haven't had them in before. Ugh I am not happy.

@lizardsjc5317

8 күн бұрын

I'm in a community garden in socal. I use Uncle Ian's deer and gopher repellent. It is a blood meal and pepper mixture. Sprinkle it in a gopher whole and the surrounding soil and they go away. I have also sprinkled it on young bean plants to keep rabbits from eating them. You have to reapply after watering and be careful opening the bag or you'll get pepper sprayed.

@Lunderwhatsen

8 күн бұрын

@@lizardsjc5317​​⁠Thank you! I’ll definitely try that! Rabbits carried off one of my pepper plants the other night so if that stuff works for me then my garden life will change thoroughly!

@wendyrotchstein98

8 күн бұрын

@@lizardsjc5317 thank you! I’m in southern Arizona but I’ll try anything at this point.

We have Asian garden beetles that come out at night. They look like miniature June bugs. I put diatomaceous earth on the plant they like every evening until I don’t see any more flying around at night. I also have cabbage moths flying around. They are loving my radishes. I covered my brassicas with mesh. Since the plants don’t need pollinators, I just keep them covered and move the cover temporarily to harvest the crops. Pests are worse this year than in years past. Thanks for the info. Take care.

You need to check for the adult hard shell beetle and under the leaves for the egg clusters(yellow or orange) kill these by squashing. You have the hatched out form.

Tomato horn worm we pick off and squash, but chickens love them.

I'm in sothern lower michigan and this year in my back garden I have a ton of slugs and earrings also. Also fighting the cabbage worms. Every year we have a ton of Japanese beetles and now asiatic beetles. I use the soap and water method on the beetles. The cabbage worms I have been picking them off and squishing them. I will definately try the diatomaceous earth.

Hi. You have to look under the leaves and squish the orange baby eggs.🤢 I wear one glove🤣

Army worms are TERRIBLE down here this year. We’re in Louisiana. Everyone I’ve spoken to in the area is having major problems with them this year. I’ve never dealt with them before, but was told planting basil with your tomatoes will help fend them off. Will definitely be doing that next year.

@ima40schic

9 күн бұрын

I have basil and borage in a carpet under my tomatoes and it might be helping, but I have still been invaded by army worms, horn worms, mexican beetles, japanese beetles and white flies. I'm in AL, and so many in my state are having the same issues. It's been crazy like I've never had such problems before. AND.. none of the usual remedies are helping at all. It's like superman pests. I'm have mostly given up already at this point.

@mollieyantis2870

9 күн бұрын

@@ima40schic yes, the pests overall have been worse than I’ve ever seen them. Neem oil is our usual method of pest control and it hasn’t seemed to do a thing. Last year we had the horrible drought, this year the bugs 🙄

My worst pest is the squash bug. I didn’t grow squash last year because of them. I haven’t planted my squash yet this year, I have heard it helps to plant them later in the year.

Pennsylvania gal here. Cucumber beetles have been awful for me. I have replanted my cucumbers 3x’s. I just hit my cucumbers that are just getting true leaves with diatomaceous earth tonight. The cucumber beetles were flying away like mad. Hope they stay away!

Japanese beetles are eating my basil. I picked them off into soapy water. But, they also attack shrubs such as buckthorn. Way too many to hand pick. I used milky spore last spring but I guess it hasn’t quite done the trick. I guess I need to pray with something. Neem oil?

Grasshoppers! I just put DE on my potatoes, basil, Okra, and eggplant. I don't love to use it but I am desperate!

I'm in Michigan also and a week ago I found the same potato bug as you it started on one plant I caught them quick put them in the soapy water and then sprinkled a little diatomaceous earth took care of them

My biggest pest is the sun in south Florida.

Wayland Smalley (another garden YT'er) recommended a little rechargeable car vac that I bought to suck up squash bugs and japanese beetles. It's small and works great. I just empty it into soapy water.

Hi Rachel. I just posted a Costco new arrivals video and they have Le Parfait jars right now! Made me think of you. 😊❤

Slugs have been a menace this year. I have resorted to sluggo. Our potato beetles look different but do the same damage. Ours are cream colored with black stripes. I read somewhere that beans around your potatoes protects them. Doing an experiment this year to see if it works.

In the past I've used DE on mine, but they keep coming back after I clear them out. I'm pulling them off my plants 3 times a day. (I feed them to my chickens as well). I planted a few varieties and I'd say the one I rarely find any bugs on is the Viking Purple potato. I read somewhere planting beans with potatoes keeps the potato beetle away so I've planted some with my potatoes as an experiment and they are just starting to come up, so we will see how that goes. I'm thinking of covering my potatoes next year with insect netting just like I do Cabbage. It's too late this year as the bugs are already here and potatoes don't need to be pollinated so I think covering them may be the best way to save the potatoes.

Wow I never noticed your paint color before that is what you call vibrant❤

Great tip!

Love your green blouse😊!

Ugh! That’s me with the Japanese beetles!!!! I literally circle the garden with a soapy cup of water.

I usually have big time issues with squash bugs and vine borers, but this year, those have been light and manageable and now cucumber beetles are out of control. I have tried DE and it helped some, but upped my game and purchased Surround Kaolin Clay that I am mixing with water and spraying to coat all my plants that the beetles seem to be after. It has great uses beyond pest suppression. It also shades your plants to help prevent sun scald and can be mixed with other natural treatments like BT or Copper for dual purpose spraying

@gailpetchenik3048

7 күн бұрын

Where do u get the clay?

I actually use need, just putting a splash in jar of wate, leave right in the bed, and then spray the plant, We've had alot of rain, but I'm thinking putting DE ON THEM too seems to be helping some

Beer in a dish in gardens works well too

If you flip the potato leaves over, you'll find the orange eggs on the bottom side. Any of those you should squish and that will help control them significantly 😊

Tomato horn worm is the worst pest as well as white fly so far in Phoenix, Arizona. I had tomato horn worms bad this year. I pick them off and the birds get them.

squash bugs and earwigs are horrible here in idaho. we lost all of our squash and corn last year. praying i can figure out how to deal with them better. last year i put water down sourdough starter or beer near the corn/ green beans and that got a lot but not enough of them.

First year with a garden in a Long time. There are nondescript brown beetles everywhere. No spots, flat brown color, smaller than Japanese beetles. They are eating my peppers and squash and my flowers, especially the shasta and montauk daisies. I've collected a couple hundred or more the last 3 nights in jars with hot soapy water.

We use Spinosad organic insect spray on potatoes it will kill the potato beetles. Also, try wood ashes at the base of squash plants for squash bugs and remove any mulch they hide under it.

Very informative video. I hope my potatoe plants aren't jinxed. But if they are know I know how to handle it. Thank you

Oh my, I saw one of those potato beetles today on a potato plant! I killed it, but now tomorrow I will need to inspect further! Thanks for the heads up!!

mint soaked water sprayed morn and night xx

Love your dress Rachel. Where can I find one? I recently moved to Wisconsin and found my first potato beetles on my tomatillo plants. Thank you for this video. 😊

Thanks for the tip on the vine borers. Always a problem in central NC. I had been wrapping in tin foil but your solution is better.

My grape vines have had a lot of ants on them. I mix cosmetic grade all natural white kaolin clay powder with water in a spray bottle and spray the grape leaves with it. The clay dries out the insect exoskeleton. I also spray my bean leaves with it when it looks like something is chomping on them and as a preventative I sprayed the base of my squash and cucumber plants. So far I haven’t had any signs of vine borers or squash bugs on any of my plants. Though the growing season is young, hopefully it will continue to work.

@gailpetchenik3048

7 күн бұрын

Where do u get the clay powder?

Something's eating my leaves of peas and roses. I just sprinkled some diatomaceous earth, but I don't know if it's working or not. Too soon to tell. :/ Somethings eating the seedling brassicas I've made too. Definitely going to try that tape trick with the squash!

Grasshoppers tips on management! I hate chemicals but have used seven and and granule but still have them bad.

I’m having the darn cucumber beetles! The green striped one. Maine here. I do also get tomato hornworms but they are easy to deal with using a black light at night and they glow. Get them early and you are all good.

Earwigs! Tried everything but physically squashing them works. Moths and their eggs and larvae. Dawn soap combo works.

Diatomaceous earth contains no toxic poisons and works on contact. Dust lightly and evenly over vegetable crops wherever these potato bugs are found. They can over winter in your soil . First 4-10 inches.

@ashleyashcraft1754

9 күн бұрын

Does this work for other crops / pests? I have a Japanese beetle problem that killed my Raspberries 2 years in a row and now they won't produce at all. And now I have something in my strawberries (not sure what yet)

@crt9082

9 күн бұрын

@ashleyashcraft1754 yes It does work for them. I just googled it.

@qismyfavoriteuncle9856

9 күн бұрын

@ashleyashcraft1754 yes but you want Food Grade Diatomaceous earth only

@anonanon1982

8 күн бұрын

@@ashleyashcraft1754 Pill bugs love strawberries. They hate the sun so only eat at night. Core out half an apple or potato and lay it cut side down in your strawberry bed. Turn it right side up the next morning and you’ll know if you have pill bugs.

So far this year my Chinese cabbages are full of earwigs! Eating them from the inside out! 2 kinds of cabbage worms on regular cabbage-all green and small green w/lengthwise black stripes. Good thing I always plant way more than I need!

Right now it’s worms here. I went on vacation and came back to lots of army worms and some tiny hornworms. June bugs have just hit as well. It took me over an hour to pick all the pests off today. I use garden gloves so I don’t have to touch them and I just squash the worms with my gloved fingers. So far the june bugs are only after my asparagus and have stayed away from my main garden. Hopefully it stays that way.

Google Colorado beetle, they lay the tiny orange eggs under the leaves and those hatch into the bugs you are picking off. The bigger ones are just older and fatter, the yucky brown stuff is just the poop.

I was loosing my battle with potato beetles 2x daily picking and diatomaceous earth, flour, I finally had to buy 7. Sadly I opted for some potatoes vs organic

We have those hammerhead monster worms now in my area

White moths are my main pests. I limit brassicas because of them. Then critters. Go to trap a rabbit and get a skunk. What fun trying to release it without it spraying.

I live in far south Mississippi and I too garden organically but I’m fighting squash borers and my tomatoes are fighting stink bugs and aphids. I usually don’t have those issues with my tomatoes but this year I do. Diatomaceous earth powder and neem oil spray seems to be helping.

Oh my, we have a problem with Japanese beetles, we've tried the soapy water, but we had way too many, so this year we are trying the neem oil and we are hoping it works. I've also tried planting flowers and plants that they say will deter them, I'm not sure if that's working.

I take a pail of Dawn dish soap and water and collect all my potato beetles on a daily basis

I found bettle grubs in my soil when i was planting more tomatoes 🍅. I ended up giving a handful to my chickens. Uau treat! Also squash bugs 🐛 icky, those give me heebie jeebies i have to wear glove to grab those. 😮 i also found lots of potato bugs and surrounded my squash with diatomaceous earth. Need to do another round now thaT we had a hard rain 🌧

Tomato horn worms. I will use a black light at night to get them. The light makes them glow. During the day they just blend in.

My worst pests are bunnies, I have been known to go full Mrs MacGregor on them! squash vine borer, The beetles look like Darth Maul. I also get the cucumber beatle, and shield beetles(stink beetles) Year before last I gave up on the organic route. I now use Captain Jacks Dead Bug every 2 weeks. I apply it when there is no rain for a couple days. I try to only apply it low on the plants, towards the dirt. That is where most beetles sleep. I can nearly keep up with the squash bugs early in the morning. I can catch them maiting and flick the pair into my soap container.

Fall army worms have been showing up across michigan, I have potato beetles as well and I usually get cabbage moths

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I have gotten flea beetles in the past really badly, and honestly, I don't have much to fight them with except ammonia and soapy water spray. It's not really super effective with them, and mostly I just move my crops around yearly, and also replant during the season in a different place. Flea beetles love cruciferous crops, like cabbage, collards, cauliflower, arugula they love. They will eat other leafy plants like lettuce, but not as viciously. I've gotten squash vine borers, and used BT on the actual borer, then kind of patch the plant vine back together with masking tape or duct tape, as the borers are inside the actual vine. Thank you for this, Rachel, a very helpful video!

@elisawall7558

8 күн бұрын

Inhave thebflea Beatles too! I hate them and also have nonidea how to kill them! I think Rachel mentioned a home made spray at one point but I couldn't find a recipe.

So what you have are the nymphs of the striped Colorado potato beetle. Once the nymphs get big they go into the ground and pupate and then you'll start seeing the hard striped beetles. They lay orange eggs, and the cycle starts over. I picked off hundreds and hundreds here in Missouri. 😳

This year I don't seem to have many pests, yet. Usually around this time my plants are over taken with flea beetles and I've only had to kill 1 or 2 worms on my kale. Leaf miners are pretty mild too, so far. The only real terror I have is a chipmunk and her baby that also enjoy gardening and plant their sunflower seeds everywhere! 😂❤🌱🐿

I just saw a groundhog in our green beans. I set the trap & will dust them this evening.

Tomato worms. Just picked 6 off. They were not there yesterday! Also Japanese Beetles on my okra. Pick them off and into soap water.

I start "collecting" Colorado potato beetle adults (hard shell) as soon as the plants are emerging from the ground. Then I walk through the rows and check each plant from the top down to the ground and under the leaves (for eggs). I squash the eggs with my fingers and I just use an old water bottle to put all the bugs in. I keep collecting the larval stage insects as well as squash any of the tiny larval ones I can.

@lindaburkhart1046

8 күн бұрын

Same here. But when checking the plants for adult beetles every day and sometimes 3 times a day, I look for the very new larva in the youngest tender leaves. If you get them when they are newly hatched and very tiny, dusting with diatomaceous works great.

This year we got stinkbugs and slugs for the first time. The slugs have been getting hit with diamatatious earth & powdered egg shells. I've sprayed for the stinkbugs with neem oil but haven't seen any improvement yet. Previous years, it was leaf legged bugs

those bugs in my country are called "dorifora", they attack mostly potatoes and eggplants. I use BT during the larvae phase and spinosad during the adult phase

Yes, soapy water is great for the potatoe bugs. Be sure to check the underside of the leaves for the little tiny orange leaves and scape them off too. It's a never ending battle and a daily task. Best of luck

I spray my plants with a soapy water solution and peppermint oil. This has killed many bugs and deter many others even ear wigs. I use one tablespoon of castile soap (I don't like the smell of Dawn and then I add 10 drops of pure peppermint essential oil. I have sprayed ear wigs and come back a half hour later to find them dead.

@gailpetchenik3048

7 күн бұрын

U can get peppermint Castile soap. I use the eucalyptus Castile soap in my garden spray. I think the bugs don’t like the smell maybe I should look s start planting eucalyptus in the garden🤣

Grasshoppers in central California

I’ve seen “Susan’s in the garden you tube” she talks about putting copper strip around your base of squash plants. She wrote a book on pests I think it’s on her website. She’s a good resource. I saw my green beans have leaves missing not sure what’s eating it it could be birds. Good luck with your pests. Nancy from nebraska

@anonanon1982

8 күн бұрын

For me, anytime something is eating my green beans, it’s pill bugs. Core out half of a potato or apple and lay it cut side down in your garden bed the night before and the next morning when you pick it up you’ll know if you have pill bugs or not.

I have slugs and when it’s wet it’s worse We go slugging at night and early morning Slugo doesn’t help enough

Rachel - check under the landscape fabric for eggs. Ive been reading about landscape fabric for gardening and while it has its perks as a weed barrier, there have been lots of reports of pests using it as a home / overwintering better in your soil because it makes it warmer and that, over time (and the amount of time I dont recall right now), plastic pieces from the landscape fabric will leech into the soil and make the whole organic produce thing really not worth it anymore.