Guest guest Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? They are everywhere and we really are not wanting to use those powders in the store. What do you all use to get rid of garden bugs? They are eating threw everything.... Thank You, Gloria www.myspace.com/gloriasparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 ¶ Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? [Dave]: Use a mister and spray them with water that contains a Tbs or so of dish detergent. This wets them enough to smother them. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/885 - Release 7/3/2007 10:02 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 I take my home made liquid soap and water and spray the plants with it at least two times a month. I also dust with corn starch or baby powder bugs don't like it. Take 4T mild soap to 1 gallon of water, mix and spray the leaves. HTH Vicki Gloria Sparks <gloriasparks3 Tuesday, July 3, 2007 8:53:49 AM Pesky Beetles. Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? They are everywhere and we really are not wanting to use those powders in the store. What do you all use to get rid of garden bugs? They are eating threw everything.. .. Thank You, Gloria www.myspace. com/gloriasparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 They are alraedy spraying the dishwater and it isn't helping, this corn starch is new to me. I willcall my daughter and tell her to try it. The feed store sold her 7 and said it was safe and the only thing to use to get rid of these beetles. I told her to read the directions and cautions on the can. It states right there not to touch the powder with your hands when applying it?? So you can EAT the vegetables and it's supposed to be safe? Makes you really wonder. Anyway thanks for the idea with the corn starch and baby powder. I'm sure they will give those a whirl. I also heard somewhere about mixing baking soda and beer and spritzing that. What is your opinion on that one? Have you ever heard of that? This is the first year my kids have their own garden and have just realized all the hard work and care it takes. They have learned that you can really fall in love with a garden as they watch each little yellow tomato flower become a baby tomato and watch as all those little seeds that were started inside have now become full fledged plants.. Guess they finally understand WHY I was always talking to my garden when I was working pulling weeds etc.and decided i'm not crazy after all. My daughter has suffered with anxiety and panic attacks for years. Since she started this year with the garden she has had no attacks and doesn't even take her anxiety meds any more. Other than these pesky little beetles and the crows stealing the seeds as she was planting thm it has become the greatest form of theraphy for her and her 3 year old daughter. Now to just keep it organic and bug free! Thanks again for your help, Gloria Vicki P <sun613moon wrote: I take my home made liquid soap and water and spray the plants with it at least two times a month. I also dust with corn starch or baby powder bugs don't like it. Take 4T mild soap to 1 gallon of water, mix and spray the leaves. HTH Vicki Gloria Sparks Tuesday, July 3, 2007 8:53:49 AM Pesky Beetles. Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? They are everywhere and we really are not wanting to use those powders in the store. What do you all use to get rid of garden bugs? They are eating threw everything.. .. Thank You, Gloria www.myspace.com/gloriasparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 ¶ They are alraedy spraying the dishwater and it isn't helping, this corn starch is new to me. I willcall my daughter and tell her to try it. [Dave]: You might also try dusting them with diatomaceous earth. Wear a dust mask and wash your veggies very well if you do this. It's nontoxic and completely natural, but it can irritate sensitive tissues such as throats, eyes and sinuses. Keep it away from kids and critters. It is a microscopically fine abrasive that lodges in the joints and crevasses of the insect's outer skeleton and actually wears holes in it. The creature then dies of dehydration. It doesn't kill immediately, but it does work. I just had an idea. Do you know what kind of beetles these are? If I had the space (I used to), I would see if some favorite plant of the beetles' couldn't be planted in some far corner somewhere, in addition to trying the above techniques. Might be interesting: in the proper habitat, the beetles would be prey instead of pest. Buy some praying mantises. Little lions and tigers, they are. They are carniverous, and they eat with gusto. A little kinky in their mating habits but heck, whose business is that? I got a story about that. When I moved to Texas back in the late 70s I grew a garden that was infested with pests like yours is, and I went looking for some ladybugs and mantises. I went from nursery to nursery, where people looked at me like I was crazy. The natural thing hadn't migrated quite that far into the heartland yet, and they all wanted to sell me bags, sprays, spikes, dust, powder, etc. One old guy I will never forget. He was probably about the age I am now, but he was all sun-weathered and wind-blistered and I was a twenty-something longhair from the land of fruits and nuts, and he had on some bleached-out and re-dirtied overalls and an old baseball cap which he shoved way back on his head so he could scratch it. He squinted and peered at me like I was a disease of wheat, and he said (y'awl gotta pick chur the moast Taaxen Taxes accent yew ever heared): " Yew wanna buy buhgs? Ta git ridda BUHHHGS? Son, lemme show yew this here bagga snot, now this here'll kill evverthang that even THANKS about your okra, okay you with me now, boy? " Well, maybe you - I mean yew - hadda be there. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/885 - Release 7/3/2007 10:02 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Fingers. LOL Leslie. P.S ladybirds are the perfect pest control form many garden insects. You can buy them in quantities and set up the condition or them to breed and thrive, gradually altering the ecology of your garden to one where beneficial insects and such start returning. It should be wondered why the beneficial insects are not coming to the garden, I wonder if there has been much use of pesticides and herbicides on it. Leslie - " David Lambert " <dlmbrt Wednesday, July 04, 2007 6:24 AM RE: Pesky Beetles. ¶ Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? [Dave]: Use a mister and spray them with water that contains a Tbs or so of dish detergent. This wets them enough to smother them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 I tried the diatomaceous earth on ants and it didn't work very well. It's been so dry here that come garden time with sprinklers it seemed to attract ants. I found planting giant sun flowers lured some pests from my garden to feast on the sun flowers. They also looked nice. If you find something that works please post it. Dianne Take the Internet to Go: Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 the lady bugs are there and they were a sight for sore eyes but they are being over powered by the beetles. The amish are using a beetle trap?? Of course all the stores are sold out of this whatever it is. Yes we were thinking of gettting some lady buys and even praying manits. You a get kits of these if I'm not mistaken. Don't know if it will remedy the immediately situation but it will help in the long run. We also have loads of sunflowers gong and seems like the bugs would prefer the garden instead. I'm going to keep trying to see what we can come up with that won't hurt the plants or veggys. Mean time if anyone here has any old wives tales or traditional ways of dealing with gardens and pests I sure would enjoy the post. Thank You, Enjoy your 4th of July. Gloria " Zentub " <zentub wrote: Fingers. LOL Leslie. P.S ladybirds are the perfect pest control form many garden insects. You can buy them in quantities and set up the condition or them to breed and thrive, gradually altering the ecology of your garden to one where beneficial insects and such start returning. It should be wondered why the beneficial insects are not coming to the garden, I wonder if there has been much use of pesticides and herbicides on it. Leslie - " David Lambert " To: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 6:24 AM RE: Pesky Beetles. ¶ Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? [Dave]: Use a mister and spray them with water that contains a Tbs or so of dish detergent. This wets them enough to smother them. www.myspace.com/gloriasparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 If you have no pets or can keep them out of your plant area you can mix boric acid with a bit of powdered sugar and sprinkle it on them as well. It doesn't hurt for it to get damp either it makes the sugar attract them more. My exterminator said that they use the same thing to help bait for most roaches and beetles. Mix 3 Heaping Tablespoons Powdered Sugar to 1/2 cup Boric Acid Powder, spread on ant hills as well as at the plants to draw pests off and to the bait. KEEP PETS OUT OF PLANT AREA. Hope you have a wonderful holiday. Vicki Dianne France <darby366 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 6:29:47 AM RE: Pesky Beetles. I tried the diatomaceous earth on ants and it didn't work very well. It's been so dry here that come garden time with sprinklers it seemed to attract ants. I found planting giant sun flowers lured some pests from my garden to feast on the sun flowers. They also looked nice. If you find something that works please post it. Dianne ------------ --------- --------- --- Take the Internet to Go: Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 I usually just lurk, but since we also were facing undesirable creatures today, I thought I'd chime in with my two cents worth. :-)I take joy or any other lemon detergent (or, you could use lemon juice and liquid soap if you make soap) and tobacco juice...not much, just a bit. A natural gardener years ago showed this method on PBS. It works for some types of pests. What I did was use the lemon joy detergent(I didn't make soap back then), and I also smoked back then, so I collected a bunch of cig butts and soaked them in water (STINKS..but works)..then mix detergent and nico tea together, spray down the plants and the ground around the plants. If I made it today I'd probably use about a teaspoon of snuff (I have it around for other reasons..I don't do tobacco products anymore) and some liquid soap with lemon juice and lemon EO in it. With water about 4 parts water, one part soap and nico. Stir well, put in spray bottle. , Vicki P <sun613moon wrote: > > I take my home made liquid soap and water and spray the plants with it at least two times a month. I also dust with corn starch or baby powder bugs don't like it. Take 4T mild soap to 1 gallon of water, mix and spray the leaves. > HTH > Vicki > > > Gloria Sparks <gloriasparks3 > > Tuesday, July 3, 2007 8:53:49 AM > Pesky Beetles. > > > > > > > Anyone have a safe way of getting beetles off vegetable plants? They are everywhere and we really are not wanting to use those powders in the store. What do you all use to get rid of garden bugs? They are eating threw everything.. .. > > Thank You, > > Gloria > > > > www.myspace. com/gloriasparks > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 ¶ Mean time if anyone here has any old wives tales or traditional ways of dealing with gardens and pests I sure would enjoy the post. [Dave]: I have a pot of hybrid geraniums that's infested with little caterpillars. One foolproof method, which I've been using, is to pick them off with your fingers and smash the little guys underfoot. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.0/886 - Release 7/4/2007 1:40 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 ¶ Mean time if anyone here has any old wives tales or traditional ways of dealing with gardens and pests I sure would enjoy the post. [Dave]: You just reminded me of another trick I've used, which is to soak a few cigarettes in a glass of hot water until it's tea-colored. Add a few drops of detergent and spray your pests. Nicotinic acid is very poisonous and will kill many bugs, but of course it gets on your plants, too, so maybe this isn't best for vegetables. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.0/886 - Release 7/4/2007 1:40 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Do you know what kind of beetles? Zo - " David Lambert " <dlmbrt Wednesday, July 04, 2007 3:56 PM RE: Pesky Beetles. ¶ Mean time if anyone here has any old wives tales or traditional ways of dealing with gardens and pests I sure would enjoy the post. [Dave]: I have a pot of hybrid geraniums that's infested with little caterpillars. One foolproof method, which I've been using, is to pick them off with your fingers and smash the little guys underfoot. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.0/886 - Release 7/4/2007 1:40 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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