How to get rid of Japanese Beetles Organically s
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Date: 2022-08-07
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Virginia
Glad to know milky spore is ineffective which I figured was true. I reduced my Japanese beetle problem without lifting a finger. A few years ago I noticed disturbances in my soil/weed lawn/woodlands. In the following spring I encountered 4 young armadillos bulldozing along with great focus and deliberation. I stood still as they worked their way up to me without ever acknowledging me until one bumped into my foot, looked up and immediately went back to sniffing and digging along. I touched it and it made no effort to respond at all. I slightly shoved it and it still did not respond at all, just kept right on rummaging with the other three. I shoved it hard and still no response. (Fun fact: they were all clones of each other; armadillos are born four at a time and are identical quadruplets)
I had plenty of grubs in my soils and they were having a feast. Armadillos frequent my property every year now and every year I have less and less Japanese beetles. If I did as this video suggests I might make more progress in controlling them, but I used to do that years ago and decided it's too much trouble, time-consuming and icky. I have a food garden and just decided to share with nature as it wants; it's less trouble and less expensive and less time-consuming. I just plant extra and use nothing at all but compost and, when needed, fish emulsion.
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Glad to know milky spore is ineffective which I figured was true. I reduced my Japanese beetle problem without lifting a finger. A few years ago I noticed disturbances in my soil/weed lawn/woodlands. In the following spring I encountered 4 young armadillos bulldozing along with great focus and deliberation. I stood still as they worked their way up to me without ever acknowledging me until one bumped into my foot, looked up and immediately went back to sniffing and digging along. I touched it and it made no effort to respond at all. I slightly shoved it and it still did not respond at all, just kept right on rummaging with the other three. I shoved it hard and still no response. (Fun fact: they were all clones of each other; armadillos are born four at a time and are identical quadruplets)
I had plenty of grubs in my soils and they were having a feast. Armadillos frequent my property every year now and every year I have less and less Japanese beetles. If I did as this video suggests I might make more progress in controlling them, but I used to do that years ago and decided it's too much trouble, time-consuming and icky. I have a food garden and just decided to share with nature as it wants; it's less trouble and less expensive and less time-consuming. I just plant extra and use nothing at all but compost and, when needed, fish emulsion.
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Kent
I did this for years and still they kept returning in huge numbers. Because the beetles wind up infesting a very, very large area (in my case our entire neighbourhood, including parks and trails) trying to control them on one small property doesn-t really work - at least it didn-t for me. I finally had to get rid of the JB-s two favourite plants - my roses and grape vines. Because they eat the rose blooms, there was almost no way to rid blooms of the beetles without basically ruining them - and so what-s the point of roses? However, you can spray any foliage plants the JB eats with a homemade soap spray, especially when the leaves are out of reach because of the height of a vine for instance. I discovered this actually kills the beetles, not instantly, but after a few minutes, perhaps because they can no longer fly once their bodies are drenched in soapy water. Then you can knock the dead bodies off. Still, they will just keep coming back if your general area is host to a significant population of these highly destructive pests. But with no roses and no grape vines this year, I-ve picked off about a dozen beetles from other plants (echinacea, a day lily and basil) instead of the usual hundreds, if not thousands that my garden has hosted for the past 10 years.
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I did this for years and still they kept returning in huge numbers. Because the beetles wind up infesting a very, very large area (in my case our entire neighbourhood, including parks and trails) trying to control them on one small property doesn-t really work - at least it didn-t for me. I finally had to get rid of the JB-s two favourite plants - my roses and grape vines. Because they eat the rose blooms, there was almost no way to rid blooms of the beetles without basically ruining them - and so what-s the point of roses? However, you can spray any foliage plants the JB eats with a homemade soap spray, especially when the leaves are out of reach because of the height of a vine for instance. I discovered this actually kills the beetles, not instantly, but after a few minutes, perhaps because they can no longer fly once their bodies are drenched in soapy water. Then you can knock the dead bodies off. Still, they will just keep coming back if your general area is host to a significant population of these highly destructive pests. But with no roses and no grape vines this year, I-ve picked off about a dozen beetles from other plants (echinacea, a day lily and basil) instead of the usual hundreds, if not thousands that my garden has hosted for the past 10 years.
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Gary
This is the same way I handle my beetle infestation except I never realized the laced leaves would produce a chemical reaction that would draw in the beetles. Here is a thought I have had for years. IF the government or community would give out traps to EVERYONE we could gather enough of the beetles to eliminate them totally. One person here and there are only draws them to their yard and it will not do it. Oh, and I use a wooden back scratcher to help shake them off into a fairly small bucket that I can get back into my shrubs underneath them. I average over a hundred a day drowned in the soapy water I just flush down the drain.
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This is the same way I handle my beetle infestation except I never realized the laced leaves would produce a chemical reaction that would draw in the beetles. Here is a thought I have had for years. IF the government or community would give out traps to EVERYONE we could gather enough of the beetles to eliminate them totally. One person here and there are only draws them to their yard and it will not do it. Oh, and I use a wooden back scratcher to help shake them off into a fairly small bucket that I can get back into my shrubs underneath them. I average over a hundred a day drowned in the soapy water I just flush down the drain.
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Frieda
We've found Milky Spore to be amazingly effective, but it only kills the beetle larvae. Great thing was, the moles all left as well! After 10 years of effectiveness, it's time to re-apply. We noticed a few again last year and I really regret not having re-applied it then! So, while we wait for the life cycle and nature to cooperate, it's great to know we can do this! I also didn't know about the advantage of getting them in the morning, or destroying the damaged leaves. Many thanks for posting this info!
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We've found Milky Spore to be amazingly effective, but it only kills the beetle larvae. Great thing was, the moles all left as well! After 10 years of effectiveness, it's time to re-apply. We noticed a few again last year and I really regret not having re-applied it then! So, while we wait for the life cycle and nature to cooperate, it's great to know we can do this! I also didn't know about the advantage of getting them in the morning, or destroying the damaged leaves. Many thanks for posting this info!
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Maria
I have done the soapy water method but they love the same floweres than the bees and ended up killing few bees. The bes method was the japanese beetle traps.
I place one at the end of my back yard where I didn't have many flowers and in one day they could fill have of the bag. I would take the bags every evening and dumped them in the toilet and place the bag again its place. I use to see millions of them every year but now is July and today I saw 4 and killed them with an Spectrizide spray.
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I have done the soapy water method but they love the same floweres than the bees and ended up killing few bees. The bes method was the japanese beetle traps.
I place one at the end of my back yard where I didn't have many flowers and in one day they could fill have of the bag. I would take the bags every evening and dumped them in the toilet and place the bag again its place. I use to see millions of them every year but now is July and today I saw 4 and killed them with an Spectrizide spray.
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nic
Good info, especially about removing the damaged leaves. I actually live in Japan, and I know of no effective natural predators, at least not in my garden. These beetles destroy many of the leaves on my one grape vine and seriously damage other trees. The problem is the bucket system won-t work so well on taller trees. I have to kick the tree (yes, early morning) or shake it vigorously and try and stomp on as many beetles as I. can before they hide.
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Good info, especially about removing the damaged leaves. I actually live in Japan, and I know of no effective natural predators, at least not in my garden. These beetles destroy many of the leaves on my one grape vine and seriously damage other trees. The problem is the bucket system won-t work so well on taller trees. I have to kick the tree (yes, early morning) or shake it vigorously and try and stomp on as many beetles as I. can before they hide.
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rebeccajns
I've been having problems with Japanese beetles on some of my petunias & not thinking, I sprayed them with Sevin spray roughly around 6pm on a sunny hot day (I live in West Virginia) about 30 mins later they appear to be bleached/burnt! - I'm so upset with myself! I've been trying to research & haven't had much luck with what to do. Ahhhh! HELP! If anyone knows what to do or has ANY info plzzz let me kno. Thank u!
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I've been having problems with Japanese beetles on some of my petunias & not thinking, I sprayed them with Sevin spray roughly around 6pm on a sunny hot day (I live in West Virginia) about 30 mins later they appear to be bleached/burnt! - I'm so upset with myself! I've been trying to research & haven't had much luck with what to do. Ahhhh! HELP! If anyone knows what to do or has ANY info plzzz let me kno. Thank u!
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Laura
I'm sorry to say but they do bitel I've been bitten by them alot and this year is horrible, I've already caught over 2000 of these things and about the same amount of oriental beatles also, there still coming, I've got 2 big traps but I should have atleast four maybe six traps, oh and just to let you know that these beetles have learned how to fly right out of the trap bag, they always come back to the bag
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I'm sorry to say but they do bitel I've been bitten by them alot and this year is horrible, I've already caught over 2000 of these things and about the same amount of oriental beatles also, there still coming, I've got 2 big traps but I should have atleast four maybe six traps, oh and just to let you know that these beetles have learned how to fly right out of the trap bag, they always come back to the bag
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Melinda
I live on a few acres. There is a huge wild blackberry patch where the Japanese Beetles are having their orgy and no way I could ever thump them into soapy water - They are eating my crepe myrtles, including the black diamond crepes, my Kwanzaa and Yoshino cherry trees! There-s no way I can climb the trees to get to where they-re at! I-ll probably have to go the non-organic route to get rid of them.
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I live on a few acres. There is a huge wild blackberry patch where the Japanese Beetles are having their orgy and no way I could ever thump them into soapy water - They are eating my crepe myrtles, including the black diamond crepes, my Kwanzaa and Yoshino cherry trees! There-s no way I can climb the trees to get to where they-re at! I-ll probably have to go the non-organic route to get rid of them.
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Lou
Incidentally, I have used milky spore the last two years in fall and spring. I have noticed improvement because the beetle damage isn-t as wide spread as it was before I used milky spore, but nothing is 100% effective. I-m going to try this method early in the morning. And I am going to trim my skeletonized leaves and blooms as well. Thank you for your help.
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Incidentally, I have used milky spore the last two years in fall and spring. I have noticed improvement because the beetle damage isn-t as wide spread as it was before I used milky spore, but nothing is 100% effective. I-m going to try this method early in the morning. And I am going to trim my skeletonized leaves and blooms as well. Thank you for your help.
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Kathleen
Thank you! Here in Colorado Front Range we-ve only seen them for a few years but it-s enough to make a gardener cry. Info from reliable sources is vague and sometimes conflicting. And. they DO bite! A friend and I were swarmed after using a -good smelling- insect repellent and they bit. Hurts but doesn-t last.
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Thank you! Here in Colorado Front Range we-ve only seen them for a few years but it-s enough to make a gardener cry. Info from reliable sources is vague and sometimes conflicting. And. they DO bite! A friend and I were swarmed after using a -good smelling- insect repellent and they bit. Hurts but doesn-t last.
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Steve
Be careful where you dump the bucket of corpses afterwards. I've heard that as they decay they give off a scent that can attract others. I've got a storm drain on the far end of my lot. After I let them in the sun for a few hours I dump the bucket down the storm drain and let the sewer have them.
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Be careful where you dump the bucket of corpses afterwards. I've heard that as they decay they give off a scent that can attract others. I've got a storm drain on the far end of my lot. After I let them in the sun for a few hours I dump the bucket down the storm drain and let the sewer have them.
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Jonathan
I'm having june bugs attracted to my back porch and they are all over the door and then when my grandma goes outside to smoke, they get in. So if I do this and put the bucket on the opposite side of the porch, will they be attracted to the bucket and stay away from the door?
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I'm having june bugs attracted to my back porch and they are all over the door and then when my grandma goes outside to smoke, they get in. So if I do this and put the bucket on the opposite side of the porch, will they be attracted to the bucket and stay away from the door?
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JJ
I do this every morning but I pick them off and feed the beetles to my chickens. Unfortunately, as the day progresses, the beetles keep on coming all day! There's just too many and the damage has already been done before you can even get to them. My chickens are sick of them too!
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I do this every morning but I pick them off and feed the beetles to my chickens. Unfortunately, as the day progresses, the beetles keep on coming all day! There's just too many and the damage has already been done before you can even get to them. My chickens are sick of them too!
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Jennie
Great! I had just discovered myself about removing the damaged leaves and now, having done it, it appears to improve the situation.
So sad to come back to our apple trees after being too busy to see them - they are about half skeletonized. Yikes!
Warm regards Jennie
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Great! I had just discovered myself about removing the damaged leaves and now, having done it, it appears to improve the situation.
So sad to come back to our apple trees after being too busy to see them - they are about half skeletonized. Yikes!
Warm regards Jennie
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PoleGem
The Japanese beetles in our yard do have a natural predator. the 8 year old boys that help water my garden! Lordy. they catch them n drown them or snatch off body parts or run them over with tiny vehicles. If not for the roses I'd be made ill. instead. overjoyed! -
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The Japanese beetles in our yard do have a natural predator. the 8 year old boys that help water my garden! Lordy. they catch them n drown them or snatch off body parts or run them over with tiny vehicles. If not for the roses I'd be made ill. instead. overjoyed! -
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Kate
If you leave that bucket of bugs at the base of the shrub the dead and dying insects scare away any other beetles near by. I pick a few bugs off my rosebush in june and leave the jar inconspicuously under the rose bush and the scent of their dead is repelling to them.
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If you leave that bucket of bugs at the base of the shrub the dead and dying insects scare away any other beetles near by. I pick a few bugs off my rosebush in june and leave the jar inconspicuously under the rose bush and the scent of their dead is repelling to them.
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anthony
I use a spray can of paint any color fast drying varnish spray works best spray it they cant move, i got rid of them 5yrs ago and they are coming back again. I was getting hundreds a day for a couple yrs, now they are hitting my roses and grape vines.
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I use a spray can of paint any color fast drying varnish spray works best spray it they cant move, i got rid of them 5yrs ago and they are coming back again. I was getting hundreds a day for a couple yrs, now they are hitting my roses and grape vines.
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Wynona
I have zillions of those bugs. My rose bushes and plants are many. Also tall and I am a shorty. I cannot get to those leaves and bugs. I need a spray or something. I have tried the traps and they only invite all in the vicinity to come over.
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I have zillions of those bugs. My rose bushes and plants are many. Also tall and I am a shorty. I cannot get to those leaves and bugs. I need a spray or something. I have tried the traps and they only invite all in the vicinity to come over.
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Denise
Thay are destroying my rose bushes. Thay have gotten into the rose buds and open rose's and is killing them! --
It's terrible a completely frustrating. --
I'm going to try this.
Thank you so much for this video --
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Thay are destroying my rose bushes. Thay have gotten into the rose buds and open rose's and is killing them! --
It's terrible a completely frustrating. --
I'm going to try this.
Thank you so much for this video --
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