How to Cheaply and Easily Kill Insects - Quick Gardening Tip #3
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2024
- There are lots of ways to kill insects in your garden. This is one of the safest ways to do it. It's effective on beetles and worms. It's quick, easy, and safe compared to many other ways of killing garden insect.
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Good Morning Jim - It's always a battle with the bugs, birds, squirrels, etc. Have not experienced those you've shown this morning but will be on the lookout for them now. Hope you have a great weekends and take care...
Good morning Sue! You are lucky if you haven't had trouble with the bugs I shown this morning. We have way too many of them around here. Hope you have a great weekend also!
Great tips. It's always a battle here in Florida with some type of bugs. I keep my dish soap close at hand just for that reason.
I got myself a green stalk for my birthday today. I'm excited to get it assembled and start planting. Take care and have a great weekend.🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
That's a good idea to keep it handy for when you need it. That's a pretty nice birthday present you have there. I hope you enjoy growing in it. I have ours planted, but not much is growing in it yet. Have a great weekend!
Sweet tip, Jim.😃 I also use the soapy water method. In addition, I use a hand vacuum to get some of the squash bugs and cucumber beetles...using both methods helps me win the battle.😄
Thanks! Nice....I've used the hand vac on squash bugs a few times when they were really bad. I've been lucky enough to not have to do that in a while though. Whatever it takes 😊
Great useful tips. Keep ‘em coming, mate. Enjoy the weekend. Cheers!
Thanks a bunch, you too!
Jim, I also use dish soap to kill unwanted garden pests. Last year I learned that any brand of dish soap works to kill bugs & slugs (previously I had only used Dawn dish soap). Lol. 🐛🤭😂Since then, I have purchased whichever one is the cheapest. Have you dealt with the Japanese Beatles? I found a couple of those last year, so it appears they have made it to my area. I hope you and Mrs. Midwest Gardener have a lovely weekend. ~Margie
Hello Margie! We have been pretty lucky. We haven't had much trouble with Japanese beetles.....yet. We do have Green June beetles that can be a real pain sometimes. We don't need any new bugs. We've got plenty of bugs already. Have a great weekend!
I save the caterpillars, we need them specifically monarch butterfly
Yes, I never would kill a Monarch caterpillar. I have milkweed growing just for them. Glad you appreciate them too.
I like that idea of using soapy water. I used a neem oil mixture last year, and it didn't really do much to kill bugs, especially considering the cost of it. It also left my plants and fruit oily and shiny. Didn't like that. Also used another all natural insect spray, which almost killed my plants. So frustrating using products that don't work well. What is the combination of soap and water you use? I'd like to try it. Thanks.
You're welcome! I use about 1 tablespoon of dish soap per gallon of water. I don't always measure it exactly.
What might work against _aphids?_ They won't shake off. My potted mint plant is mysteriously full of aphids. 😠
Don't go around killing bugs. A healthy ecosystem will balance itself out. If you kill prey you will not have predators.
If they are native especially let them live. But the natives can be killed by miss id them or just killing everything.
I love milkweed beetles and most of those types do not kill the plant either. RMB will squeak if they get stuck in a flower 😂❤ i grow Sandvive milkweed which has plenty of seeds for them to eat !!! Native plant and smells beautiful ❤
Yes, I'm aware of how it's supposed to work when things are balanced. A lot of destruction can occur while you're waiting for things to balance out. I had a bad aphid infestation once, I solved it by buying some ladybugs. Normally I don't have a problem with aphids because I have enough ladybugs and parasitic wasps.