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Use these tips to get rid of Japanese beetles.
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Prevent Japanese Beetles From Eating Your Plants!
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I wonder what strength (water:peroxide) ratio did you use? were plants affected?
Said they sprayed the plants with 'peroxide'.. and was only considering a mixture for the lawn.
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THANKYOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL TIP! I AM GOING OUTSIDE TO TRY THIS ON ALL MY ROSE BUSHES AND HIBISCUS RIGHT NOW!! VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! SINCERELY, NICOLE K.
I always have Japanese Beetles and they always show up around the 4th of July. Their favorite plants in my garden are: Rose of Sharon,Rose Mallow, Annual hibiscus - ALL and ANY hibiscus plants, roses, Petunias, and Hakuro Nishiki- Japanese willow shrub. They will completely decimate Rose Mallow. This year the hibiscus are all slower to bloom, but the beetles came out. I found them eating the leaves, but not that many this year. Yesterday, I went around to pick them off and found only dead ones all over the Geraniums! I have never seen them dead before hanging on the plants, so I have assume the Geraniums are deadly for them. Get some Geraniums and put them out. maybe this will work for others as well. I am located in N IL.
Be careful with geraniums around pets as they are poisonous to them (and young children if they'll eat them).
Yes, you are right! Geraniums can be deadly to Japanese beetles, and planting them can be a good method of control. Check out this page for more plants that Japanese beetles don't like.
' Hand Pick'. By holding a paper plate under the beetle. Touch the beetle with a stick or finger, they will 'freeze' and fall onto the plate. Then fold plate and squeeze over the bug. The plate will hold many beetles. Very dead
Is there a problem with using the lure traps sold at most garden centers that have the sex and food lure in them? I can't find any comments about it.
Are these not safe? please help!
After talking to a local chapter of the National Wildlife folk at a recent town faire, I stopped using the traps. The attractant in them basically makes all the beetles drop the larva in YOUR yard instead of your neighbor's. Sure enough, this year, I'm having much more trouble than ever before. You're better off using milky spore and nematodes.
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