Comments on: (japanese) beetle juice http://awaytogarden.com/japanese-beetle-juice Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/japanese-beetle-juice/comment-page-2#comment-19327 Margaret Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:53:51 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=667#comment-19327 Welcome, Todd, and thank you for all the details. Who knew? :) See you soon! Welcome, Todd, and thank you for all the details. Who knew? :) See you soon!

]]> By: Todd http://awaytogarden.com/japanese-beetle-juice/comment-page-2#comment-19318 Todd Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:03:53 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=667#comment-19318 Pepper Creek Greenhouse, Rockford, Il. We use the soapy water in the vase method at our greenhouse. I find that twice a day, early morning and late afternoon, works well to have them be less likely to fly. Notice though that they prefer to drop down first than fly away 90% of the time; so hold the vase imeadiatly below the flower you are cleaning, try not to disturb the rest of the plant and gently nudge, or directly pluck the beetle off and into the vase of water. The soap is used to break the water's surface tension, so just a drop or two is all you need, without it they could hit the water, bounce off and fly away. Just a note, any cluster of beetles on a leaf or flower will have released an attractive perfume to bring other beetles to the party, so remove and dispose of any flower or leaf you find 2 or more feeding on. Pepper Creek Greenhouse, Rockford, Il.
We use the soapy water in the vase method at our greenhouse. I find that twice a day, early morning and late afternoon, works well to have them be less likely to fly. Notice though that they prefer to drop down first than fly away 90% of the time; so hold the vase imeadiatly below the flower you are cleaning, try not to disturb the rest of the plant and gently nudge, or directly pluck the beetle off and into the vase of water.
The soap is used to break the water’s surface tension, so just a drop or two is all you need, without it they could hit the water, bounce off and fly away.
Just a note, any cluster of beetles on a leaf or flower will have released an attractive perfume to bring other beetles to the party, so remove and dispose of any flower or leaf you find 2 or more feeding on.

]]> By: Mackenzie Carpenter http://awaytogarden.com/japanese-beetle-juice/comment-page-2#comment-19078 Mackenzie Carpenter Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:34:56 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=667#comment-19078 There's a reason why roses do their first and best flush of bloom in May and early June here in Pittsburgh... because the JBs aren't around to destroy them! Can you imagine if they were? Too horrible to contemplate.... As it is, I tried milky spore but it didn't really do anything. We live near a city park with lots of green lawn.. so no matter what I do, the grubs will find some place to grow and then they'll fly over into my garden. So I just stopped worrying about it, the garden still looks great. There’s a reason why roses do their first and best flush of bloom in May and early June here in Pittsburgh… because the JBs aren’t around to destroy them! Can you imagine if they were? Too horrible to contemplate….

As it is, I tried milky spore but it didn’t really do anything. We live near a city park with lots of green lawn.. so no matter what I do, the grubs will find some place to grow and then they’ll fly over into my garden. So I just stopped worrying about it, the garden still looks great.

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