Japanese Beetles can decimate your garden and destroy all your hard work. They live in your grass as grubs for 11 months of the year. When they emerge, usually in late June in my area (ZONE 6A) , the adults eat and mate. You can count on them being around for about 40 days. You know you have them when you see SKELETONIZED LEAVES on your roses, fruit trees (apple, apricot, cherry, peach, and/or plum), raspberries, basil, green beans, corn, etc. There are over 400 plants that Japanese Beetles like to eat.
One of the easiest ways to protect your garden is to cover your plants with a light net fabric like Tulle. You can find Tulle at your local JoAnn fabric store. You’ll need to keep the fabric on for about 6 WEEKS. The next thing you can do is pick the bugs off by hand or shake them on to a sheet on the ground then dump the live bugs into warm soap water…. DEAD!
You can use Geraniums to trap the beetles. The beetles love to munch the flowers & leaves of the plant. Geraniums contain Geraniol oil that stuns the beetles and they fall to the ground. They usually die within 8-12 hours. This does not kill them but makes them vulnerable for the birds to eat them. Chickens love them, too!
Plant Companion plants like catnip, chives, garlic, onions, nasturtium, rue, and tansy to REPEL the beetles.
DIY HOMEMADE ORGANIC TRAP- Some gardeners feel that the traps attract more beetles than they kill! Get a can of Fruit Cocktail…open the can and ferment in the sun about a week. That’s your lure. Then get a 5-gallon bucket. Put the can in the center. Fill the bucket with warm soap water to the rim of the can. The beetles will be attracted to the scent of the fermented fruit and fall into the soapy water…the end for the beetles!
Spray your plants in early morning or at dusk with Tablespoon 100% Neem Oil (cold pressed with azadirachtin), 2 tsp neutral soap (Castile, Ivory, Dawn Ultra, or baby shampoo) & gallon of water. You can spray once per week.
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