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- From: Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp <hoosiergardener@earthlink.net>
- To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:31:41 -0500
Doreen -- I don't use anything. I live in Indianapolis in an urban area and have very few problems with Japanese beetles or other insects. I get a few here and there, but rarely a major infestation.
I don't use any pesticides, so my theory is that the good bugs and birds will take out the beetles. If they are particularly bad on a plant...can you say hibiscus?...I use the shake-them-off-the-plant-onto-a-sheet-and-into-a-bucket-of-soapy-water method. I also theorize that because I have great plant diversity, most infestations are not terrible consequential. And there's a weed that the Japanese beetles like to congregate on. I cut the weed short enough so that it is hidden by perennials and let the beetles feed away on the trap plant.
I have a couple of shrub roses and they seem to be fairly resistant to the green metallic beasts.
For your lures or traps, place them at the perimeter of your property (or across the road) so that the beetles will be drawn away from your plants.
jems
What are you using to control or defeat Japanese beetles in your garden? I'm in the Upper Midwest, and the beetles have invaded with a vengeance in the last 4-5 years. They love roses. Several of the 2006 AARS winners are yellow, and I'm sure the test plants will be devoured, given past experience. Jap beetles prefer yellow and white roses to other colors. I've used lures and milky spores, but nothing is ridding my patch of paradise of the pesky critters.
Doreen Howard
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[gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense,
Doreen Howard, 01/24/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Doug Green, 01/24/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, 01/24/2005
- RE: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Sheri Ann Richerson, 01/24/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense,
Jacqueline Heriteau, 01/24/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Jeff Lowenfels, 01/24/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Carolyn Ulrich, 01/24/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Jacqueline Heriteau, 01/24/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense,
Hamptongar, 01/24/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, nancy szerlag, 01/24/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense,
Miranda Smith, 01/25/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense,
Doreen Howard, 01/25/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense, Dan Clost, 01/25/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Jap Beetle Defense,
Doreen Howard, 01/25/2005
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