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  • From: "Lorraine Ballato" <ladygardener@msn.com>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Japanese Beetles
  • Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:32:48 -0400

Nancy,
 
Since the end of June, I've been experimenting with two products that have Spinosad in them.  One is a Gardens Alive! product called Bull's Eye.  The other is Monterey Garden Insect Spray (OMRI listed). 
 
Spinosad is the biological control that when ingested causes the insect to stop feeding and voila! that's the end of the devastation of the plant.  However, like so many of these products, they DO negatively impact bees so you must spray at dusk. 
 
The spinosad has worked fabulously on pine and hibiscus sawflies, better than any pyrethrum-based products I had used in the past.  With the beetles, I'm finding that the combination of hand picking and spinosad spraying is keeping their feeding to a minimum, but it's part of a daily ritual for the month of July since the little devils fly in from it seems everywhere.
 
You might not be able to find the Monterey everywhere -- itÂ’s relatively new.  So your next stop can be Gardens Alive (who I think is having some kind of summer sale right now?)
 
 

Lorraine


Lorraine Ballato
16 Mudry Farm Rd
Brookfield CT 06804
(203)740-8636

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: [gwl-g] Japanese Beetles

Anyone have a suggestion for  the least toxic spray for Japanese 
Beetles. I am not up to speed on this pest because I don't have a 
problem with it.
However , lots of my readers do. I'm not looking for the drop them in 
soapy water trick. When you have thousands in your yard, that is not 
an option.
Here in Michigan we have pockets ( bent grass lawns and golf courses 
near by) where the hatches are scary and folks will do anything to 
get rid of them
Nancy Szerlag
Columnist for Detroit News
szerlag@earthlink.net
Check blog at www.gardeneryardener.blogspot.com


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