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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

I also had good luck with Milky spore.  I put it down about 7 years  
ago, and still have very few japanese beetles.   I think most of my  
neighbors treat their grass with grub-X or similar, though, and I'm  
sure that helps, too.

Ginda

On Jul 25, 2005, at 3:42 PM, Dan Durica wrote:

> We used to get Japanese beetles on the Linden tree out front of my  
> parents house.  They would completely defoliate the tree.  My  
> mother tried traps and other stuff, then about fifteen years ago  
> she used milky spore, an organic treatment, and the one application  
> worked for almost fifteen years. Recently she said they started  
> appearing again.  Milky spore is a bacteria that infects the grubs  
> and prevents them from becoming adults.  This was in northern Ohio  
> and some people say it doesn't work everywhere.   You might try it  
> though.  It's better than having to spray sevin every year.
>
> Dan Durica
>
> Madison WI
>
>
>
>
> >From: Deb Schneider <debs@yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> >Subject: [NAFEX] japanese beetles
> >Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:52:38 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> >The Japanese beetles are bad this year and are really chewing up  
> the leaves on some young cherry trees.  I was considering knocking  
> them off and then covering the trees with Reemay (floating row  
> cover) and putting a band around the trunks to keep it closed.   
> These are one and two year old trees.  Is this a good idea?  I was  
> a little concerned that the Reemay would damage the leaves from  
> friction...
> >
> >deb
> >
> >
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