Garden

[SANNA]

They just recently came and ate my gorgeous roses!!!!! I am so mad. Last year I didn't have any.

How you, experts, fighting them if it happens to you?

Thank you

[aoldgirl]

I always bought those japanese beetle traps.  Its like a long plastic bag with a special yellow color and a sweet scent to lure them to fallin to the bag.  get them at the garden center near you.  maybe $10.00 for 2 bags should last the season.  Just remember do not place the trap near your roses.

[drizzellla]

I bought the Japanese beetle traps. They did an excellent job.

BUT I swear they attracted beetles from all over the neighborhood. I was cleaning out the bag every day. There were so many that they started to stink if I let the bag just sit for a few days.

I finally used milky spore on the lawn around the rose bush. It took awhile but it got rid of the Japanese beetles. 

[x Hedge]

I get them every year. 

I use a very direct approach as I avoid using any pesticides.

Wearing a garden glove, I pick off any Japanese Beetle I see and throw it to the ground, immediately employing a "stomp & drag" action before they can fly off.

(It's the "drag" that does it)

[JustJazzmom]

Milky spore is only effective when the soil temps do not dip too low. Warmer soils like in Hardiness zone 8 & up do better with milky spore application which only works against Japanese beetle grubs.

The Japanese beetle traps work best when put on the perimeters of your property (or your neighbors!) 

[JustJazzmom]

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@x Hedge wrote:

I get them every year. 

I use a very direct approach as I avoid using any pesticides.

Wearing a garden glove, I pick off any Japanese Beetle I see and throw it to the ground, immediately employing a "stomp & drag" action before they can fly off.

(It's the "drag" that does it)

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They also release a scent when crushed.

[Kitlynn]

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@SANNA wrote:

They just recently came and ate my gorgeous roses!!!!! I am so mad. Last year I didn't have any.

How you, experts, fighting them if it happens to you?

Thank you

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I had them last year and they just stripped my yellow roses. They didn't bother the other ones. I sprayed with  a product called seven and it took care of them.

[Kmac444]

I get a ton of them, too.  I will not use insecticides like Seven as they can also hurt birds, butterflies, and helpful insects.  I go around my yard a couple of times a day with an old yogurt container with soapy water.  It is easy to just knock them off the plants and into the water.  I can get over a hundred a day during peak season!  It is strangely satisfying! I dump the container into my yard after a few hours to be sure they are all dead.

[x Hedge]

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@JustJazzmom wrote:

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@x Hedge wrote:

I get them every year. 

I use a very direct approach as I avoid using any pesticides.

Wearing a garden glove, I pick off any Japanese Beetle I see and throw it to the ground, immediately employing a "stomp & drag" action before they can fly off.

(It's the "drag" that does it)

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They also release a scent when crushed.

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Interesting, @JustJazzmom .

  I never smelled anything.

I suppose it's a stinky scent intended to repel anything threatening them.

[gardenman]

I don't normally get them too much here, but they're bad this year. The good news is they tend to be relatively short-lived as a problem and then they move on. The beetles here have developed a taste for my impatiens which are normally insect-proof. I'm just riding it out and waiting for them to wander off. The density does seem to be decreasing now which is good.