Gardening & Landscaping
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Japanese Beetles eating roses?
Help! I think Japanese beetles are eating my roses. Does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to prevent them? Type of insecticide? I am worried I will kill the roses.
TIA
Re: Japanese Beetles eating roses?
Prevention was last year, treating your lawn with a proprietary grub control product. Jump on this this month or next for next year. Meantime, the old school approach is to knock the beetles off the roses into a jar of kerosene.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/dg7664.html
Are you SURE it's Japanese beetles? You see them on the bush?
Knock them into a bucket of water + dish detergent. Then put down Milky Spore on your lawn, following label directions.
This is what I've been doing. I keep the soapy water bucket with all the dead ones in it out by the bush it preys on the most - apparently the rotting bugs can deter new ones from coming. I try to go out there mornings & evenings to knock more in the bucket. I've also read if you take all the dead bugs, liquify them in a blender, strain the liquid into a spray bottle, you can also spray that mixture onto the plants they attack most.
I'd Google it, there are a ton of remedies out there where you don't have to spray chemicals all over everything.