Is there a pesticide free way of ridding fruit trees of Japanese
beetles ?

Thank you

Ed

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Ed wrote:

Is there a pesticide free way of ridding fruit trees of Japanese
beetles ?

Thank you

Ed

Look about for Japanese beetle traps. Then again you may make your
own. They like yellow. Growing up hand picking with a small jar of
kerosene was the method of choice. I think "milky spore" is the way to
go now. We were always more interested in lighting bugs )

Bill

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I don't know what a Japanese beetle is but, as it happens, this post about 4
o'clocks and Japanese beetles was posted about a half hour before yours, by
Starlord.

One good note, they are DEATH to Japanese Bettles.

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Is there a pesticide free way of ridding fruit trees of Japanese
beetles ?

Thank you

Ed

no need to use kerosene............soapy water does the trick! just
drop 'em in and toss away.

William Wagner wrote:
Growing up hand picking with a small jar of
kerosene was the method of choice.

There are several ways

1. Beetle traps. You can buy these at any hardware stores or Home
Depot. One big word of advice. Place them AWAY from your trees like
on the other side of the house. You want the beetles to flly AWAY
from your trees. I have hybrid T roses and these beetles LOVE to eat
the roses and the beetle traps diminish the beetles by about 95 %.

2. Buy some worms called nematodes from a garden store or mail order
and put them in the soil. They eat the beetle larvae. They won't work
right away, but over time they will.

3. I read this from a magazine and have yet to try this. It seems
that beetles are attracted to bright colors, specifically white. Hang
a white sheet , again away from your trees but on your property.
Supposedly the beetles will congregate on the white sheet and you can
pick them off with soapy water and then dump them in the water. I
haven't tried this yet.

Nitsupak
Nitsupak Art & Photograhy (http://www.cafepress.com/nitsupak)

William Wagner wrote:

Look about for Japanese beetle traps. Then again you may make your
own. They like yellow. Growing up hand picking with a small jar of
kerosene was the method of choice. I think "milky spore" is the way to
go now. We were always more interested in lighting bugs )

Go with milky spore. Apparently, it's driven the Japanese beetles
in my area to near extinction.

I'm confused here. . .I thought nematodes weren't that great to have
around. Especially to tomatoes??? Is there another side to the
nematode story???

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

There are many different nematodes. Many good, some bad. There's even good
nematodes that eat bad nematodes.
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Washington, DC
USDA Zone 7
"Myrl Jeffcoat" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm confused here. . .I thought nematodes weren't that great to have
around. Especially to tomatoes??? Is there another side to the
nematode story???

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

Now that is educational. . .I had no idea!