How to get rid of Japanese Beetles ORGANICALLY and save your garden, fruit trees and rose bushes
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- Doug and Stacy grow and harvest a lot of their own food. Making sure the Japanese Beetles do not wipe out our apple trees and black berry bushes we have an organic pest control solution, Milky Spore, now this will be the first time we have used it so lets see how it goes.... we have no affiliation with St Gabriel Organics we purchased it
protects your Garden, lawn, fruit trees and rose bushes
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Hope this helps yall with your fight with this beetle, they can sure wipe out the garden and fruit trees in a day or so 🤠👍
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Is this a chemical.
Does it work on gofers.
The white kitten has a gray heart on its left side. How beautiful. Love seeing all your cats. 🐈
When you say you did the research i trust you two very much. I don't have the beatle issue. Thank God. But i am going to from this video forward. Call my wife's kitchen "THE WAR ROOM" Thank you Stacy i am giddy with the thought.
I use a spray bottle with water and Dawn dish soap. Each evening I spray the Japanese Beatles and Squash bugs and they die within a few minutes of being sprayed. Shooting destructive bugs each evening is very therapeutic. DIE BUGS DIE.
Hi Les, I was wondering if that would work when I saw your post. The only question I have is, what is your ratio of water to dawn in what size spray bottle do you use. Thank you.
REALLY?!? Another video said to push them in the soapy water- didn't know I could SPRAY THEM!!! Just hope it doesn't kill the growing mammoth sunflowers they are annihilating...
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Yes, Les Smithfield is correct that a homemade insecticidal soap will kill Japanese beetles. It’s not immediate, but it does first immobilize them and then it kills them. I’m not sure of the mechanism because insecticidal soap is usually recommended for soft bodied insects but it will kill Japanese Beetles within a few minutes. This is not helpful if the beetles are devouring your rose blooms, because a flower drenched in soapy water may not survive, but when they are on the leaves of plants it is a very effective treatment. Of course, you have to keep at it every day, because if you have JBs it’s very likely that your entire neighbourhood does as well, including parks and naturalized areas where no one is ever going to try to control them and where there are some JBs more will want to come to join them. Eventually I removed almost all my roses and our grape vine, the two plants they found most attractive. This year, I picked off and killed about 2 dozen beetles the whole season, instead of having to deal with dozens and dozens of them every day. I think I made my homemade soap spray a little strong than the usual internet recommendations because they are hard bodied insects, but no that much stronger.
I have been doing that too this year. The beetles die almost immediately. Just a little bit of dish soap in your spray bottle of water. Some leafs do seem to die when sprayed.
I think it's better to pick them off and put them in the soapy water. Spraying your plants with soapy water repeatedly will damage the plants, they can't breath through soap film any more than beetles can. I tried that with lily beetles and almost killed the lilies too.
Love Kitty's heart, she has grown!
Popped up in my feed. Probably because I was talking about Japanese Beetles and setting out traps with jam and water. Thought I’d say hi.
A kitten will always improve your mood ❤
Ohh big kitty has a heart on her side too cute!
Very good video and information. Thank you Stacey.
We've used milky spore for Japanese beetles and it does work! There are still some but not like there used to be.
I’ll definitely will try this thanks for sharing!
Great info. I've only had Japanese Beetles the last two years. Read that milky spore is the remedy but didn't know how to apply it. Kitten Consolation should be more widespread.
Hi Stacy and Doug ❤️❤️
Mama kitty has a heart 🥰
I don't know if that is what I have. I will have to look it up to see what it looks like. Thanks for the info.
Doug, a cute Kitten and Momma cat makes everything all better! God Bless! Carmen
wondering if this milky spore would work on asiatic garden beetles too?
your trees are looking great....
Very interesting! Never heard of this before. Ty for this info 😃
We have used it when we lived in MD. We didn’t apply it like you did. Definitely going to try it again! We have seen holes on my hydrangeas, and rose bushes...so they are here!
I have used milky spore in the past. There was some reduction in the Japanesse Beetle population. But my property is less than half an acre in the suburbs. So, there is a lot of ground nearby that is not treated.
Thanks very much for the tips watching from Ontario Canada
Our oldest daughter lives in Missouri u.s.a. our oldest son lives in Georgia due to not having the vaccine I wasn't able to come and visit my kids hopefully. That crap is soon behind
Learn so much from yall.......Sometimes yall crack me up
Very interesting and informative.....
I feed my chickens the grubs I dig up. Is this going to be detrimental to the chickens if they eat a grub with the milky spore?
I just did this and it is my understanding that this is not a poison and is safe for use around animals even if they ingest an affected grub.
If you use JB traps you could feed the JBs to the chickens. Could work
How does it kill one kind of grub but not beneficial ones?
We just bought the milky spore online this week. We cannot wait to start. We’re almost feeling defeated with these 🤬Japanese Beetles, but now we have a solution
Love the heart ❤️ on mamma cat!!
Love the creative ending as much as the advice! Thank you so much!! I’ve had these beetles inside my home so badly that you can always see 3-5 crawling around no matter where you are. Fingers crossed this works
Can I use this in hot July?
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I have a lot of Japanese beetles and I dump them into soapy picture of water and I spray my trees but I they come back from my neighbor's yard how do I stop them from coming back after I use the milky spore for in my yard? I put Japanese beetle traps two blocks away in the park four blocks away on the highway and a block down on the highway from my house does that help? The bags are full
We put a trap about 10 ft up in air attached to a pvc pipe. Saw on another video. Tried it. Had to empty the bag every day there were so many. Got a 5 gallon bucket worth of the bugs. After two years of doing this really put a dent in the population.
I read that milky spores don't only attack Japanese beetles (not native to Japan). I don't know if any beneficial insects are affected. I kind of like lightning bugs and cicadas.
My local nursery told me to use Nematodes, I did ask for Milky Spores but they recommended Nematodes.
Is this product safe to use around free ranging chickens?
oh we are so good! thanks for the entertainment! i enjoyed it so much! just sayin.....
We had the beetles bad when we moved here 10 years ago. This ground used to be pasture land when they started developing housing here about 15 years ago. I put down the milky spore granules on the one acre and a little on the neighbors about five or six years ago, picked it up at the farmers cooperative follow directions on bag. I don’t see the beetles any more. I also worried about if I use it but the neighbors don’t, but I guess it spreads thru the ground.
They are so destructive! 2 years ago I used nematodes (hb) and this year I used 2 types (hb, sf) of nematodes from arbico. The JB population is Significantly lower but I still have a few. It gets very cold in WI, nematodes can't survive it or move through the soil horizontally, application is hard to ensure full coverage, we also spray about 3 acres of surrounding areas. I wonder if using this as well would finish them off, in soils that freeze like they do here?
Your dear back! All that bending over every couple feet...YIKES! I was thinking: Could you have Doug drill a healthy-sized hole in your measure stick then attach a rope to it. That way you could drag the measure stick from position to position and save your precious back for other things. : )
It's great if you live out in the boonies. But in suburbia you would have to get all your neighborhood to do it also! If you are growing their favorite foods they WILL COME!!
The problem I ran into was that it may have worked to kill the grubs, I don't know.. but I can tell you I still have tons of Japanese beetles even 2 years later. My speculation is they "I" may not have as many beetles, but unless all of your neighbors are doing the same, the beetles in their lawn just fly over to my garden.
Stacy we have had them very bad last year, and I went out and picked them off my raspberry bushes my hazelnut tree 4 time a day and just gave up. Stacy where did you purchase the milky spore
Online
Great video, and absolutely gorgeous homestead!!! May I ask what state you're in? Montana???
They're in northern Missouri
Love your videos....AND both of you. Usually don't comment , just Thumbs up. Blessings to you both 💕🌅Going to try the milky spore.
I just bought milky spore but I'm scared to use it as it says right on the box not to let any of it get on your skin or clothes. To use a mask, safety glasses, gloves, apply on a not windy day, harmful to pets and humans. To separate clothes to wash after using. Even that they can halt respiration and cause death. I thought they were supposed to be safe. I'm going to return it and try nematodes.
@@AButterflyinChrist I'm going to get neem oil to treat my roses and then use the nematodes at the end of July. I have a linden tree that these beetles love because of the sweet scent. We'll see!
I was going to do this but I read if you don’t do your whole yard all at once it doesn’t work. Well I gave up because it is so expensive it was going to cost me a fortune. I’m confused now.
I've haven't had any problem ( yet and recognized it ) sounds like good information , Hopefully not some money making scram.I'll try to remember or check back later thanks
I use to have a real problem with Japanese Beetles but I used the bag method and rigged a deal I saw on here so they would drop in a bucket of water. The next year they would come back so what I finally realized was where I was discarding them. I found don't throw them in your pond nor stomp on them in the ground. I got rid of them when I drained them and put them in a resealable plastic bag and took them to the dump.
When I lived in Maryland several years ago the Boy Scouts had a project to put down Milky Spore in your yard (for a small cost) and once we had them complete the application we never had Beetles again. Worked great.
wWow! That's great!
My milky spore has lapsed.
I, personally, LOATHE Japanese beetles! This year I got the milky spore granules and have already spread them on the gardens, lawns, everywhere! They can all die and make more milky spore for years to come! With the granules, you can just hand spread it and it's so much easier. Thanks for the info on milky spore. More folks need to use this so we can eradicate this horrid pest! Shalom and Blessings from Louisiana, MO!
Mh. Eradicate and shalom in one sentence. Leaves a bad taste.
Hey, Paula!
Louisiana here too. Have you seen any good results yet?
No Japanese bettle comment, but OMG, my name is Paula Jo as well!
How do you apply by with the granules? Just sprinkle them with your hand?
I've did is about 15yrs ago. still no Beatles
My catnip plants kept Japanese Beetles away.
Do you have the catnip in a container set it next to your trees berry bushes Etc?
My catnip plants are in the ground. Repelling should work with catnip in containers.
I first discovered the repelling a few years ago when the Japanese beetles were not touching plants in containers next to a bed of catnip. Internet research verifies that catnip plants deter Japanese beetles.
Hi Stacy, I sure hope your milky spore powder works for you.
I used a cousin of milky spore (bacillus popilliae) called Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) I got from Gardens Alive. I was overrun with Japanese beetles everywhere and moles were chowing their grubs in one area of our lawn that stays moist even in the Summer heat. The Bt worked wonders but like you explained it works on their grubs so you have to get the stuff out there before they are a problem. We went from having 1000's of beetles to 10's of beetles. I applied that Bt some 15 years ago now. I still have no grubs on that section of lawn and our Japanese beetle population remains pretty low compared to before the Bt. However, last year I noticed a few more beetles than normal ~100 total on our grapes so I think I may have do a little searching to find where the new beetle larvae nursery is. The moles are now tilling a new area of lawn so I'll check there for grubs this year for sure. BTW - it also takes out other grubs as well like June bugs.
Homesteaders in Maine and we use zinnias for japanese beetles all over as "trap crops" and pick 'em off and dunk 'em in soapy water buckets. Time-consuming, I know, but it has kept our food safe. Definitely gonna look into this!
I have used the milky spore on my properties it works GREAT!!!! I keep trying to find it here in Mexico but I cant find it here. Great in WV NC SC and VA
@S Masco buying things online tend to involve international shipping and import taxes which can make things VERY expensive here. The BIG manufacturers use lots of chemicals. We are lucky that we still have lots of local farmers here we can buy from. Flour...?? We use "San Blas |Harina de trigo" The WHEAT PEOPLE claim there is no GMO wheat... I am at a loss about what legal terminology means as I know there is wheat whose genetics have been changed...but I can tell you Mexico Banned GMO Corn out right in 2013 I think it was. There is this information I found
www.loc.gov/law/help/restrictions-on-gmos/mexico.php Right now people here are fighting tooth and nail to make sure these things do not make it into the food system here.
I heard about Deep South Homesteads problem with the Grazon and Danny's compost I was horrified. I hear "BlackKow" is tainted too.
Took me forever but I found this jovialfoods.com/shop/
they contract with European family farms to produce the ancient grains organically and they inspect the growers fields and operation to ensure it is organic. I already know I will be buying from them when we return to the United States. They are currently selling 100% Organic Einkorn Wheat Berries
1 lb $3.99 but they carry flours and pastas
You can find anything on Amazon.com
Stacy, Honey where did you buy the Milky Spore Powder at? Before I go out in my small town looking for it, I'd like to kinda know what direction to go in! Lol. I'm thinking more like a Co-op or a Nursery or Garden Center maybe! Am I close? I don't go to Walmart at all for anything so I hope you don't tell me there or I'll never have it! Hahaha. I don't support any places that has to do with certain parties! Please get back to me on the his if you can, or anyone who knows! I have them really bad! Thank you so much and God Bless...🙏❤💪🇺🇸😀
Does this spore also attack other insects both beneficial or not like earthworms etc?
No
Thanku. You can tie your measuring stick around your ankle so you don’t have to bend down each application
I used those bags before, and I agree, it seemed to attract MORE to my yard! Good luck with this product!
Yep. Instead of just ruining my trees last year they ruined my neighbor's trees too! I felt HORRIBLE!! Once I realized it I took them down but it was too late. Needless to say we are not using them this year haha
I live in Michigan, used it, worked great for years (I had to move). It's definitely worth the price. The beneficial nematodes work well too. (Stacy, got some guinea keets last month, very cute!)
Michigan here! Beetles on my Rose bush :(
MI here too. They love my rose bushes too! They eat the roses from the bud - out so they don’t bloom. 😢. Can’t wait to try this. PS. I’m noticing skunk 🦨 holes now too.
WE GOOD! When a hubby cuts off his wife's talkin'...you wonder? But with the apology an all...you're forgiven Doug! (LOL) Hope the beetles rest in peace. World is a bit 'challenged' right now...we just keep up the 'GOOD FIGHT' right? Thanks 4 your time/talents shared with us. Health and God Bless you n' yours! xo Saw a joke and so I share it with you...Why did no one play cards on the ark? Cuz Noah was always standing on the 'deck'. HA HA! xo
Never had trouble with beetles... hopefully I just didnt jinx myself😆
Ants and tick tons of them but I put down food grade diatomaceous earth. But ONLY on my lawn and right around the house. NEVER on anything that flowering plants or heck even flowering weeds because it could harm bees.
Have a good evening 🌻🌻🌻
I just put down diatomaceous earth for the ticks here too. They are very invasive, especially this year.
Dang! I just bought a big bag of food grade diatomaceous earth. I haven't started using it yet on my vegetable garden. I didn't know it could harm bees.😢
@@heartradiant Diatomaceous earth won't harm bees unless you spray your blossoms with it. No harm if you use it on the ground.
Apply in the Fall while temps are still warm, when grubs are feeding heavily. Grubs have to eat it for it to work & spread. They don’t feed much at all in Spring. The ring damage you see in the grass was actually done in the fall. Make sure the grass is dry when using the cardboard applicator. I did it when it was moist from dew and the powder will cake and prevent dispersion. The cardboard applicator will also absorb moisture and start expanding around the plastic cap, potentially leaking & failing. Water the powder into the ground AFTER you apply it. Also do not use it on a windy day. It will drift. I applied it 7 years ago and just had to reapply it last year. I started finding grubs in the borders of the lawn & planting beds a couple of years ago. We then had moles tunneling into our planting beds looking for grubs because I only applied MSD to the lawn. Apply it to both lawn and planting beds. It works, but I don’t believe it will last a decade.
Grubs definitely feed in the spring.
@@onlyfacts7816 he never said they didn't. I imagine they eat more in the Fall though because it's like preparing for hibernation
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This milky spore is a great nugget! I actually researched this last year! Thank you for sharing!!! 💓
Love your dense of humor Doug. Wish more people were like that. Seems everyone is always so grouchy! Thanks for the video Stacy, I'm ordering some right now!!!
it's very expensive, especially if you have a lot of acreage, need to apply for a few years in a row for it really to take affect and if you don't do all your acreage or your neighbors don't treat, their beetles just come on over to your place to feed...and it doesn't really work the first year...at least that's our experience
I've noticed lately that many different song birds have adapted to eating them in their daily diet 👍
Good tutorial Bc I would shake the 1 ts. On the area of the 4 feet 😂. Also can you recommend something for Japanese lantern bugs? bc the go from a beetle stage to a inch wind moth that eats everything that is vegetable. Or can we use this power for them too?
I’ve been using it for 6 yrs in (MN). Re apply. I really like the pelleted version of the same brand you bought. Much easier to apply. It has helped, but i live in a suburban neighborhood. So no matter what I’ll get them from others property. I also put up traps on the outside perimeter of my property and hand pick twice a day. I’ve noticed a decline in grubs in my soil. You should really try the pelleted version in the fall.
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it has been 3 years, how has it worked for you?
Thank you both for sharing your wisdom ❤️🙏 I'm planning on a couple apple trees this year. Last year I noticed the beetles on my berry bushes and knocked them into soapy water. This video encourages me to plan on a long term prevention plan. The kitten at the end is cute (and it's nice to see how big it's grown in your new video on worms😊).
I'm wondering what your experience is now with JB. Have you seen a reduction?
What I found was for a 32 oz spray bottle use 3/4 tbsp dawn (non-bleach) and 3/4 tbsp vegetable oil. (2.5 tbsp per gallon)
Stacy- You are so awesome. I so appreciate your work and sharing all of your knowledge- Both you and Doug. I have been an organic, nonchemical person for about 40 years and I love seeing so many people making these choices and your VLOG is making a huge difference I am sure, We all need to bring our soul purposes forward - especially now. A few things I wanted to share with you what I have learned, I would love to hear if you know differently or if you can share a comment. You made some awesome-looking pancakes ( in the last video I watched) However you added honey, which is really in my world of Ayurveda and Macrobiotics a big NO - Honey should never be heated. When honey is heated above 104* F or 40*C it turns into glue and produces toxins in your body Better to use maple syrup or other natural sweetener. You could cook without it and then add the honey after onto the pancakes, Also when you add it to tea - let it cool just a bit.
Also in this video you mentioned getting rid of Moles - actually - moles are so beneficial - a pain but so beneficial because they actually carry the biologics in the soil across the terrain and aerate it. Check out Lawns to Meadows by Owen Wormser and Natures Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy. Sorry to take up so much space and do not mean to jump on your wonderful sharing but hopefully you will take it in the spirit of sharing and co-creating a new paradigm, and continue to do your wondering healing work.
Thanks for listening!
Milky spore does not survive in soil for cold climate (zone 4) areas. Or areas where the ground freezes in winter unfortunately.
Kitty bloopers, extra added bonus, yeah!!!
THIS IS THE ONE I NEEDED!!!! Doug and Stacy, you two are amazing! Central Illinois here and always had a problem with these! They are pretty to look at but can also get pretty crazy with our rows of Berry bushes. I will totally check this out.
Hi! Can you please make a video about each animal of your off grid homestead and what they provide. For example the 🐔 for meat, eggs, etc. I want my kids and I to learn about the animals in the homestead. I was raised in the city and my husband too. Thanks
Hey if you go back threw their other videos you will see it all they are
In the late 70's on PBS a program about making your own natural Japanese Beatle spray. These Beatles made lace out of my Concord Grape leaves and the silks on my corn. This recipe worked! I collected a pint jar full of Beatles, put them in my designated garden blender, filled the blender with water and blended everything up. I then strained the juice through old pantyhose. I then put it into my garden sprayer and filled it with water. Sprayed the grapes and the corn. I have never had Japanese Beatles destroy my garden and grapes again.
@@glendavertner8906 Not sure if you really meant to but you spelled Beatles like the English music group and with a capital B. Hilarious. The bugs are spelled beetles...Japanese beetles.
Sorry for the misspelling of the beetles, my phone has a bad habit of changing words. It drives me crazy. I guess I scared the beetles, they warned the Japanese Beatles to stay away from the crazy lady's garden on top of the hill, she'll put you in a blender and make beetlejuice out you. The guy on that show said any bugs you want to get rid of make juice out of them. I only did the Japanese beetles. I do use companion planting, works great.
Seeing the cats are the best part of the videos. Do you keep them for mice or are they just pets? How many do you have?
It does take a couple years, in the meantime I use the traps away from the garden, but I fill a 55 gallon drum 2/3 full with water and dishsoap, cut the bottom off the bag and stick it into the hole in the top of drum. I put in a tpost to hang the bag on. Goes all season without having to empty it. I roll it down the hill to sit and empty.
Can you describe this again. Sounds like a good idea, but I've never seen the trap and can't imagine this set up by your short description. What bag do you stick in the drum hole? How did you rig the t-post for the bag? I thought you said you stuck the bag into the hole on the drum?
WatchwomanOnTheWall 2015 Umm, drive the tpost in, it’s just what I hung the trap on. Set the barrel up next to it so the larger of the two plug holes in the top of the barrel is nearest the post.fill with water 2/3 full, squirt in a bunch of dish soap. Take your trap, which is a plastic bag with lure on top, cut the bottom off the bag, insert it well into the barrel hole so the Beatles can slide in, tie the trap to the tpost with wire and whala, you don’t have to empty the trap all season. I just had so many and got tired of constantly emptying the trap/bag. If they’re going in the barrel they’re not eating your plants or breeding.
I have never heard of the milky spore
Hi, Stacy. It's been three years since you made this video, and I was wondering if you have made a followup video to tell us how effective the milky spore has been in your yard. Thank you so much!
Very effective
@@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACYhave you reapplied?
Have you considered applying the spores with a seed/chemical spreader after you mow and during a light rain?
I have used milky spore a few times. But it felt like a fail because if our neighbors don’t treat for them then we still got a lot of Japanese beetle adults. Plus, when it rains we get a lot of runoff from the top of the hill in the neighborhood. About 3 years ago I bought the traps and wow they filled up fast. I had to empty several bags every few days for about 10 days. The next year, there were not as many, as in very, very few. This year I have only seen a couple so far. Putting traps on a shepherds hook, about ten feet or more away from the roses and hydrangea’s I expect just a few. Yes they are breeding, but they aren’t making it out of the bags to go anywhere.
Oh my gosh this is perfect! We just bought a new home in Arkansas, (we came from the mountains in Colorado, zone 3/4!), and I am dealing with a whole new set of gardening issues, this being one! Perfect timing, I ordered mine and hope this does the trick for next season. The apple trees look horrible so I’m hopeful! Thank you Stacy, I love watching you and Doug!
I’m curious how this worked for you.
I enjoy your videos and have learned lots from you! I started my first box garden. We made it just like yours with the video Doug made. I am growing squash, tomatoes, cucumber and peppers. Thanks for your help!
I wish I saw this three years ago. Those Japanese beetles destroyed my blueberry bushes. I was so sad to cut my bushes down as the bugs were such a nuisance. But, now I want to plant again. Should I use this as a preventive measure before planting anything?
Ok, the kittens totally made up for the audio loss. Good save, Doug. LOL
I actually just bought some of this yesterday....waiting for its arrival and of course it just rained all day yesterday and my spigots outside have massive 'shoot up in the air' leaks. Hoping with the night dew it will work its way down. Definitely needed something safe for the dogs. We just started having this grub problem last year. Been in our house for 32 years and never had them before. I was scooping them up by the dustpan fulls. Bug spray and vinegar seemed to do the trick last year but was worried about the safety of the dogs the whole time and still had to sweep all of the dead ones into the dustpan and discard. They were actually coming in our basement and I kept stepping on them by accident. YUCK!!!
Thank you for this! We don't have an issue when them, but we're curious if we could do this as preventative? If there would be any harm?
Good info. Loved the kitties at the end ❤
We use the milky spore as well, works wonders. It's been over 10 years now.
I would be concerned about the worms. Would it kill them as well?
Thanks for all the hard work you put into the show. You are great help.❤️
Will it kill the good insects that begin their lifecycle in the soil too? And how about cucumber beetles? They turned my squash into lace this year. Also will it hurt your ducks if they happened to grade where you put the milky spore down before the rain washes it down? It sounds wonderful and not too hard to put down.
I thought a caterpillar was eating my apple tree leaves but i never saw any .
I went outside tonight with a flashlight and discovered beetles on my tree having a all they can eat buffet on my tree .
They mangled 95%of the leaves
Hi Stacey. I'm in Italy and we have a humungous problem the last couple years with a recent infestation of Japanese beetles- like the plague!! I love your video and help; I went on Amazon Italy and found ONE box of Milky Spore Powder for Euro 255.90!!! Seems everyone wants to go green & help the farmer & small gardener with all these horrible infestations that our ravaging all of our crops and gardens. Hard to get any good (and natural) product that would work- but, hey we have had a HUGE influx of ONLY cheap Chinese stores growing everywhere, as well as Burger King, McDonalds, & casinos for the first time in years!
Did you find anything else I could possibly try?
Blessings to you both! 💜Paj
I am curious as to whether this product effects mycelial growth in the ground. I am a mushroom grower and would hate to compromise my lawn. I really love my morel mushrooms LOL! Thanks for the info I'm going to look into it!
Milky sporre is specific to Japanese beetles. Look at it like a bacterial infection only their young can get.
Doug, you made me smile...we good!😊🐱
Is that going to effect your beneficial earthworms ?
No. It has no effect on earthworms. Shalom!