How I spray my boxwoods for pest caterpillars

How I spray my boxwoods for pest caterpillars - August 2023

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Hi everyone,
My name is Tracy and I garden (indoors and outdoors) in zone 6a Canada (equivalent to US zone 5a), bake and cook at my home in Toronto, Canada.
You are watching a video about how I spray my boxwoods for pest caterpillars filmed on July 28 and August 1, 2023.
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@lajoyceneafus3021 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info on caterpillars. I enjoy watching your videos.

@ryancai2124 11 ай бұрын

Inspired by you I also bought two spiral green mountain boxwoods and planted in front of my house this year. In the spring I found one of them was infested with the caterpillars so I sprayed the BTK (~ 2L since my boxwoods are small and there were not a lot of caterpillars) and haven't found one since. Good to hear it also works for you!

@XCZhao7 11 ай бұрын

BTK worked for me too. It works especially well when the caterpillars are small. Thank you Tracy! I enjoy your videos!

@TheEnthusiasticGardener 11 ай бұрын

Hi Tracy and I’m so sorry to hear you now have the boxtree moths and caterpillars over in the States! They arrived here in the UK a few years back and I battled them in my beautiful row of boxtree hedges for a few years, I had the moth traps and did lots of spraying for a couple of years. Trouble here is that it rains a lot which washed it off a lot. Anyway, I ended up taking all my boxwoods out after about 2 years of trying to keep on top of mine (I’m not saying this to put you off, only telling you my story) and replaced them with a row of euonymus instead which is now looking just as nice. I do hope you manage to control yours, I think the key is anticipating the two cycles each year and spraying before the eggs hatch, and the eggs overwinter too and hatch around March time. Good luck with yours ❤ it’s devastating these moths have travelled over to you! All the best, Janette x

@TracysHomeGarden 11 ай бұрын

I had them moth free for 5 years. The moths came to our garden last year and now all the boxwoods in our neighborhood have them. I’m trying to see if I could control them with the BTK sprays…if not I may have to consider removing them. Thank you 🙏

@TheEnthusiasticGardener 11 ай бұрын

@@TracysHomeGarden I hope you can control them, don’t give up 👍♥️

@marilynmiller2646 11 ай бұрын

Hi Tracy. I love your gardens. I was watching an older video and saw the obelisk that you used for your roses. Can you tell me where I can find a similar one? I also love the blue trellis that has squares that you use for climatis. I think you said you got it from Lowes. I can't find it here. I am crazy about hydrangeas. I live in East Tennessee (zone 7b) where the summers are very hot and I don't have any shade. The panicle hydrangeas do well here. Thank you for your inspiration.

@TracysHomeGarden 11 ай бұрын

All the trellis and obelisks are from Lowe’s. Hope you can find them in your area. 💚💚💚

@grisespino5342 11 ай бұрын

Try a small pump sprayer. The long wand will make it easier for you.

@TracysHomeGarden 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 I will look for one soon. 💚💚💚

@1NeverunderStood Ай бұрын

Trying to heal mine with chile powder and garlic spry ..

@TracysHomeGarden 26 күн бұрын

I hope it works on yours. I had to spray our boxwoods with BTK and it worked this time. I did have to spray it twice this spring to make sure. The next cycle of the moth will be here in later summer…we will have to spray again. 🤨 Happy gardening!

@alikmactivities485 11 ай бұрын

Good video,..

@sailajapeddada1267 11 ай бұрын

Hi Tracy, thank you for sharing this video. Do you Calibrachoas also get caterpillars from the cabbage moth butterfly and do you do the same procedure? Thank you.

@SusanMiddleton1 11 ай бұрын

It is not the cabbage moth that lays its eggs on the boxwood. This is a new pest and it's my understanding it's only in Ontario, Canada right now and not in the USA yet. It's the Box tree moth and it came from Asia. It's a different pest that lays eggs on petunias etc (bud worm) and we don't appear to get it in Ontario but do see it on roses and it's not the same as eggs from the cabbage buttery which only lays its eggs on cabbage, broccoli etc which we do get!!

@TracysHomeGarden 11 ай бұрын

Yes, BTK will work for all the caterpillars 🐛 named on their label. Hope you can get them under controlled. It’s sad they to see our plants suffer and unable to grow. 💚🙏💚

@sailajapeddada1267 11 ай бұрын

@@TracysHomeGardenThank you