Japanese Beetles - Prevention and Control

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In this video we discuss the Japanese Beetle and how to prevent them from taking over your garden and how to control them when they arrive. Japanese Beetles have become a serious epidemic over the last century and cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to turf grass, orchards, farms and gardens alike. Controlling and preventing the Japanese Beetle usually requires a multi-faceted approach that requires a good bit of diligence. With the tips I provide you will be armed with the knowledge you need to get your garden successfully through the Japanese Beetle season.
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@FromTheHeart-777 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the info. These things are a true pain.

@MrRenoman2011 2 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for this great video

@GenetryHomestead 5 жыл бұрын

I saw one of those the other day! I squished it but now I am going to be in the look our for more.

@EssayonsFG 5 жыл бұрын

Great information and tips Oppe! Rob

@oooooooo5178 3 жыл бұрын

....after further review, this guy is good. Very knowledgeable. 👍🏿👍🏿

@PlanetMojo 5 жыл бұрын

Going down to my vineyard to spray Sevin when it cools down a bit this evening. Quite the infestation this year!

@ourselfreliantlife 5 жыл бұрын

Really solid information on the Japanese beetles. Like any pest, it seems a multifaceted approach is best.

@AlongTheRiverHomestead 5 жыл бұрын

I hate hate hate these beetles!! Loved the picture showing their cycle.

@GardeningwithLadyCheryl 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this informative video. I really appreciate it. ❤️

@blackglama1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank so much for this great EXPLANATION. 😉

@Donnybrook10 3 жыл бұрын

I spray the beetles with soapy water before pushing them into a pan of soapy water. Dawn Dish soap seems to be the key. The spray freezes them and they cannot fly. Most will die on the leaf within minutes. Test the plant with a small amount of spray first because some plants don;t like the soap.

@laurajones2032 2 ай бұрын

I’m gonna try that

@janemarx1321 Ай бұрын

Yes! Safe to use!

@venpeddapalli7189 2 ай бұрын

One of the best videos on the topic. Great job!

@BrewCityGardener 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@evelyncase681 2 жыл бұрын

mornings r the best

@mudhuthomestead8545 5 жыл бұрын

Oppe - Great info! I have an infestation right now that I am battling. I agree on on the Seven dust. It's my last resort only.

@BrewCityGardener 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you. Hope they don't get too bad.

@pgnanofarm9776 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think I have ever seen a Japanese beetle but if I do.. I feel more confident now how to handle it.

@ubon39 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Flowtron bug zapper mounted on a metal milk crate with a metal pan half filled with soapy water inside the crate. Great bug killer.

@michellecarriere3318 Жыл бұрын

It works!!! 😊

@MoonAndTheMexican 5 ай бұрын

Very thorough information, I found a few white bugs that were stuck on my grapevine and had to research to identify them - Only to learn they are Japanese Beetles that I fought all last year. 😢

@vlunceford Жыл бұрын

I’m going to be using beneficial nematodes. Not a cheap solution but from what Im finding in research, it is a very good option and easier to apply than milky spore.

@laurajones2032 2 ай бұрын

Thanx

@jonhawkins2374 3 жыл бұрын

It's still early in the season, however I attracted more Japanese Beatles and only caught a few...

@WhatWeDoChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Oh oh I saw some skeletonization on a rhubarb leaf yesterday! I better get out there and look! Thanks for the great video! Klaus

@Kate-en6kq Ай бұрын

Thank you !!! I needed this information as my flower garden just got attacked..great video!

@BrewCityGardener Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@OurSerenityHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know about the soapy water thing. Nice.

@rossmackenzie7993 Ай бұрын

Use lambda- cyhalothrin insectide. It is a synthetic pyrethroid that contains two active ingredients that kills on contact as well as leaving a residual on the leaves to be consumed.

@danielgenereux7736 2 жыл бұрын

My tomatoes were wilting the japanese beetle in grub form is eating my roots on my Romas. I go to war tomorrow i dont play well with pests. Nothing gets in the way of my tomatoe babies and a beautiful harvest.

@jswhosoever4533 24 күн бұрын

I collected two with my morning slug patrol and fed them to my chickens. Never seen them before in my life and ive been gardening seriously for over 20 years.

@BrewCityGardener 24 күн бұрын

@@jswhosoever4533 They're spreading further and further every year. Keep an eye out and good luck.

@jswhosoever4533 24 күн бұрын

@@BrewCityGardener I'm in Northren Michigan. How far north do they usually go?

@BrewCityGardener 24 күн бұрын

@@jswhosoever4533 I heard reports from Canada and Northern Europe. It seems there's no place they won't go.

@jswhosoever4533 24 күн бұрын

@@BrewCityGardener oh geez🙄

@marccroft3328 Жыл бұрын

Go ahead and use the pheromone traps. Your plants are attracting them anyway and instead of going to your plants, the beetles will go to the traps. I have an urban rose garden. I use more than the recommended number of traps and I put them right into my rose beds. I don’t have any more beetles than without them, but have very very few on my roses because they prefer the traps.

@lahawk7410 Жыл бұрын

I read a study by U of WI-Madison I believe that the traps still draw in more than your plants alone. They did not recommend the traps. I have used them at a distance and sprayed them. I think I had more that year, but cannot be certain as some years they are more plentiful than others. I hate them.

@MAGAChickenMomma 2 күн бұрын

@@marccroft3328 I agree. My sapling pear & plum trees were covered in them & they had started to invade my vegetable garden. I put one trap halfway between my trees & another on the very edge of my garden, ALL the beetles I had went into the traps & I haven’t seen any more damage or beetles on plants & I check multiple times a day. The traps work. Oh, & we live out in the country, next to a pasture that the owners have left to go wild on one side & a crop field on the other side & behind us & another pasture across the road. Beetles could be surrounding us but since I put the traps up, NO beetles on my plants whatsoever!

@MAGAChickenMomma 23 күн бұрын

Assassin bugs like wheel bugs will eat them quite happily, although they don’t seem to be able to keep up with a swarm of the little boogers.

@Blue_Azure101 2 жыл бұрын

These are the most disgusting things I have ever encountered; they poop on the roses and eat straight though the center

@marnidutter1224 Жыл бұрын

They also lay grubs in your lawn that can kill your grass by earing the roots!😮

@MichaelJosephJr934 3 жыл бұрын

I'm using milky spore treatments on my lawn. So far after one treatment no help. Also using D.E. for dusting and it's helping but not perfectly. I'm going to try D.E. in a liquid mix and see if that sticks better to the leaves. If it continues and gets worse I'll consider tree covers. If that doesn't work I'm getting a bazooka!

@urrigongreyjoy Жыл бұрын

Getting DE wet neutralizes it's effects.

@robinladowski2252 4 жыл бұрын

I use the lid of the container to tap them in...

@latischahuller Жыл бұрын

The milky sport recommends treating spring, summer, and fall for 2 years. So 6 rounds of treatment total.

@etalc1404 Жыл бұрын

There are two options for the milky spore. Powder which you put down in a grid pattern (every 4') only 1application. The other is the granules of which you put down as you said; spring, summer, and fall for 2 years. So 6 rounds of treatment total.

@latischahuller Жыл бұрын

@@etalc1404 Interesting, thanks!

@muzikluver5734 2 жыл бұрын

I opened my back door last night. And was swarmed. Front door was worse! I turned all my lights off. In case that's why these unknown beetles where swarming my doors. Now I've got one acre to protect. On a budget. Not to mention my very small patio garden. Already have seven dust on that area. Should've watched video first. Maybe diathecmus earth on plants? Ty for your video.

@BrewCityGardener 2 жыл бұрын

DT will certainly help along with hand picking. You can spray them with a soapy water mixture in the evening or early morning to help make it easier to catch them and drown them in soapy water. Just do a quick rinse to get the soap off to prevent sun scold. Good luck and keep at them!

@muzikluver5734 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrewCityGardener thank you so much. I think I killed my garden with sevn dust trying to protect them. But, I will get that soapy water on the turf. Thanks so much.

@muzikluver5734 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not hand picking these bugs. ;) they're yuck.

@crazyclown2650 5 жыл бұрын

I just found worms on my broccoli, fortunately I had already harvested 90% of the broccoli for the summer, and was getting ready to pull the plants.

@BrewCityGardener 5 жыл бұрын

You got to love it when you're one step ahead of the little bastards.

@1-chef-875 28 күн бұрын

Chickens love the snack

@rochelledoyle4662 16 күн бұрын

😊

@jeanniewilliams1404 4 жыл бұрын

We have them on our grapevines.. by the dozens.. i"m here in Ontario Canada.. where are you from?

@BrewCityGardener 4 жыл бұрын

We are in Milwaukee Wisconsin

@brushcreek42 3 жыл бұрын

You mention that beetle traps should be "hundreds of yards" away from the plants. The instructions on the traps say a "minimum of 30 feet from the plants". I've captured many thousands of those beetles with traps and also spot spray pyrethrum in an old Windex bottle. It keeps them in check but doesn't get rid of them. They are drawn to my eggplants, cannas and crepe myrtle bushes.

@creimom2536 3 жыл бұрын

I think the traps attrack them to your yard/garden.....

@brushcreek42 3 жыл бұрын

@@creimom2536 I don't believe so. The beetles were there a week before I put the traps out.

@katie7748 2 жыл бұрын

@@creimom2536 Yes, they absolutely do. We had hundreds at first but after I set the bags out, we had thousands. By the end of the week it was many thousands. My neighbor's trees even suffered because there wasn't enough to feed that many of them in my yard alone. I've heard a ton of people say the same thing: they attract more!

@marccroft3328 Жыл бұрын

@@brushcreek42 I put the traps right in my garden. The beetles are attracted by my plants anyway but when the traps are there, they prefer the traps over my plants. I wish everyone would use them

@brushcreek42 Жыл бұрын

@@marccroft3328 Fortunately we had almost no Japanese beetles this year, just a few on the crepe myrtles and eggplants here in south central Missouri. We went 6 weeks this summer without a drop of rain and fourteen 100+ days in July, so maybe that affected them. I don't miss them. to say the least!

@hookahb8299 3 жыл бұрын

Im getting ready to do battle again this year..Im going to try an old trick this year that seemed to work on keeping mesquitoes at bay when i lived up north..For any of you smokers out there heres what i did..Keep a 5 gal bucket with about 3 gal of water in it..Empty all astrays into it for a while, several weeks..Then take that nicotine water, add dish soap maybe 4 table spoons per gallon, pour only the water in a sprayer, and spray the lawn with it..Now that worked great on keeping mesquitoes away i wonder if it will work on these little green demonds...I figure since nobody has a solution if we keep trying things ones bound to work...P.S SEVEN DUST is a joke, i covered them with it, and one of them gave me the middle finger as they laughed, and kept chewing..Besides that it kills bees ,and NOBODY wants that...

@janw491 Ай бұрын

These nasties decimate my roses and fruit trees. My chickens love them

@jstbeth2 Жыл бұрын

I leave the bucket sitting in the garden. The beetles don’t like the decomposing smell..! They stay way. In winter I use MilkySpore in the ground. It Kills the larvae..

@venpeddapalli7189 2 ай бұрын

Have tried it. Can't say it helped or not. They were just too many of those buggy bugs.

@MichaelJosephJr934 3 жыл бұрын

Wow grinding them up acts as a repellent?!?! Can I borrow your blender? LOL

@deeblakley7422 5 жыл бұрын

They remove the active ingredient from the neem oil so you keep buying their product.

@BrewCityGardener 5 жыл бұрын

I believe you're right

@megaflux7144 Жыл бұрын

i think its natural predator is the northern cardinal.

@RameyRocks Жыл бұрын

My green beans are covered with them. I guess I will take some soapy water out there.

@marilyngoldman9407 3 жыл бұрын

I made a soapy water sprayer and I just spray the flower and just watch the beetles fall off and die.

@l-y-n-n-c Жыл бұрын

Lucky you can hand pick. Every time I try, they fly off!

@peaceshepherding529 Жыл бұрын

A different gardener video, same subject, she said early morning they don’t fly as easily “they act like they’re drunk” (or sleepy?). Knock into bucket (w/drops of soap) then. Though she was doing video with success in early evening. So, maybe some success then too. Hope it helps

@karas.6438 2 жыл бұрын

I have what seems like 100’s in my back yard where my flowers & garden are. They dive at your head like suicide bombers (pardon the comparison), but it’s true! My neighbors MUST think I’m certifiably INSANE bc they see me out there, at a MINIMUM, of 20x’s/day flicking them off my green beans, my butterfly bush, my blackberry/raspberry & passion fruit vines…all the while, flailing my arms & running in circles like a mad woman, lol Now that I watch this, I’m 2nd guessing the beetle trap I have! Maybe I need to move it to the very back of the yard? (I have it between my garden & my flower bed & fruit plants. (Per the directions) Any suggestions?! PLEASE, do tell! I’m open to ANY & ALL suggestions, short setting my yard on fire! Haha

@BrewCityGardener 2 жыл бұрын

I would move the trap as far as possible from the garden. If you have a gracious neighbor, they may allow you to place it on their property. Otherwise, utilize the tips in the video as best as you can. Thankfully, they don't sting or bite so catching them and drowning them is fairly easy. I have also seen people use a shop-vac to suck them up off their plants. Get creative. LoL. Just keep at it,..eventually you'll win the war!!

@karas.6438 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrewCityGardener hahaha, thanks for the tips! I did move it to the very back of my yard (rt after watching your video) & voilà! Down from 100’s flying & diving & skeletonizing my garden & flowers…to just around 20, afterwards! Nearly instantaneous…(Wish I had looked this up 3 yrs ago! Lol) ….& I have NO IDEA why common sense didn’t kick in for me at some point, to tell me…*psst…”HEY! You’re drawing them closer to you! Move the lure awayyyy from the area!” 😂😂 Oh well, lesson learned & thanks again for no more suicide diving, June bugs!

@oooooooo5178 3 жыл бұрын

....this dude wildin....just get a trap, they work.

@marnidutter1224 Жыл бұрын

Honestly there is really nothing you can do because the grubs are in your yard and Aaallll your neighbors lawns.even if you try to get rid of them they will keeeepp on a comin

@bevhillbilies4906 13 күн бұрын

The benefit to treating your lawn that you've worked so hard in creating a lush blanket of green is that you will lessen the brown patches that these pest's larvae create. It's not bad enough that your plants are decimated, but your grass takes a beating as well.

@karenlehn2351 3 жыл бұрын

NEVER smash them to kill,they will release a pheromone,more will come.The soapy water method works the best for me! Milky Spores is suppose to work!

@evelyncase681 2 жыл бұрын

why is he saying squash them, duh

@janetshaffer423 3 жыл бұрын

Beetles and squirrels are two nasty pests for fruit and rose growers.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t grow roses, they will really attack!

@BrewCityGardener 5 жыл бұрын

That's what I hear.

@Buckski00buckshot Жыл бұрын

They wiped out our beautiful knock out roses this year!

@wookieiam1 3 жыл бұрын

Years ago I used to ask people, "how do they know they are Japanese Beetles. " Generally people would say I don't know. Then I would say,"that's easy, they speak japanese."

@laurajones2032 2 ай бұрын

They ruin my coneflowers

@gritskennedy5007 2 жыл бұрын

I used the d.e. on my lawn 2 yrs and we were rid of them they hatch in june and july immediately start lookin forva mate and then lay eggs then 10days later they hatch eating whatever root oh btw they lay eggs in the dirt even grass hard clay hard dirt no problem they lay eggs in their the grubs eat roots and grow till they are ready then burrow out and cycle behins again Birds love the Japanese Beetle chickens eat them and blue jays scrubs sparrows cat birds the list is long ...

@risingwarrior9937 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard sprinkling corn meal near plants will cause them to die because they can't digest the corn meal.

@MrLassylady 3 жыл бұрын

I’m at wits end traps fill up so fast. They have a Velcro bottom so I empty them into a 5 gal bucket with soapy water. The smell and beetle poop is disgusting. But there’s thousands more. I think I brought them in with the attraction in bags. I even put soapy water in wet vac and sucked them up. I haven’t been at it a couple days now my grape vine and weeping pussy willow tree is so sad looking. I’m going to do something. I think I made the mistake of hanging bags in my grapevine and pussywillow tree

@danielgenereux7736 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrLassylady i like the idea of vacuuming them. I have thousands all eating american bamboo a plant thats invasive they arent in the garden so plan to attack them there.