Meet the Beneficial Bugs in your Backyard

Meet the Beneficial Bugs in your Backyard | 84

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3 ай бұрын

The term "beneficial insects" gets thrown around a lot but what does it really mean? We explore the concept and share which ones you're likely to find in your backyard, and how to best support them.
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@irma_brenton 3 ай бұрын

Good morning! The best way to start Saturday mornings 💃🏻💋🥰

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

Good Morning, friend! 🥰🤗

@carolrose4784 3 ай бұрын

Great info again! Don’t know what I’d do without you three! Thanks so much!

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

You're too kind! Thanks for supporting us and the show, friend! 🥰🥰

@lorip2109 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Stacey, Rick and Adriana! I’m new to the channel - a few months now and Gardening Simplified is a gardening game changer. And it’s great fun too. Thank you!!

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

That is so wonderful to hear! Thank you so much! 🥰🤗

@8helenjhouston8 3 ай бұрын

It sounds like Stacey needs a whole show dedicated to Butterfly Bush !! I’m in!

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

😍🤗🦋

@Debbie-ni8bc 3 ай бұрын

Great show as always. 🌺

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

🥰🥰

@rogerboeve4658 2 ай бұрын

I like an expandable fiber stick- very light.

@karenlampe5426 3 ай бұрын

Great video and super fun. Love all the puns and dad jokes. I'd love to put together a little beneficial (and bad) bugs class for my mostly organic community garden someday and this would be a great resource to build on. I can think of a lot of people who would love that stick club. Unfortunately most of them wouldn't use Instagram 😂

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed this episode! 🤗 Your idea for a class on beneficial and harmful insects is wonderful! 🤗🥰

@angelacollins1343 3 ай бұрын

Baked potatoes do really well in an air fryer. Faster and you don’t use the energy to heat up the entire oven,

@jeansandhoodiegardengal2975 3 ай бұрын

Great info on everything….beneficial bugs and and “jacket potatoes” from the UK…… Ok I have to admit I’m totally on board with microwaving a spud when in need of time” It happens…..real life !! 😂😂😂 Great show you guys

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the show! 🤗 And agreed, haha! Sometimes you just need to go the quick microwave route 😂

@heatherderganc5984 3 ай бұрын

I’m only humid! 😆 oh man… you two make my week! 😄😂🤣 I think squirrels are are version of monkeys. 🐒🐒🐒 Gotta love ‘em! 😜 Thank you for A-NOTHER great show!

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

😂😂❤

@sterlgirlceline 3 ай бұрын

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@Mike_Genisys 3 ай бұрын

I'm just here to see what all the buzz is about.

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

Haha! Good one 😄😂

@sammysworld5485 3 ай бұрын

Hi Stacy. I noticed my limelight hydrangeas has been severely oozing sap after the branch being cut. What is going on? This has been happening to three of my hydrangeas in containers. Is this normal?

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like you just cut it at a time where sap is actively flowing. That's dependent on weather conditions and time of year, and while it can be disconcerting to see, usually shouldn't be super detrimental to the plant. It will dry up on its own and you can make up for any lost water or nutrients with a dose of fertilizer (we recommend a granular rose fertilizer, like Espoma Rose Tone), and keeping a close eye on it over the coming weeks to make sure it doesn't experience any stress (especially water - either too much or too little).

@lynnlee106 3 ай бұрын

so if you find a horn worm with the white pupae (wasp) - should you leave it or kill it?

@emkn1479 3 ай бұрын

Leave it so the wasps can perpetuate.

@rickvuyst 3 ай бұрын

I leave it and pick the other tomato hornworms sure to be working the area 😃

@mimlauj6869 3 ай бұрын

I made the mistake of watching while eating my breakfast. 🤢🤢🤢 So many bugs! I love plants and flowers, and I tolerate bugs cuz I need them. But I am the gardener that will scream when something lands on me 😅😅

@Mike_Genisys 3 ай бұрын

I know right, right infront of my coffee and cream cheese danish.

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Flower_hoarder 3 ай бұрын

☕️🪴🌳ALWAYS INFORMATIVE‼️🌳🪴☕️

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

😄🤗❤

@berlinberlin577 3 ай бұрын

What do you think about drone dropped beneficials as a way to be chemical free in your garden?

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't necessarily discourage ordering them, as it wouldn't be harmful but it is a complex situation. Some beneficial insects are quite abundant throughout the US and so if you are practicing the kind of yard care that would allow them to take up residence, there would already be a kind of stasis where the population of beneficials has developed in proportion to the population of pests. So it would be better to just do the kinds of things that encourage the native beneficials to take up residence at your house. By ordering and placing the insects in your yard, you can't guarantee that they will stay so creating that environment where they come naturally is ideal.

@susanoswalt1169 3 ай бұрын

Good morning I have a question.ive been seeing a lot of black ants ,red ants and rolly Polly bugs in my plants is that good or should I kill them and how.

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

Good Morning! The rolly polly bugs are fine and can be beneficial in helping with composting organic material. For the ants, it would depend on how many you're dealing with and what type of ant - if there are a lot and they're a problem then a general ant bait would work 🙂

@alw5101 3 ай бұрын

I made the mistake of watching this during dinner… yikes 😳

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

😅😅

@ginafriend1690 3 ай бұрын

I've been wondering if you'd be landing on Cicadas. Well as luck would have it, which you'll avoid, is that I'll be in the Cicada Brood, XIX, before I would Ever wish for. I just can't win with Mother Nature, UNFORTUNATELY 👎oh👎the👎noise👎noise 👎noise. *Cover any younger shrubs or trees with mesh/netting, and dont plant new ones during the invasion.

@pwcolorchoice 3 ай бұрын

Ugh! They're definitely going to be a nuisance this year!