SQUASH BUG INFESTED GARDEN, BETTER STINK BUG CONTROL, STINK BUG EGGS, GETTING RID of GARDEN PEST

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3 жыл бұрын

Dropping squash bug eggs will cause huge infested garden pest problems. Getting rid of squash bug infestation requires better stink bug control methods than just removing and letting egg hatching to take place on or in your garden soil. Common garden mistakes does include this BAD IDEA for your organic garden pest control while trying to protect vegetables from so many garden bugs. So if your infested with stink bugs or the squash bug nymphs increasingly every year then stop egg dropping or check your neighbors to see if they are practicing this garden No-No. Bottom line..... ask yourself if stink bug eggs will hatch if they fall or drop t the ground? The answer is YES as will the common squash bug eggs. The eggs hatch and I have proven it to myself so you may want to do the same and be better prepared for the apocalypse of the destructive garden pest next season. Where do squash bug lay their eggs you may wonder? EVERYWHERE THEY CAN is the answer. Check out my Organic homemade pesticide when you finish with this video and I believe it will be of great benefit at a very low cost.
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@ktd3166 2 жыл бұрын

After watching this video, several months ago, I have just removed the leaf or the part of the leaf (that the eggs are on) then I squeeze the heck out of the eggs then put in plastic bag and dispose in my garbage. My squash bug problem has diminished IMMENSELY. Just suggested this to another friend to watch. Thank you!

@sharlonbarnes8977 2 жыл бұрын

Just spent an hour in my garden with an old shop vac, with about 2" soapy water in the bottom, sucking up all manner of stink bugs and squash bugs! Hundreds!!! Worked like a charm. Giving the escapees time to come back and get settled in so I can vacuum them up too.

@sagepremoe1565 Жыл бұрын

Think a regular car vac would work? Did the vac work on the eggs as well (without shedding the leaves)?

@sharlonbarnes8977 Жыл бұрын

@@sagepremoe1565 a car vac may work depending on suction. The eggs stick really well so those have to be scraped off with your thumbnail or if that is too gross a proposition an old popsicle stick works as well. :) just have a bucket with some soapy water to empty car vac dust bin into.

@sagepremoe1565 Жыл бұрын

LOL, no, scraping eggs off is the clean part, it's squishing the adults between my fingers that gets messy.

@SgtSnausages 3 жыл бұрын

The quickest, easiest way is to just rip off the 1 or 2 square inches of the leaf and take the bugs with it. Yes. You are damaging the leaf. It will survive just fine and production is not reduced in any significant, measureable way. I can run up and back on a doubled 100 ft row and grab 'em all in under 10 minutes. I keep a clear liter water bottle with me and just push the little leaf scrap inside and leave the bottle out there in the sun where they bake and die. Twice a week. 10 minutes a shot per 100 ft row. Waaaay quicker than the tape. Significantly quicker than tryin' to squish 'em. You're gonna damage the leaf, anyway, if you start crushing. I know. It's difficult to get over intentionally ripping a hole in your leaf. Do it anyway. It's the quickest, easiest way. Quick, easy, effective. WARNING: The bottle will start to stink when you open it with rotting leaf and bug inside.

@whitegirl4185 3 жыл бұрын

Good video and informative! I appreciate how you share your experiences and experiments. I also enjoy when share the outcomes of those experiments whether you were successful or if you failed. Thanks!

@3basketliving 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@derekpollard2873 3 жыл бұрын

I been wondering if i was the inly one going nuts with squash bugs. Turns out the old fashioned way still works best. Good video and informative on covering what you tried as well.

@3basketliving 3 жыл бұрын

No you certainly aren't the only one....FYi...the next video is going to cover the next biggest mistake or contributing factor for many folks bug increases. Thanks.

@sagepremoe1565 Жыл бұрын

Good to know I too am not the only one with this being a major problem. I search daily but still get overrun with them. Am going to try planting in july to see if "past squash bug season" works.

@sophienguyen3768 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Tkx so much

@ZachSwena 3 жыл бұрын

You can even get so aggressive as to cut off any leaf that has eggs, or has been damaged by a squash bug. I have pruned zucchini plants back to just the main stem and a few tiny leaves on the tip, and had good zucchini until the frost killed it. That was a for a severe infection with a large population of squash bugs that had made the entire plant wilt already. Winter squash care will probably require being slightly less aggressive. Any cuttings should be burned or sterilized with heat or chemicals (strong acid or base)

@sagepremoe1565 Жыл бұрын

You think putting the eggs attached to duck tape in the trash bin works?

@ZachSwena Жыл бұрын

@@sagepremoe1565 They would probably still hatch. I doubt the sticky from the duck tape would catch all of the hatchlings... Soaking in a strong solvent first may do the trick though.

@heidiwilde5574 Жыл бұрын

Eggcellent advise ;)! While you were talking, I had some ideas pop into my head, not sure if anyone tried these, but a) how about feeding the infested leave sections to the chickens? Would they eat these eggs? I do that with maggots whenever I find some and the chickens love them. b) if you put them in a sealed black plastic bag, I would think they might run out of oxygen eventually. Laying that bag in the sun I would think might cook them. Mabee fry them and cover them with chocolate like ants for a snack? Just kidding...

@gmail4193 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!! I have been wondering the same thing!! AAAAA+++++

@xstacy2 Ай бұрын

I agree

@buffalo7810 Жыл бұрын

I burn them with an arc lighter. It does damage the leaf but doesn't kill it. Fast and effective and you can tell what eggs you have hit already.

@amyjohnson9240 Жыл бұрын

Great video, great experiment, thank you for doing it I was wondering if you put the eggs in the soapy water and put plastic over them would they not drown? or with the tape method once they are on the tape couldent you just turn the tape the opposite way once they are on there and sqeeze and pop those eggs? I understand your issue with maybe falling and spilling or not having both hands available, but wouldent either of these methods work as well? I just found your channel and subscribed, common sense information.

@isabelladavis1363 Жыл бұрын

sooooooo many eggs and I check everyday and sometimes twice will give this a try other than pinching them UGHHH and trying to scrape the eggs off...when they are prolific

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@growandshow4209 3 жыл бұрын

Isopropyl in on top of the eggs and light it in a safe place , good info bro

@3basketliving 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that would work but it seems a bit tedious to me.

@junidhaniff6360 3 жыл бұрын

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@3basketliving 3 жыл бұрын

If you say so.....thanks.

@dubbified Жыл бұрын

I used Neem oil, which kills them, stops their breathing through the egg wall, as you mentioned. Castile soap, and orange oil are also great!

@sagepremoe1565 Жыл бұрын

Really? Just using the spray (vs plucking the eggs) kills them?

@denisemiller8474 11 ай бұрын

I’ve tried neem Oil on mine and it does nothing.

@denisemiller8474 11 ай бұрын

Another thing people if you squish a stink bug or a squash bug they throw off a sent too attract other stink bugs to come to the rescue. Just like squishing ants you get more. Don’t squish and leave on the ground it’s better to put them in soapy water don’t leave them on the ground. I use Sluggo Plus it kills earwig and Beatles. But does not kill the eggs until they hatch it’s safe for the garden. Now I have vines hanging over my bed on the ground it doesn’t kill the babies until they hit the dirt. But it does help especially on the adult ones I’ve found many of those dead then I squirt the nymphs with soapy water and pinch off the piece of leaf that has the eggs and put in a soapy water jar put the lid on and dispose in the garbage can. Also don’t use leaves or wood chips in that garden it’s a great place for them to over winter. Use black plastic or landscaping tarp for a mulch. I use that and it cuts down on weeds and bugs and keeps the soil moist and warm .

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

Last time I sealed the tape in a used Ziploc baggie.

@jojowellness3123 Жыл бұрын

Why not take the glass jar that you collected the eggs in & put it in a hot oven for a few minutes? You can even wait until you’re actually using the oven, keeping the lid on the jar until then, and cook the suckers? Would doing the same thing but putting them in the freezer work? That means another experiment but I like that idea! Good video! I wondered the exact same thing when I saw the older gentleman just scrape them on the ground. It didn’t make sense to me. I don’t have squash but the stink bugs decimated my hibiscus plants. I hope to beat them better this year, hopefully before the can even hatch.

@aprilharris9230 Жыл бұрын

Hello. Just found some of videos here on KZfaq. I cannot locate your video that you mentioned you made a nontoxic solution for Getting rid of the critters on your tomatoes and such. I believe you called them 4-6 legged leaf bug and it’s nymphs. You said they look like the squash bugs and res assassins. Thank you for your time.

@3basketliving Жыл бұрын

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@donnasimmons1335 2 жыл бұрын

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@RJSoftware2000 2 жыл бұрын

My latest trial, tons of box elders, sucking on my figs, grapes & tomatoes. So I mix soap & water (dawn), make thick enough to form bubble when touching 2 fingers together and spray the adults. Half hour later rinse soap off leaves otherwise leaves burn. But results where minimal. I keep hearing videos say bugs only attack weak plants. So next trial is going to be foliar feeding using fertilizer injector on my garden irrigation. Maybe oxigenated compost/vermiculture tea or fermented planr juice (anaerobic) tea.

@3basketliving Жыл бұрын

You know.....I hear the same thing about bugs won't attack healthy plants. It's been my experience that I will ( what I presume) see very healthy looking plants AND fruits but then the next day or two they are struggling just to survive because of the bugs. I Agree with you in that I'm not convinced that is true. As far as using the 'Dawn' detergent....I haven't seen very many insects survive that stuff and I haven't used as much of the dawn as it seems you have. I don't use it now because I grow organic. It's a really good call that you go back and rinse that stuff off. It will possibly have an effect on the soil microbes after rinsing BUT it will or can be flushed out AND the soil WILL heal quickly. Thanks.

@222mmax 8 ай бұрын

Thank you .Wonder if they will survive fire pit?

@3basketliving 7 ай бұрын

LoL...I'm of high confidence that they will NOT survive any fire by any means. Cheers!

@maxinemcclurd1288 Жыл бұрын

I am convinced I'll need pyrethrin based products on the little bastards, yes I hate them !

@3basketliving Жыл бұрын

I have heard many have good success with that as well. Thank you.

@My_Kraft_Room Жыл бұрын

That has had best results so far (pyrethrin and DE mixed) for me on my stink bug infestation. They started and love my rhubarb plants.

@doriswinskie7049 21 күн бұрын

I just put a few drops of super glue on the cluster. It hardens and the eggs can’t hatch. We have kept them under control all last year and this year.

@doriswinskie7049 21 күн бұрын

I have had no babies since I started doing this. You can tell if the eggs have been treated because they have a shiny cover, it doesn’t do more to the leaf than a small brown spot which leaves have from time to time anyway. I spray adults with soapy water. We have very few new adults this year.

@virginiahouse1456 2 жыл бұрын

I simply cut the leaf off and place in a bag, then in the burn container and burn!

@girlywhirly4971 3 жыл бұрын

What about neem oil?

@3basketliving 3 жыл бұрын

What about it? LoL On the bugs....most likely, On the eggs...NO!

@gregwomack6394 2 жыл бұрын

I found seven dust works well

@3basketliving 2 жыл бұрын

I agree but I find it to be too toxic. LoL ;)

@denisemiller8474 2 күн бұрын

You went through all that explaining just too say squish the eggs with your fingernails. Wow

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.

@Melissa-ix6nq 26 күн бұрын

I squash the eggs. Duct tape makes it easier to remove them from the plant but still need to squash them.