tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post5985027345013837372..comments2023-10-17T10:25:34.828-05:00Comments on Prairie Rose's Garden: Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-44071693553297479342008-07-20T07:18:00.000-05:002008-07-20T07:18:00.000-05:00I join you in hating the Japanese beetles. Here in...I join you in hating the Japanese beetles. Here in the suburbans, trapping is not a good option, just draws them too close if you put them in your own garden. Now, if I can get the neighbors to trap them, it might be effective for me. I'd even pay for the traps for them!<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-4439726712293421302008-07-14T12:20:00.000-05:002008-07-14T12:20:00.000-05:00So I'm commenting on the Japanese beetle addendum,...So I'm commenting on the Japanese beetle addendum, but I loved the tour of what-s-in-bloom that preceded it. If you're driveway is 1/8 of a mile, you must have a bit of property, no? So I think the milky spore would help. I've also had great luck with Bag-a-Bug. I refused to use it for years, until a freind of mine who's a biologist said it was the way to control the pests. We're on 10 acres, and only 1 1/2 is cultivated--I just put them around the permimeter of where we garden, and we decimated the population last year, and I've seen only about 20 this year. You have to change the bags often, which is awful, but it's worth it--<BR/><BR/>Unrelated question--is your yarrow invasive? I bought some a few years ago and it's everywhere . . .Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-69707219344545860242008-07-09T16:40:00.000-05:002008-07-09T16:40:00.000-05:00But they look so pretty! Too bad they're so destr...But they look so pretty! Too bad they're so destructive. Really yuk the way they leave a yukky trail.(how's that for good english grammar!) LOL.<BR/><BR/>Hope you can get rid of them - soon.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-71025811817809922322008-07-08T15:42:00.000-05:002008-07-08T15:42:00.000-05:00Hi Rose....Lisa's comment seems really helpful.......Hi Rose....Lisa's comment seems really helpful....they are nasty bugs aren't they. You are right I am glad we don't have them here.<BR/>I must say I have seen some damage on plants but none as bad as that....<BR/><BR/>We do have vine weevil and their grubs eat the roots of our plants...consequently the plant dies......I do have them in the garden at the moment....so I am on red alert.....<BR/><BR/>I do wish you luck with your little horrors....Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-70777326135409235792008-07-07T15:41:00.000-05:002008-07-07T15:41:00.000-05:00Rose, I have heard that milky spore was effective ...Rose, I have heard that milky spore was effective too. It might work for you, but my understanding is that if you live in town, you'd have to have the whole neighborhood participate, or they would just fly over the fence from the neighbor's yard. they also love well-watered lawns for their eggs and grubs. We don't water, but a lot of the neighbors do. Anyway, I guess I'm just going to pray for a spell of subzero weather this winter, to kill as many grubs as possible.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-70244151362587494172008-07-07T14:56:00.000-05:002008-07-07T14:56:00.000-05:00Rose, a good organic way to cut down on your Japan...Rose, a good organic way to cut down on your Japanese Beetles is to spread Milky Spore on your garden. I know you have a large lot but it doesn't take much and you apply once every 20 years or so. It seems that the Milky spore reproduces and when the JB's lay their eggs grubs either eat it and die or the milky spore gets them. I swear we don't have near the damage we had a few years ago after spreading the milky spore. I am sorry that I forgot the way it works but if you would be interested in it I am sure information can be found on the net. These are terribly destructive creatures.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125698507772106631.post-43554972507044996152008-07-07T14:31:00.000-05:002008-07-07T14:31:00.000-05:00Rose, you have my deepest sympathy!Rose, you have my deepest sympathy!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.com