Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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5. I use the jar of soapy water as well.

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 12:53 PM

Jul 2015

Actually, I got so fed up with them that I dug up all the rose bushes and trashed them. Japanese beetles just love them and it draws them to the rest of my garden. One rose bush did come back, I guess that I didn't get all the root out, and I just don't have the heart to destroy it with that will to live. So I end up back out with my soapy water.

I figure that the soapy water doesn't stop them from coming, but it does stop those ones from breeding. And it is non-toxic to anything else that might be in the garden. The biggest problem is that the next year, there are just as many as there were the year before. I know of nothing that will keep them from coming.

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I appear to have Japanese Beetles on/around one of my rose bushes [View all] elleng Jul 2015 OP

I catch them and crush them instantly. eom roody Jul 2015 #1

Thanks, elleng Jul 2015 #2

Shake them into a jar of soapy water. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #3

Thanks, lots of good info. elleng Jul 2015 #4

I use the jar of soapy water as well. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #5

Mine are in containers so wouldn't have problem destroying them, Curmudge, elleng Jul 2015 #6

I like the idea of using biotics to kill the grubs. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #7

LOTS more info here: elleng Jul 2015 #8