Identifying 7 Bad Insects You DON'T Want in Your Garden: Visual Identification & Treatment Options

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❤I especially like that you show closeups of these pests to id them.

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[@Kazeken7]

For potato bugs, I have found planting beans (specifically yellow and purple wax beans) between each potato row, close enough to touch, to eliminate the problem for me. I haven't seen a single potato bug in 7 years of doing this. Last year I had a forgotten potato plant grow on the other side of the garden where I had no beans and yep... the potato bugs found it and ate it. They left my other ones alone though. :)

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[@ca1492bob]

AS an Arborist , I am constantly looking for all types of destructive insects in my plants , one of best control concepts is understanding the over wintering of each insect. This will allow you to be proactive in minimizing these little buggers populations lol.

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[@SherryPetree]

Id love a general overview of this winter kill! Anything on KZbin that would help know how to get the little buggers BEFORE planting? It's a battle where I am!

[@louisaholman3838]

Thank you for the information.

[@joshualloyd4275]

Early spring - after last frost and weather is acceptably warm, treat with beneficial nemetodes from Arbico Organics. Will take out larval stages of all the beetles.

[@cynsim]

Are you doing a series on beneficial insects? That is what I find most confusing. ❤

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If you're a coffee drinker there's an organic pesticide in coffee water from morning grounds. I kept my chard bug-free by spraying the deep new leaves with coffee water. As they grew, the bugs chewing them didn't come back. Ants will make another entrance than try to move a coffee ground. I sprayed my green pepper leaves and found a green squash bug on it. It crossed over to the coffee spray line and froze. Then I saw it CONVULSE from tip to end. Then it flew away. My green peppers didn't have those gray squash bug decay spots. I live next to a wetlands so slugs are a big problem with plants in ground, so I started growing in urns. The number of slugs were cut back but I could see slime trails the next day up and over the rim and on leaves. Then I started spraying the rim of the urns with coffee water, and in the morning I could see slime trails up the urn, then making a right or left turn to follow the coffee line, until they make a U turn back down the urn. Seriously. I got the tip off YT somewhere in the comments and tried it myself. Now I swear by it. I collect wet morning grounds in a tupperware juice jug, decant the effluent, strain finely to get rid of any grit that ruins a sprayer, and then use the sprayer on new growth and along containers. The great thing is because coffee is oily, it doesn't really wash off with rain, tho it might need refreshing if I see activity starting up again. Then I throw the actual grounds in the garden mulch for nitrogen AND bug repellance. The only caveat of course is never on flowers (makes sense) or where butterflies or bees might land. Grounds work better with ants than spray but I use it above tanglefoot for the next layer of ant/aphid activity in my fruit saplings. Because coffee water is a tad oily, it would probably mix okay with Neem. Cheap, effective, recycled.

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[@kimparker1752]

Rebecca Hanson just did a video on the lantern flies. Apparently devasting for grape vines and her farm has a vineyard. Anyway, she has some really good pictures of this little monster!! I also want to say thank you for the time it takes to zoom in on the bugs. I appreciate the extra effort for us. 🤩

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They are so problematic and there are no organic solutions that work effectively right now.

[@mariabeaulieu3732]

Black with white spots are the hated spotted lantern fly in nymph stage. Get rid of them as fast as you can. I’ve tried sticky tape but, there are problems with that. I’m vacuuming them now. Good luck!!!

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[@user-cu8bm9tw7s]

This year, I rigged up a frame using extra posts/stakes and overlayed greens tulle to keep (hopefully!) the cabbage butterflies off my cabbages and kale. Last two year they wreaked havoc so hopefully this tulle does the trick.

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[@juliedavidson7260]

Awesome video, Gary! You identified a new insect for me: flea beetles! No one at the garden stores knew what was causing the pinhole damage to my tomato leaves. Now I know to use insect dust to treat them. Your videos are my go-to source for all things gardening! Thank you so much!

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[@pavelchetirbok6126]

LOVE my Assassin bugs. They are really doing a great job with all the "bad bugs" in my garden.

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[@etienne-victordepasquale668]

Where I'm from, that white butterfly is called "cabbage white". Its larvae are really caterpillars, rather than worms. Worms have no "feet" for traction; caterpillars do. The green caterpillar shown at 2:09 isn't the cabbage white's caterpillar; it's a brown moth's caterpillar. Cabbage white caterpillars are not plain green; they have some speckling in their colouring.

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[@jswhosoever4533]

Where I'm from I get the white butterfly every year on my brassicas and every year they leave these exact green caterpillar...never seen a brown moth in my life, lol.

[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

In my world: Cucumber Beetles, Pill Bugs, Stink bugs, Flea Beetles, Japanese beetle, and, late in the summer, white fly. Also - late summer, grasshoppers - BIG, scary, ones. I can manage just about everything else - but grasshoppers make me crazy.

[@BestGranny10]

Hate and afraid of little green ones n old big ones

[@jennbasil]

I've just had some pill bugs eat my little seedlings that were just popping up. Never have had that before. Little jerks.

[@reibersue4845]

​@@jennbasil Give them something else to go to. They were crawling all over the dirt in my rows gnawing down plants bigger than seedlings until I spread some wood mulch between the rows and they migrated to that.

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@@reibersue4845 thank you for the tip! I appreciate it! 💜

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I dont mind the grasshoppers for some reason. But we dont typically get many.

[@stephaniejackson8555]

I heard that Mustard Greens plants keep the white butterfly out of my garden. They volenteered back this year. It was the best thing I've found to save my plants. Bonus plant!

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[@prayerwarrior424]

What GREAT information- Thank you!

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[@livingoursimplelives]

Thank you very much for sharing this information and for the closeups of these pests. Great informative video!!!

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[@melissa7233]

I agree with you on cabbage worms. I've used BT with success for years. This year I had planned on just trying a row cover, but life got in the way, and I'm not doing a lot of brassicas this year. So that idea will be shelved until next year. Harlequin Beetles are the bane of my garden. They do almost as much damage as rabbits. Unfortunately nothing kills them, including your suggestions. On potato beetles, I've found neem to be very effective. It's pretty much my go to when I see them. As for the other insects, I don't have any problems with them. Just as an FYI Bug-geta is VERY TOXIC to dogs! I lost a dog to it after I treated an area. I won't go into details about exactly what happened, because it's too painful, but she died a horrible death a few hours later. If you insist on using it, SUPERVISE your pet around that area for a few days after.

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[@jaytoney3007]

The pickleworm is my nemisis. They don't just infest cucumbers, they infest summer squash too. They show up, just as the first fruit is ripening. There is nothing worse, than picking a cucumber or squash, and finding it is riddled with pickleworm holes with pickle worms eating the fruit from the inside out, except not seeing the bore hole, and biting into the fruit and getting a mough full of pickleworm surprise. LOL. The only thing I've found that works is regular treatments with Spinosad, or BT. I'm hoping it works for hornworms too. Last year, they devastated my tomato crop overnight. I had to remove four damaged dreveloping tomatoes because of cut worm damage, and found two cutworms. They've been terminated with prejudice.

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[@curlyredcafe]

I found that companion plants are really helpful. One example is I plant sweet alyssum next to my eggplant and it keeps the flea beetles under control.

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[@katherinehenry1480]

Thank you!

[@nancyhaney4477]

This year I planted Calendula massively in rows between potato rows. Early in the season I spotted one spot of

[@analoggurl]

GREAT VIDEO! Thank you for helping me to understand my garden pests

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[@juanita1176]

Try using used coffee grounds to repel flea beetles. Mulch beneath the plants with it.

[@heyits_cat8966]

Does it work after they're already on them or on some of them?

[@katherinehenry1480]

Thank you! I haven't grown eggplants because the flea beetles are devastating! The leaves look like skeletons.

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[@gazellecarlson6543]

I just have a bunch of mature dill, cilantro and spinach I had growing in my winter grow room...planted them outside and they ae now bolting... attracting a variety of beneficial insects... and some trap crops... spinach and arugula isn't doing well directly in the soil but they are getting attacked...I think it's helping to relieve the pressure. I always have a hoop house with insect netting over my brassicas... no way around it. and slug pellets around that. i give up growing my greens in the garden...I keep em on my front patio away from the ground.

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[@dkulikowski]

Thank you, Gary. Very informative. YOU ARE GOOD!

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[@LynnHelck]

Hello, Gary! Lovely garden. I want to mention that the tiny black/white insects are baby lantern flies!! My hubby uses a salt gun to kill them. They get faster as they grow. Good luck!! My beans and peas leaves are being eaten. Hope to clear this up!

[@LynnHelck]

The Spotted Lantern Fly. Newbie, sorry I’m editing a bit.

[@dianebright8137]

Yes, most certainly. I almost had a panic attack when I saw all of them!

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[@garden_therapy_nj]

I have pinchers and rolly pollies or whatever you call them. Ants are a big problem as well.

[@Users_rx]

Ugh i hate fire ants, killed my sunflowers root. I use the diatomaceous earth for those suckers.

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I use borax baits for ants.

[@prattacaster]

Ants? Aphids are most likely your problem

[@xxxxxbriansanchezyyy]

I have a gang of fungus gnats I saw some gardeners use nematodes going to try that I've used neem oil in the past but going to try this method this time around.

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[@nunyabizness9104]

Beneficial nemotodes did an amazing job for my fungus gnat problems both inside and out. I love those little guys!

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​@@nunyabizness9104I can't wait just sprayed some nematode tea in my 10x20 greenhouse, was gonna add some cold press neem oil in a couple of days.

[@thebusybrownangel5829]

Excellent video! Thanks for the info 💚

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[@gardenerpete5232]

Thank you for your informative videos. Those are Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs. I use a handheld battery powered vacuum-cleaner and suck them off the plant. if they're on a hard surface, I use a fly swatter. Even the adults can't outrun a fast-moving fly swatter! GardenerPete

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[@bingster-223]

This is my least favorite part of gardening pest pressure. I'm North of Harrisburg PA along the Susquehanna River 6b. I only just saw my 1st white butterfly (moth) yesterday. I have a small property and I was square foot gardening in raised beds but I'm spacing out farther apart this year because of last year it was too crowded and hard to fight the critters. Worms slugs snails 🐌. Thanks Gary good information here

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[@victorialoveday9998]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others. Excellent presentation and great information

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Awesome video. Thank you!!!! Just what I needed

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[@lauracampbell7644]

This was very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

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[@ruthannecoro6198]

Great video Gary! I have a new bug this year.. that’s eating my columbine. Something is munching on my peppers as well.. interestingly, I have no cabbage butterflies.

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Great video!

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[@irynaalforova5387]

Great information, Gary! You saved my garden last year! It's a great reminder for this year!

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[@jamiescountryliving]

Thank you Gary

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[@missourigirl4101]

Gary this is a wonderful video with lots of pics and info that is so very helpful. Thanks so much for all the tips. You are the only person I know on you tube that has this info. Thank you very much! Your garden is so nice and interesting.

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[@paulac.1308]

The small black and white bugs on your grapes are juvenile spotted lantern flies. I have them as well and they are a real problem this year.

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[@copasetic216]

Another great video. Thank you! I have the white zombie butterfly coming around now. Doing what I can to protect the few brassicas that I have with insect netting.

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[@laurieshatney9279]

GREAT video Gary. Thank you for all the time you spend educating us. I so much appreciate this. Happy Gardening from Vermont

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[@artstamper316]

Thank you for this video. The close-ups are really helpful. You mentioned "dusting" several times. Could you please give us a demonstration of exactly how to do that? Like, is it taking a makeup brush and shaking it over the leaves, or what? Thanks.

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[@mariannerogers8003]

Wow, guy! You have a lot of bugs in your garden. My only insect enemies are the cucumber beetle and the squash vine borer but I am ready to battle this year and they will lose!!! BT is a squash life saver!

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[@GabrielHellborne]

I've had some success keeping slugs (massive pest in the swampland that is UK) away from my tomatoes, at least, by putting a copper mesh cage around the bottom of their stems. Next year, I'm adding copper mesh to the outside of all my grow beds.

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[@LadyofRockmart]

Great video and so helpful

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[@cynsim]

Thanks!

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[@PLD244]

Very informative! Thank you!

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Got to bookmark this video! Wow, very well thought out & presented! Thanks!!

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[@fibber2u]

Interesting video thanks. The fascinating thing for me is to hear how different our two languages are: American and English😉 I'm British and it would be easier for me right now to show how many beneficial insects there are in my garden. I know you are advising targeted solutions but dusting as you describe seems a little indiscriminate to me. I manage my lawn organically and allow many small species to flower either by by-passing them or leaving a good length of grass blade but it is still a lawn. I grow in the organic flower garden what does well there and don't worry about any pests. I mean if the pests eat it and it still did its job fine (because holes in Hosta leaves etc late on don't bother me) otherwise I would grow something else. My wildflower garden (a third of my garden) is under and surrounds five trees links my flower and my fruit and vegetable garden and is 100% organic as is the fruit and vegetable garden. I use on the vegetables nematode worms of different types applying three times in spring early summer and once in autumn. Netting is essential to protect against birds, butterflies and moths. When I find a snail I squash it slugs I chuck into the wild-flower garden but there are few of those. I accept some occasional small damage to vegetables but still generate a significant surplus.

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[@heatherpfeil2939]

So helpful! I’ve been waiting for a video like this! Thank you so much for showing what the damage looks like on the plant, where to find them on the plant and a close up of them in different stages. I never knew what the fuzzy spot with eggs was under the leafs, now I know it’s white fly! Thank you for also talking about what products to try and wheather they are organic or not. Looking forward to one on ants (they’ve eaten my whole cabbage seedlings, who knew) and on pill bugs (Rollie pollies). These two have been killing the majority of my seedlings.

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[@carolinelewis525]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

More to come on bugs

[@martinaparrrish5397]

Thanks Gary.Good info As soon as I put out my eggplants I cover them until plants have grown larger and putting out blossoms.Seems like they are not bothered too much then and I can remove the covers

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[@pats9055]

The bugs on your grape vine is the lantern fly. Neem oil took care of mine. I had them in my grapes a few years ago.

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[@ritalr15]

Great video

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[@valenciagreen6963]

Great video. Thanks for the information.

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[@lindavasa7519]

Those small black and white bugs on your grapes are lantern flies. I ended up using a special spray just for them at Home Depot by Harris. It comes in a pre mixed spray container and was the only thing that worked for me. They really like the grape vines

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[@Angie-ci1lp]

Great video! Wow! Very informative as usual 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 thanks for sharing!

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[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

Yes, Sevin is THE magic number!

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[@karendavis7988]

Great video!! Thanks so much. ❤

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[@eunicedeleon630]

We have the white butterfly here in SO cal year round it seems. I grow kale and other vegetable plants that they like year round. I don't treat my garden for any insects. I spay water on aphids and white fly to wash away and remove those little catapillars by hand.

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[@sn232]

Spotted Lantern Fly, the younger stage, nymph stage, will eventually change to large gray with red flying pests...I spray with a neem oil/soap/peppermint spray/water spray you gave a recipe for years ago.

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[@sn232]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I know :( But the neem oil recipe of yours worked well for me, it's worth a try. Thank you for all your helpful videos!

[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

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[@JanineSobala]

Hi Gary! You went over the Colorado potato beetles- my potatoes (2- 20 gal grow bags) leaves are being eaten terribly! They’re very lacy, but I don’t see any potato bugs…I don’t see any bugs at all! What should I do? One bag should be flowering soon as I planted very early in a cold frame. Looks like I’ve got potatoes coming up- I’ve had to cover a couple with dirt! So the ones I’ve seen look healthy. Should I just not worry about it?

[@angelinechristmas8275]

Hey Gary, I live in Philly 7b and I get those spotted black lantern flies too. Those damn bastards are on my cherry trees, melons, cucumbers, and Tom's plants. They look at you coming for them, and they hide and jump from me. I spray them, but they keep coming back 😢

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[@tamiflanagan7038]

I have so much trouble with the Mexican bean beetles. They decimated all of my green beans the last two years. I'm still deciding if it's worth it this year. I used your recipe for peppermint & rosemary spray but didn't keep up with it.

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[@hillbillyprepping3257]

Great job

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[@Gabiviolino]

Copper sulfate for snails. Mix 1 spoon in a gallon of water and spray them all. It also works as a fertilizer on flowering...

[@Gabiviolino]

Oh, it also works for mold problems

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[@bethb7973]

Thanks for this great video. I just put in my zucchinis and my goal is to control the vine borers. Would putting DE in the soil as I’m planting be a helpful preventative?

[@AgnesMariaL]

Only if the soil is bone-dry - DE doesn't work when wet. It is basically the shells of diatoms which are basically silica; as long as it's dry, it acts like microscopic shards of glass, cutting into the exoskeletons of insects which then leaves the insects dehydrating to death.

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[@Joseph_Dredd]

Pest and fungustastic in my garden at the moment. Working on the slugs(Clay pot method) attacking my tomatoes. Cheery trees seem to be getting leaf curl. Pear trees getting red brown leaves And one apple tree also has browny red leaves all over. It's all hands on deck at the moment. And the FOX keeps sitting on my strawberry patch!

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[@redinthehead6843]

Do you put the insect dust and other things on the plant or on the ground near the plant?

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[@FudiGudi]

If I add neem powder to oil will that work? Also I want to try toilet paper tubs soaked in coffee.

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[@victoriag9569]

Now I know that beetle is not welcome in my garden! Thank you for the closeups of these little buggers..

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Close ups was a goal

[@esantone0398]

thanks! any recommendations for blister beetles? they are highly destructive and can be dangerous.

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[@kathyryan6315]

Those black with white dots are spotted lantern fly babies. Nymph?

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[@purplethumb7887]

I don't use any product that also kills the beneficial bugs. We need them!

[@timmmmmmmmmmy1]

There's always a secondary effect.

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[@purplethumb7887]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Right. That's why I don't use any pesticides. I either spray with water or pick them off by hand. Only thing I use is snail bait.

[@charliefite5143]

What works best for Harlequin bugs?

[@teenadamron7654]

Have you heard or what do you think about kitchen flour for grasshoppers??

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[@magafam4847]

Does neem oil work for flea beetles

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[@gardenerpete5232]

The little black guys with white spots at 11:06 look like Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs. They Jump if you get too close.

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[@johnruckman2320]

What's a decent manual multipurpose garden duster? So should I dust in the evening and wash them down in the morning? I heard using milk mixed with X & X during the heat of the day is a good insecticide. Is that true? Or should I just dump it into the compost pile? Reason, I have a bit of spoiled store bought milk and would like to know of alternative uses.

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I dust evening and rinse in the early am. Not sure about the milk mixture. I dont have a duster. I just use the container they come in and dust. I have heard milk can be sprayed as fungicide but have tried it a lot. The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD

[@kwucmp]

White flys don't like pepermint oil and water. Mix and spray . Works great..

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[@timmmmmmmmmmy1]

Is gardening getting more challenging ? Thinking of you grandpa. 😊

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[@teenagardner3623]

Japanese beetles are always going to my green beans

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[@terryannblack5189]

I have a cherry tree that keeps getting tiny black bugs that curl up all THE NEW GROWTH. Does neem oil hurt squirrels or birds?

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[@grandmabear9069]

The very best thing I've found for Colorado Potato beetles are ladybugs!! They eat the eggs. I ordered live ladybugs years ago and went several years with zero beetles, after hand picking hundreds per day!! This year I'm finding only 6-8 of the red larvae a day and have only found 3 adults. Love my ladybugs!!

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[@marksieber4626]

Put a container like an old butter tub level with the ground fill with beer. Slugs will go for a chug and drown. Use a kitty litter scoop to remove from container.

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[@ADJlawn]

I was watering my vegetable garden and under my plants on the top soil I noticed pink clumps of what looked like eggs or larva. What might this be?

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[@jerskitty]

Will the bird's eat the tiny ones like flea beetles? I was thinking if they do it might be helpful to put in bird house's nesr the plants for the species of bird that eat them for insect control for the one's that keep coming.

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[@debliedel]

Gary, I have 2 raised planters that I plant my scarlet runner beans in every year! They have done great every year except this year! One box has a small amount of damage, the other young tender plants have been destroyed!! I just can't figure it out? Little tiny holes, some leaves are totally gone? Can you please help me?? I can't find anything on the plants.

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Not sure without out pictures but can be slugs. I would just replant and put a dust of your choice on them. Keep a look out for clues. The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD

[@pamschonfarber1041]

I have clumps of tiny blk bugs on my cherry tree, I thought they were blk afids, could they be something else? I've been treating w neem,seems to help a little but not totally

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[@deniseprozzillo6186]

Gary the black with white spots they are baby Lantern flys. They go from black and white to red and white

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[@BiddahSweet]

What about something like the Bonide 8 Garden Dust? Is it as good as Sevin?

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[@thepinto1973]

You should contact your state ag department and report the spotted lantern. It's spread is being tracked and battles as it is on it's way to becoming a major issue for agriculture in the US especially for things like grapes, fruit orchards and walnuts.

[@BarneyGimble]

Maryland has them everywhere . They are not tracking them .

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[@BarneyGimble]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Remove any ailanthus trees on your property That is what I have found to be most effective in controlling the lantern fly

[@franksinatra1070]

I have a pill bug infestation this year and they love to eat my strawberries. I treated with bait. I think the same stuff that kills slugs. Did you ever use surround to treat beetles? I'm trying it on my eggplants this year to see how it works. I know what you're talking about with those horrible flea beetles. I never tried spinosad but do want to get some.

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[@joman104]

Pyrethrin is pretty good for dealing with pests

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[@ernielinayao2285]

can i use baking soda on my eggplant and cucumber

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[@pamschonfarber1041]

Why do you rinse the dust off? I just realized you rinse so you don't kill the beneficial bugs, right?

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[@MrRazz523]

Gary, those black with white spot bugs on your Muscadines are immature Lantern Flies! Invasive and they tend to be devastating to crops. Not beneficial. I have seen them on my grape vines as well.

[@MrRazz523]

Oh, just kept playing the video and saw you identified them. nice!

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[@JustSumGuy]

Have you ever tried not killing your flea Beatles and using your egg Plants as sort of as a trap crops? Here in my climate 8b I just let them bite holes I grow mainly the fast growing asain style eggplants I had amazing yields just holy Plants last year. But I saved all that time in my garden.

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