Organic Pest Control | Pill Bugs

[@AlissaPaige91]

So glad I came across this. It's the 1st one when you search "will diatomaceous earth kill pillbugs and slugs?" At my new house my yard is infected!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Awww thank you for the kind words. We appreciate comments like that it helps our channel out. Many nlessings to you and yours. Happy gardening.

[@kristylarson9906]

I am a flower gardener with limited area & live in NYS zone 5b. PILL BUG INVASION PLUS the fellow hungry travelers! Last year in early spring I extended & made new flower garden beds along a bluestone path & so I made a wonderful soil mix & purchased beautiful healthy small flowering perennials. IT WAS GORGEOUS! I had seen pill bugs around here before, but my other perennials made it. Well, I got a TOTAL invasion of pill bugs & everyday I battled them in any way possible including hand picking from every plant, but by then I still lost many of my new beautiful plants & seedlings I grew. They dig holes into the deep dirt & reproduce, once they hit the roots they come up to destroy even the healthiest plant. I removed all of the new mulch I just put down & then got to work doing the daily task! I keep my gardens clean & I literally tried EVERYTHING from the produce, to spices, to oils, to soap & food grade D.E., but this year (very mild winter no snow & now March 11th) So my war is beginning now before they invade!!!! I just buckled down & bought Sluggo Plus because it's got all the bugs that I have listed straight up. These Pill Bugs, Earwigs, Centipedes & Snails all seem to travel together! I constantly find them together! The way I understand it after reading & researching, is that the Pill Bugs & traveling friends eat the Sluggo plus & leave the beautiful plants alone. Some say it works great & it's organic so I'm desperate enough to give it a try! It also breaks down into the soil. I pray this is the answer, but it certainly isn't cheap!! Just wanted to share & welcoming any helpful info. Happy gardening! Monet's Garden & Design

[@TheNakidGardeners]

I found that Sluggo Plus work way better and more efficiently than any other tricks in the garden.

[@kristylarson9906]

Thank you!!!!!@@TheNakidGardeners

[@DiscOutpost]

I am presently eradicating an infestation in my vegetable garden box. I found that, by far, the best method of attracting them is semi-hollowed out potato halves placed upside down. I got rid of hundreds this morning off two potato halves. Adding more today. A big strip of lettuce under a cardboard plate worked well also. You have to lift up the plate, then the lettuce and you will see tons underneath. I just scoop them up and put them in a large cup of alcohol and olive oil mix. Where their li'l billbug spirits go I know not.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Hahaha yea the Slug-go Plus worked like a champ plus acts as fertilizer afterward. Thanks for the feedback

[@taragibbons6616]

Great job! I love that you tested SEVERAL methods! Thank your very informational and helpful video.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

You're welcome. Are you having issues will pill bugs?

[@Duncan1900Homestead]

Great video. Very informative. I've never had a problem with pill bugs, but this is great to know if I ever do. Thanks!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thank you so much. We only noticed an abnormal abundance this summer season, it was confusing because we have always seen them as beneficial. This was an interesting experiment for us.

[@SavingGreensHomestead]

I knew it was pill bugs eating my seedlings... I guess I will water in the morning and sprinkle the DE in the evening....thank you for sharing 🥰

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Sounds like a plan.

[@HiddenOaksHomestead]

Good info! We're working on getting the beds ready too.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thank you! I wonder if this is an issue in your parts 🤔

[@HiddenOaksHomestead]

@@TheNakidGardeners haven't really had roly poly issues. But we had aphids, horn worms and kudzu bugs

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@HiddenOaksHomestead never heard of kudzo bugs. The others I have. One reason I'm ready for the fall season. Less pest issues on the bug side. Rodents? Well thats another issue.

[@HiddenOaksHomestead]

@@TheNakidGardeners yes, they took over our beans and needed to go. You can individually squish them or apply bug spray

[@EssayonsFG]

Thanks for sharing, Sidney and Tori. Lots of great info. We haven't had problems with pill bugs in our garden, yet. Take care and stay safe, Rob

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thanks for stopping by Rob. Last year they were not a problem in our raised beds. I guess now that we have been our garden soil up they are more attractive to it. Got to make sure when we transplant next week they will have no issues. Have a blessed week and enjoy your day off today

[@kele1264]

That was a really good demonstration! I bought Sluggo Plus earlier this season, not really expecting it to work. But it worked great. Haven't had to use it in quite a while, but I just found cutworms in a tiny bed of onions and basil that I pulled up. Need to use the Sluggo Plus again.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yes Sluggo Plus with definitely get rid of those cutworms. After it breaks down it will act as a fertilizer

[@kele1264]

@@TheNakidGardeners For real? I didn't know that it would act as fertilizer after it breaks down. That's fantastic. I was worried I was poisoning the soil. Thanks!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@kele1264 no problem. Now i dont know how truly organic it is. So don't quote me on that part. Lol

[@kele1264]

@@TheNakidGardeners Hey, we gotta do what we gotta do. That's MY food, not for bugs!

[@OrganicRawRootsFarm]

Awesome video... I dont get many peel bugs here... But good to know thanks for sharing

[@TheNakidGardeners]

You are all so welcome

[@stevepethel6843]

Excellent sir thankk you

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Most welcome

[@bobwilliams5506]

The DE must be dry in order for it to work. A heavy dew fall or rain will eliminate it's effectiveness. you just have to reapply. I use it for ants and pill bugs here in mid-MO.

[@AlissaPaige91]

I'm in KS and completely agree. This is the first time I have ever had this issue. Never knew how frustrating it could be

[@untrainedastronaut]

Love the video man!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Appreciate it!

[@SimBryant]

I had been told that roly polies were beneficial? They don't seem to be a problem in my garden. Slugs are another matter altogether!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yes, we argued about this because Mr. NG was gone in Georgia and I was watching the damage and complaining... He kept preaching about how beneficial they were and the quantity I was seeing in our beds seemed abnormal. He came around after my persistent nagging 🤣... And after research both are true, they are beneficial and they can cause damage in beds. We have found crushed eggshells on the soil surface to help deter slugs AND give the soil calcium in time. What are you currently doing that helps with slugs?

[@Flyingbull99]

Great video. I use the beer traps in my garden.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Good stuff! Was going to do that but felt wrong wasting alcohol like that lol

[@Flyingbull99]

@@TheNakidGardeners I just gave up beer - but I completely understand!

[@lisaschreiber2893]

what would you suggest for whitefly... I have just started noticing them two to three weeks ago. im in central Florida so it's still the hot, humid season here.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

BT spray helps with white Flys, we have a video on that. What have you tried so far?

[@sheslikethewind8999]

I use the yellow sticky traps for those. Work great!

[@dibalowen7074]

DE also runs or kills the worms so I don't like using it in my garden soil. I sprinkle it on leaves when necessary and a little in the coop. I am going to try that Sluggo Plus though. Nice video.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

That is a common myth about DE and composting worms. I have used DE in our worms bins and never lost a worm.

[@sheslikethewind8999]

I don’t think it hurts earthworms because I use DE and have a ton of worms still.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@sheslikethewind8999 we use DE in our worm bins and still have worms

[@sheslikethewind8999]

@@TheNakidGardeners yeah it’s never seemed to harm any worms. It only works on hard bodied insects etc. ☺️

[@v.j.l.4073]

DE also improves the soil. It contains various minerals.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Great information

[@JasonTucker-z8x]

I’m trying to figure out what to do…I’m behind in the season, just built my raised bed and was worried I hadn’t turned my leaves enough….well, the bottom foot or two is awesome and ready, but it must have brought every pill bug for miles. I know what to do when the seedlings are under attack, but this compost was my main fill for the raised bed… What shoes I do?

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Shoes?

[@agirlnamedjewels]

OMG last year they destroyed my seedlings in my greenhouse. Everyone told me they are so beneficial. Sluggo worked the best!!! FYI I am in western Washington with lots of moisture.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

We're glad we're not alone in this. We had argued about it because Mr. NG kept preaching how beneficial they were.... I was with the garden by myself for most of the year and he wasn't believing my concerns about them damaging our plants... Lol 🤦🏼‍♀️... I'm glad to hear your experience with sluggo, have you tried DE?

[@sheslikethewind8999]

I’m battling them right now as well as tiny slugs that devastated my lettuces all winter and spring 😫 I’m in northern Oregon. I tried everything and nothing worked until I started using DE. Now it isn’t protecting the very bottom leaves but I just let the damned slugs have those but the pill bugs, DE is not working on them and they’re eating all my starts.

[@sheslikethewind8999]

@@TheNakidGardeners when they’re in high numbers they do go after veg starts.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@sheslikethewind8999 Do you have heavy mulch around the starts? How is the soil very moist? Might have to go with beer traps (I'm don't like wasting beer) lol or try orange slices and relocate them.

[@sheslikethewind8999]

@@TheNakidGardeners no mulch. I have a 50x15 greenhouse. Soil is not overly wet but because it rains so heavily in Oregon, and my greenhouse is nice and warm and full of yummy treats yr round, the slugs and others come in in full force. I’ve tried beer traps, not even one slug. I’ve tried pretty much every remedy that is on the internet and word of mouth and nothing worked! Not any of them. I won’t use pesticides etc as I do organic gardening. But the DE is absolutely working so long as I keep the foliage heavily coated. It does nothing for the pill bugs though.

[@creolelady7122]

I'm a beginner gardener and I just located your You tube garden tips. Where did you find the blue caps that was on the water bottles. My first try was a total disaster ( but I'm not going to stop) and I think it was the watering.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Mrs NG purchased those from Amazon. She surprised me one day with them. It definitely has helped with our watering schedule.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Here's the link 😊-Mrs. NG www.amazon.com/dp/B07T6FJGL6?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[@creolelady7122]

Thanks for the information 😁

[@creolelady7122]

👍

[@TheNakidGardeners]

thanks for watching and providing feedback

[@sheslikethewind8999]

You’re using the sluggo plus wrong. You need to lightly sprinkle it then wet it. They eat it and then die. It doesn’t deter it kills.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Well as you can see, it worked the way we used it. However, if we have the issue arise again we will try it the way you suggested.

[@sheslikethewind8999]

@@TheNakidGardeners sorry dear, I didn’t finish the vid as I had to tend to farm animals. Just wanted you to know the proper way of using it. I haven’t used it yet but I’ve read a ton about it.

[@v.j.l.4073]

I figured maybe the pill bugs left the beer and other things alone because they concentrated on eating the sluggo. The DE did probably act a deterrant, an irritant.

[@MsLucyJayne]

He should have used orange slices, not lemon slices, as the little critters like something sweet. They’ve been ruining all my strawberries before they have a chance to ripen all the way!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thanks for the heads up. Luckily I will not be using either one and just using Sluggo Plus. Which is hard to find now for some reason

[@redtexas2092]

Here's the answer, combat Max . It's Is in a syringe Make a little circle around your plant's done deal....

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Sounds like it is a chemical base, correct?