Plant These Crops to Attract Natural Predators to Common Garden Pests || DHBG

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Please let me know if this video helped you identify insects in your garden. Also, what's the most common insect you have seen or dealt with in your garden?

[@kaptynssirensong2357]

Sir, your passion for bug death just earned you a sub lol. They are all some punky, punktastic punks!

[@ebradley2306]

Aphids are little punks. Love it. 😊

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

I put a few yellow cups full of soapy water out last year. Each one caught 10-20 cucumber beetles daily. Not enough to get rid of them but definitely enough to make it worthwhile.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

That's a great idea, thank you for sharing💯🤗👍

[@sharondensmore5052]

Why yellow cups?

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

@@sharondensmore5052 insects are attracted to the color, it resembles a flower to them. You do have to be careful of accidentally killing beneficial insects like bumblebees. You can cover the cups with clear plastic wrap and punch holes so only smaller insects can fit. I’ve been meaning to try yellow plates, I’m thinking they’ll be shallow enough for a bumblebee to stand in. Might evaporate too fast though.

[@lisagarrett6966]

I read plant catnip with tomatoes. And beans with other things. Attract bats and dragonfly's too!!..

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@@lisagarrett6966 I've never planted catnip🤔🤔🤔

[@bryannakvinda8411]

I tell people to treat spiders like workers with bad attitudes and high out put leave them alone let them do their job and they will leave you alone

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

💯💯💯

[@lauralynnedyer]

I was shocked at how this trap crop worked by mistake. I grew Amaranth for the first time in 2023, not knowing the cucumber beetles and Colorado potato beetles. LOVE it. They stripped the leaves of all the Amaranth plants (they still produced seeds) and stayed mostly away from my squash and cantelope. Thanks for your great tips!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for that comment, great first hand info right there. 🤗🤗🤗

[@louiseswart1315]

Those white egg-like thingies on the caterpillars actually the cocoons in which the larvae of the wasps are pupaeting to morf into new wasps. I saw these little wasps doing their thing on cabbage caterpillars and love them. I am immediately adding yarrow and fennel to my arsenal and letting some parsley and carrots go to seed.

[@laura3930]

Great video! Love the visuals of the pests for identification Thanks!

[@debbiegong7868]

Thank you so much for all the companion plants information. Really helpful 😊

[@whatsmamadoing3188]

Thank you so much for the pictures of the bad bugs! Helps a lot.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Not a problem at all, I need to see examples for me to remember... so, I thought I'd share this info that way. 👍🤗

[@billshepherd5090]

Thyme is also good to have around the garden along with nasturtium.

[@kjersey8525]

Brian Lowell’s Companion Gardening book is the best book I have EVER enjoyed & owned!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I couldn't agree with you more, that's why I refer to it so much and talk about it as much as I do. 💯💯💯

[@wandagreen4330]

Hi Chad, I hope you are recovering well from those fire ants. Ants have been a nuisance to us too in central Georgia. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. My hubby and I ripped out 6 Rutgers Determinant tomato plants after the plentiful tomatoes had never turned red. They had been in the ground since March 30th, 2024 (75 days). It turns out, pests (worms) had eaten through the green tomatoes while on the vine. I also ripped out my lettuce (I did not like growing it in the dirt nor the taste) and all the peas I'd planted around everything to boost their growth. (Learned that from Ms. Harmon.) We also ripped out the brassicas (wrong season for them); but did get one delicious pot of collard greens out of them. 😋 We ripped out the cukes and squash that had run their courses; yes, we planted a 2nd succession because the originals were phenomenally delicious. 😋😋 I think I am hooked on gardening now. I direct seeded okra and none of it has popped up yet; so I went and bought some starts and planted them in the ground on June 15th, 2024. I pray I have good okra production this summer. I hope you fare well too; I will be expecting those updates. Take care! Sincerely, Wanda

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Wanda, you two have been very busy. The worms are such a pain, once they start in, you have to be extra alert. Your okra will pop up and just take off, mine has already, and so have my eggplants. 🤗🤗 Getting hooked is great, this is a fantastic hobby to have, and once it's in your blood, you'll be hooked for life. 💯🤗👍

[@analoggurl]

I love how you call the insects punks. That is such an appropriate name. This was so informative and I appreciate the pictures. Thanks for the great content!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful. 🤗🤗

[@KellieDTravis]

I also plant Nasturtium to help keep pests out and attract beneficial insects/pollinators. I believe I also learned that from Brian lol

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I have planted that for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I have them popping up all over the garden. I'm excited to see them bloom🤗🤗🤗

[@KellieDTravis]

@DownHomeBackyardGardening they say when you plant those once, you never have to plant again but I hadn't seen any popping up yet so I planted some more seeds and those are coming up already. I'm in NW Louisiana

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@KellieDTravis I love plants that drop seeds, so they come back the next year... that's why I have so much basil. Love it🤘🤘

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

​@DownHomeBackyardGardening Nasturtium flowers are very tasty as well, so grow extra so you can add their peppery colorful flowers to your foods too.

[@kelleyleblanc5025]

My garden is fenced in and shares a section with my chickens. I plant nasturtium all along the fence line and they get full of aphids however the chickens can munch on the leaves

[@VikoolyaLV]

Thanks a million! I'm a new backyard gardener, this is very helpful.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'm so glad it was a helpful video, those are the ones I truly enjoy making. And, welcome to the journey of gardening.. remember, there will be ups and downs, but far more ups. 💯🤗🤗

[@Tie-dyeGarden_dragon]

Excellent breakdown! Thank you so much for all the work you put into this. Keep making ‘em and I’ll keep watching. 🌱

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for that comment, totally made me smile🤗🤗

[@yogifarmsozarks]

So great! I've seen a lot of companion planting videos. This is my favorite. Thank you for the images and the breakdown!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for this comment, totally made me smile🤗👍💯

[@arwenk2242]

Aphids and cucumber beetles are punks 🙌🏼

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@@arwenk2242 💯💯💯

[@sharongrashen1196]

Thanks for sharing!💜🙏🏼

[@amyschultz8058]

Great video and alot of awesome information. Thank you for doing this. 2 other great flowers to add to your list Nasturtium- act as a trap crop to get aphids and squash bugs. Great around tomatoes and squash 2. Petunias- they help with , hornworm, aphids, squash bugs, asparagus beetles, leaf hoppers and potato bug's. I grow them too. I'm growing alot in small grow bags like 3 or 5 gallon depending on plant size , that way I can shift them around I need be.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'll add them to part 2 of this video💯💯💯 Thank you for that comment.

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

I love your idea of planting your companion crops in movable containers...! I do not know this to be fact, but I have noticed that since I 😅 let the chickens in the garden when u do not have it in use, has helped reduce the punks lurking in my garden.... other than these chickens....😢

[@stubee56]

That was very interesting. Thank you for sharing this valuable info !!

[@woodrowclark8821]

I live in Miami Florida and I am very thankful to have found your video with so much information, thank you so much.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I took my daughter to Miami and Key West 2 summers ago, such a fun and memeorable week. Thank you for your support. 🤗💯

[@carriejo9759]

Add cilantro to the list! Love my parasitic wasp! I wish more people would tell people this instead of using chemicals that disturb the balance! Great video!!!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you, and I agree. I don't use any chemicals at all... except neem oil, but I didn't even use that last year. This is why I love to companion plant, just brings so much to the garden. 💯👍

[@juliekorte5896]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I just came across this video of yours and I am very happy I did. The information is just what I was needing and the way you give the information didn’t leave me guessing about anything, straight forward. I love preventing first so I appreciate it! 😊Happy Spring and Happy Gardening!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'm so glad this video helped you, that always makes me happy. 💯🤗

[@diablomom]

I’ve downloaded this video for reference since I’ve already watched this a couple of times.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'm working on a part 2, hoping to have that out early next week. 👍👍

[@omahanprabla3058]

"Those little dudes, they look like this right here: I don't like them." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@evelynr.4151]

Thank you for this informative video. I don't have a garden since I live in an apartment. I have a small patio where I grow flowers in pots. I get lots of aphids and white flies. Yuk.

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

Good stuff bro. Noticed your ball cap, so I gotta say, FLY NAVY!

[@4thHouseOnTheRight]

Thank you for showing photos of the pests when you talk about them. I am ALWAYS doing Google image searches so this helps a lot! I have marigolds everywhere but I think I'm gonna add dill everywhere now too. Thanks again

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I love Marigolds in the garden, I have so many different ones. 🤗🤗

[@cynthiamartinez5884]

I have started seeds for most of these with a goal of encouraging beneficial insects. The only time I've had problems with flea beetles is when I grow eggplant. I always grow lots of tomatoes and peppers. The years I don't grow eggplant, I barely notice them since the damage is so little. As soon as there's eggplant around, they bring an army to attack.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Not to jinx myself, but I've never had them on my Eggplants, and I grow alot of those each year... so, proof right there all the companion planting works💯👍🤘 And, I don't even try with brassicas anymore, just can't seem to grow them. 🤔🤔 might try again this fall, we'll see.

[@cynthiamartinez5884]

@DownHomeBackyardGardening I will definitely try your suggestion on companion planting. I haven't had issues with them on brassicas but I plant those mostly for fall. Not sure if that makes a difference.

[@Omegawerewolfx]

I'm trying Catnip this year to help with hornworms. I already have basil, dill, marigolds, nasturtium, and like 10 other flowers all over my yard. I also have a little dragonfly pond, I have zero skeeters. I get enough parasitic wasps that the hornworms don't go unscathed but I still have to pluck a few every year. I'm mainly at war with earwigs and Japanese beetles. I have soy sauce traps for the earwigs and scented bag traps for the beetles. I'm right next to a forest, so the invasions never end. I have been trying/experimenting with a barrier of oregano and other plants to try and make a shield, hasn't worked yet but it smells good! My wasabi radish, the only one I did not harvest, got to the size of a soft ball before winter finally killed it. The stalks were probably just under 5 feet tall. My next project is to attract and keep ladybugs and preying mantis.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

You have a legit companion game going, wow. I've never had any mantis's here, wish a few would show up and hang out. 🤣🤣

[@Omegawerewolfx]

@@DownHomeBackyardGardening I see a random mantis almost weekly. Different sizes, but not too young But I don't see their egg sacks. Gotta figure out how to get them to make my yard home.

[@bammersmith5993]

You can spray a small amount of dish washing soap to plants.Just lightly coat leaves .Ive used it in the past and worked good for keeping bugs out.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

💯💯💯

[@kaptynssirensong2357]

I’m back after two months of subbing and wow is my garden much better so far. I cannot thank you enough… However its only June and this is the wild month haha. I am rewatching to make absolutely sure I’m doing everything to deal with the Punk Party.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I've been hit with a few punks, but I think I have them under control. 🤞🤞

[@ajb.822]

Just btw for who it may help, here's 2 pest issue recommendations I have personal experience ( & success) with : Cucumber beetles ( those lil yellow guys w black stripes or spots) & Tomato hornworms. Cuke beetles : They were what were making my cuke plants, then my zukes and then all squashes, get what looked like downt mildew and die early while producing fewer & messed-up fruits. NOTHING I tried helped at all or nearly enough until : Tobacco. Get plain ( pipe) tobacco ( OG, ideally... ? I'm growing my own now, seeds from Pinetree). Put a small hand/palmful in the soil at planting or transplanting time. Viola ! Can work if do it bit later, work into soil while trying not to disturb roots. Some make a spray of it. Supposed to be effective against squash bugs too, but isn't always. Seems to be always against the cucumber beetles, who also love tomatillos btw. I'm using it on cantaloupes too now that I grow those ( Americans l/muskmelon and true Cs/french types, which are da bomb !! ) , just in case. But, sadly, buttercup squash r in the squash species group that are the most susceptible to squash bugs, and when under drought or other stress, can be decimated :(. Ever since trying this tobacco thing (which was based on a note I'd taken from the book "carrots love tomatoes", only truly effective things so far I've tried from it just btw), I've seen a few cuke beetles around, but not hordes of em ( until I grew that 1st tomatillo anyway) and not seeming to be affecting any plant. And this has been true now across 2 states and 4-plus dif. gardens/properties. T. Hornworms : Had em when in IL 3 yrs, not here back in nw/wc WI. Early on read about leaving the ones w the wasp eggs on their back. Didn't make sense to leave em ON my plants, continuing to eat, tho, so we took em to the weedy treeline. Squashed the rest. The next yr., had less. Yr 3, our final summer there, we had very few. Using a blacklight is helpful & cool, but also just look closely where there's any sign of leaves being eaten up. We didn't have anything flowering yet along the lines of dill etc. that 1st yr, or any close neighbors who appeared to have gardens or flowers at all, or flowers like that, yet we had some of those parasitic wasp eggs on some that 1st yr., so don't despair folks !

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Great info and life experience right there. Thank you for that comment. 👍💯

[@jenagarcia1728]

great to know here in IL

[@kelleyleblanc5025]

Tip: slugs and snails. My husband cleans fish on cardboard so if you put the cardboard out in the garden for a day or two it gets covered in slugs and snails then it’s easy to dispose of.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Great info, love that comment. 💯

[@cbak1819]

Nasturtium is a great trap crop here in the east. Oh and attractive.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I have a lot of that planted this year, it's growing, but not flowering yet. 💯💯 Thank you for that comment. 👍👍

[@brendaogle-em7if]

Same here. The pictures are extremely helpful. This is my first time to your channel. Im impressed with your great teaching and patience 😊. Thank you so much ❤

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for those kind words, I truly appreciate it. I did a part 2 for that video with different insects. 👍

[@christineelsey3104]

Thank.. I appreciate the advice & the pictures of the inserts you were talking about.. 😊

[@midwestribeye7820]

Thank you for posting clear pictures!

[@flowerchild5674]

Squash bugs look like stink bugs. Are they in the same family?

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

No, they're in different families, even though they do look a lot alike. 👍👍

[@hotice8885]

Hoo--RA, man. Very well done, with a lot of good info that I never knew. I will be putting some trap crops in THIS year. Thanks, Bro!

[@chrisdiederich1713]

Semper Fi!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Semper Fi💯🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@mistygeller3193]

Fantastic information!!! Thank you thank you!!! The pictures help so much too!! Great video 😊

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I appreciate that comment, always makes me feel good when a video helps someone. 💯🤗

[@judysketteno1966]

U blessed so many with your knowledge. I am sharing video w my family and friends. 😂

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for that comment, I truly appreciate it. 💯👍🤗

[@judyvaughn761]

I'm a new subscriber and I've learned a whole lot I have a garden try to have one as often as possible and the fighting the bugs was the most horrible part of it thank you for all the information I will continue to watch

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for joining the journey, and I'm so glad I was able to help, makes me feel good. 💯👍

[@rhondaanderson8519]

Absolutely love this video because you showed us the bad bugs and what they look like very beneficial video and thank you so much for your effort awesome video!!😊

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I really appreciate your comment. 💯🤗

[@janbrown5563]

Thanks for the info .

[@jeannechin5052]

Such good info and thank you for the pictures!

[@theburnhams2925]

Turmeric seems to ward off cuke beetles too. My Seminole squash plants are surrounded by 'em. Appreciate this video very much!

[@Nan54424]

Great video! So helpful! Thanks!

[@cbak1819]

We say ill-is-un here in the North. Thanks for the tips and encouragement ✝️

[@MadamKsTarot]

Thank you I took notes. I plant a ton of marigolds

[@bernadettacosta6739]

Fire are everywhere on our property and make me crazy. When they bite it hurts. Grasshoppers gave me so much trouble. They ate everything, including my meyer lemon lwaves. They especially liked my tomatoe plants. 😢

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@@bernadettacosta6739 Grasshoppers can be bad, I'm sorry they hit your garden like that. 🤦‍♂️

[@Darth_SurgeYo]

7:20 i swatted at my phone when the pic came up 👋

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

🤣🤣🤣 I'm sorry about that.

[@kgeeplays]

The best flower I have found is sunflowers. I had never seen lacewings or parasitic wasps in my garden until I grew these, and I always grew alyssum. One flower I’ve seen attract hover flies a lot is those annual geraniums, and they’ll bloom all the way to frost if you keep them deadheaded.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Great post, thank you for that comment. I have 5 sunflowers growing right now, first time for them. 🤗🤗

[@terribenson3998]

I grow red sunflowers. Amazing!! They have branched that have flowers too! Share with my neighbor kids and they love them! 🎉🎉🎉

[@terribenson3998]

Branches not branched. LOL

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@@terribenson3998 red sunflowers?? Do you know the name of them, and where you got the seeds from??

[@kgeeplays]

The one I like is called velvet queen. It blooms early, multi-branched with red stems and red flowers and the bees go nuts for it.

[@anitanavarro4121]

That was VERY helpful thank you!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'm glad you liked the video, hope it helps. 💯👍🤗

[@bmiller22765]

We call the squash bug a stink bug.

[@wordwalkermomma4]

They are not the same, only similar.

[@craigtinley4191]

Different believe me. Invaded by both. Stink in the house and Squash Bug in my garden. Look a little similar but are definitely different. The Swaush Bug destroys the Stink just Stinks.

[@tonyajackson8827]

Thank you for the information!!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

No problem at all, I'm working on a part 2 for this topic. 👍👍👍

[@Wasp121323]

Thank you for the class

[@jtharp9265]

Thank you , Im subscribed so many gardening creators , You are the 1st creator that actually shows us the bugs 🐛. I truly appreciate your content . New subscriber God bless you Mrs j. Montgomery County, Texas 🙏

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Welcome to the channel neighbor, I'm also in Montgomery County. 💯👍

[@barbaramooney685]

One of the best video's I've seen in a long time.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Wow, thank you for that, I really appreciate it.

[@dodihead9011]

That was great thanks sooo much!

[@hascjl]

Sunflowers for stink bugs was amazing for me last year! Doing much more this year!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'm growing sunflowers for the first time ever right now, I'm excited to have them in the garden. 🤗🤗

[@daylanshipley1856]

Thank you

[@zouheir2651]

Awesome info. Thank you for the video

[@darlenesantos9341]

New subscribers ❤

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

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[@twesey]

Daikon radishis supposed o be good for repelling the vine borere moth. Plant before squash goes in. Catnip is good for zuke and cuke beetles, hornworms they don't even want to come around it. I had all of them. now I have non. used no product to do it.

[@darlenesantos9341]

Lol first video I watched because it make me laugh your face.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

🤣🤣

[@TheLingrush]

Love this video! I have Queen Ann's Lace. Basically wild carrot. The parasitic wasp love them.

[@tuxedocatpicasso8917]

Excellent information. This will be my second year planting a garden and last year I had trouble with all those punks! 🐝

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

You'll have much better harvests this year as you have the experience from last year. 💯💯👍

[@anelson4072]

Great information! Thank you 😊

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Glad you liked the video, I'm working on another video on this subject. 👍

[@RealBradMiller]

10:34 I hate them... But would it not be a cool ass feeling and view to be between the leaf layers?!?! Just eating to your heart's content, going in whatever direction your little munchin' jowls take you. Living your best little pest life. I hate them. Because I am jealous of their life. 😂😂😂 Thanks for all the tips!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Never thought of it that way🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣

[@laruebrough4117]

Thank you! What about the white moths that lay their eggs on brassicas and the nasty green worms eat up the leaves

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I'm working on a part 2 of this video that covers both of those pests... should be up tomorrow🤞🤞

[@ashleykraft5696]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@seahorsedreams5732]

The first year I had tomatoe horn worms they chased me right out of the garden!! I couldn't go back. They scared me to death. I could hear them crunching on the leaves!!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

🤣🤣 I had to research them when I saw them the first time, then they started dying. 💯👍🤣

[@taylordaine3881]

Flashing the huge pic of a wolf spider was just MEAN. 😂

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

🤣🤣 I'm sorry, wasn't my intent to scare anyone, just to inform... I should've put up a warning🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@diannegarner9942]

Hilarious! But I love spiders

[@billshepherd5090]

In KY we have big black and yellow garden spiders too. Only problem with them is walking into their webs.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@billshepherd5090 Banana Spiders are a pain because of those webs being head level, dealt with them alot when I was in Okinawa. But they're great in the garden, I don't have them here, wish I did. 👍👍

[@shibibi1]

The pest I struggle with most is earwigs and snails/slugs. Occasionally isopods become an issue in pots, but regular pot maintainance deals with them

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I saw that another viewer mention coffee grounds for slugs/snails... I'm not sure about earwigs🤔🤔

[@robinroseberry]

Thank you.

[@johnnyvegas459]

Had harlequin beetles no idea where they came from. All over my rasperry hedge i thought they were beneficial that thought continued until i ate one of the fruit and it tasted really bad. And then i caught a family of them all over my developing fruit. I started squishing them but they already did the damage. Plant was full of sad black blooms. The best way to get rid of them is to squish them the smell ironically deters other beetles.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I've never had them, but I like that the smell of them scares off beetles... nature is awesome. 💯

[@truthtalker5884]

Great video 😊

[@alisonmiller2708]

Thanks for sharing these tips! 🎉Always Plant:🎉 Dill, Fennel, Sweet Allysum, Parsley, Radishes, Carrots, Basil -(let them go to seed) and Marigolds to attract beneficial insects who will in turn eat the bad insects. To deter squash bugs grow: Dill and parsley, knock them into bucket of soapy water and lay out cardboard for they will gather under the cardboard. Squash vine borer- Sweet Alyssum, Dill, Fennel Tomato Hornworm- Parasitic wasps will get them.

[@Lady_Di_1972]

Great video ... thank you for your service!!!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you for your support🤗💯

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I have found dusting with white hardwood ash will get rid of flea beetles.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Great info there, thank you for sharing. 💯👍

[@PO-vx2pq]

great video‼️‼️

[@myckee]

Hey, thanks for the tips. I love growing dill also along my tomato plants. It's great, and I also get butterflies out of the deal. I'll have to try the radishes trick this year. I live in your zone. I'm in Murphy Tx. Great video, thanks.

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Dill is great, I try to grow a couple different types of it... but the bouquet variety grows the best for me.

[@sharibc3597]

I’ve started marigolds but none of them have come up! 🙁

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Give them time, they seem to take a bit... but once they start and you let the seeds fall, you'll have volunteer Marigolds forever. 🤗🤗🤗

[@bw1357]

Semper Fi from an old Marine from the 70s..... That book you held up companion planting... Can you tell me where you got it from?.... The publisher, etc. I'm interested in acquiring that for myself.... I like watching videos like yours because I learn things to help me in my garden.... I'm trying to feed kids and grandkids..

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Go to Amazon, type the name in, and it'll take you right to ordering it. That book has quite literally changed my gardening life. 👍👍

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Semper Fi💯🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@Will-fq2hc]

I’m guessing dill will keep out the cabbage moths too?

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Yes, absolutely 💯

[@curiouscat3384]

This is a great condensed list. I'd like to caution that trap crops need to be selected and positioned and managed VERY CAREFULLY because they might actually attract pests INTO the garden. They need to be planted at the periphery of the veg garden, and then the bugs attracted to the trap need to be removed and destroyed. not a quick and easy solution. Do some googling to learn more about how to use trap crops. Same with beetle traps. I've always had a few beetles that I could manage until I hung one of those yellow bags and it attracted GALLONS of beetles!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Great info there, thank you for posting that comment. I grew up in KY, where beetles are everywhere, and so are the yellow bags. We don't have that problem down here where I am, but I love the info shared on them. 💯👍

[@96SweetwaterBay]

What are the yellow bags? Are they like the fly traps with stinky liquid inside?

[@NaturallyUnbridled]

Great content! Thanks!

[@georgeparrault9945]

Good Information ThankYou. I Subscribed

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Welcome to the journey🤗🤗🤗

[@ggonzalez435]

Way to lead Marine. SF

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

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[@jenagarcia1728]

awesome......subbed

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Welcome to the journey🤗🤗🤗

[@murielmorrow4306]

Please give me your recipe for mothballs water! Thanks!

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I have a video on this topic if that would help... but the basics are as follows: get a container and about halfway up cut some slits in the container shaped like a V, then put about 10-15 moth balls in and fill with water to just below the holes. Keep the lid on tight, place them around your squash, zucchini or melons, and wait for your fruit to grow. 👍👍

[@vickirickman9373]

Excellent information thank you so much. I’m glad my sister-in-law sent this to me. I will have to check out your other videos and subscribe. Oh QUESTION….. if you let your dill go to flower how do you prevent Dill from being everywhere once it drops its seeds?🤔

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

If you don't want the dill in the garden, watch for it when it starts to sprout, and just pull it out. 👍💯 The good thing is, you'll have volunteer dill for the following year. 🤗🤗

[@pampotgieter7611]

WOW! AWESOME video. I have some of the plants on your list. Marigold, Fennel, Dill, Nasturtium(especially for Aphids), just planted some Basil. But will add the others on your list. Many thanks for your video. Great practical information, I have already shared your video with family, friends and a neighbour. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👋

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

Thank you, I appreciate that. I'm in the process of making a part 2 to this video. 💯👍

[@pampotgieter7611]

​​@@DownHomeBackyardGardening Thank You, I look forward to the 2nd part you are going to upload. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👋

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

@@pampotgieter7611 I uploaded it about 2 hours ago. 👍🤗

[@anneramirez451]

How do I keep from making the wasps angry? What do their nests look like, so I can keep away😅

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

If you're talking about the parasitic wasps, they are so tiny that you probably won't even really notice them. Just do what you're doing in the garden as if they aren't there. It's the big red wasps you have to watch out for. 💯🤣

[@flowerchild5674]

Thank you for this info and especially photos so we know what to to look for. I have seen the parasitic wasp eggs on caterpillar but i don't grow the plants you mentioned except parsley and marigolds. I will try to grow some other things. Something ate holes in my peppers last year but i never could find the actual insect to know what i was dealing with. Could slugs do it?

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

They could have, Yes. I had to look that up as I don't have slugs where I am.

[@chris.s.9992]

great info thank you so much. i am ready to go to battle lol. we also get millions of Japanese beetles. one guy said use a small shop vac and suck em up. you have any ideas?

[@DownHomeBackyardGardening]

I've just spent 20 minutes looking into this bug, and there's a lot of info... companion planting with catnip, chives, garlic, Marigolds, nasturtium to help keep them away. Need oil works on the younger beetles, but be careful with neem.oil as it also kills beneficial insects. Best bet is to kill them at the grub level when you find them. Parasitic wasps attack them, so plant sweet allyssum, dill, cilantro, and daisies to bring them in. 👍👍👍