Japanese Beetles in the Roses

Article by: Doug Green

Adult Japanese beetles are one quarter to one half inch long with copper , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial colored wing covers and a shiny metallic green , A Garden Pond in Your Landscape - Want Water in Your Yard? head. Between the green , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate head and tiny tufts of white , Tidy Your Garden Up Cheaply hair along their side you'll recognize them easily as they happily munch on your roses. , Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) 'White Ball'

While they generally don't eat dogwood, forsythia, holly, lilac, evergreens and Hosta, they'll eat darn near everything else. These beetles feed on flowers , May Gardening Tips for the Southwest and fruits , Gardening making a skeleton of the leaves by eating the green , A Teak Table - Accent Your Outdoor Decor With One parts and leaving the veins. Adults are most active from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on warm summer , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form days. These voracious pests , Light Up the Night! Quick Facts about Outdoor Lighting prefer plants , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial in direct sun, , Chives - Allium Schoenoprasum so shady areas are usually less damaged.

The bacterial spore, sold as 'Doom' or 'Grub Attack' is generally used to control these pests. , A Low Maintenance Landscape Can Save You Money Using a hormone lure in your yard , 10 Tips to Care for Your Antique Ceramics simply attracts more beetles to your yard. , Ideas On How To Use Container Gardening To Decorate Your House And Garden Put the lure somewhere else a hundred yards , Garden Success in Southcentral Alaska Part 1 of 3 away encouraging the beetles to go elsewhere. Unfortunately, reducing the beetles in your yard , Pond Supplies - A Must For Your Pond will not reduce their attacks in succeeding years. These beetles are great fliers and can travel upwards of ten miles from where they hatched.

Handpicking is also effective on your prized plants , A Garden Pond in Your Landscape - Want Water in Your Yard? - drop the beetles into a bucket of soapy water , Tomatoes: History, Origin, Facts... or Fiction? to kill them. There is some data that suggests hand picking is as effective as spraying noxious chemicals and you know you have killed the beetle when it drowns in your soapy bucket. One trick is to hold the bucket of soapy water , Pond Supplies - A Must For Your Pond under the plant , Rose Gardening and then shake the plant. , Winterizing Your Roses Beetles will fall , Tuberous Begonias off the plant , The Coliseum Is One Of The Best Complete Hydroponic Systems On The Market right into the bucket and you'll get more beetles if you do this in the early morning before they start feeding and flying. Several birds , For Lighting Fixtures and Landscape Lighting Get Solar Power Installed (grackles, cardinals, meadowlarks) feed on the adult beetles so encourage birds , Tuberous Begonias in your yard. , How to Create a Zen Garden If you decide to use a lure, place , Ideas For Your Front Yard Landscaping Project it at least 100 feet away from your garden. , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate Lures attract beetles and if you place , Ideas For Your Front Yard Landscaping Project one in your garden, , Buying a Lawn Mower you'll have all the neighbors beetles visiting as well. Find a neighbor who doesn't garden , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate to host the lures and traps.

Doug Green, , Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal an award winning garden , Fall Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail author with 7 books published answers gardening , Ideas For Your Front Yard Landscaping Project questions in his free gardening , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate newsletter at http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com

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