Re: Strange ... good?

**G* L* <g*@gmail.com>**

Hi Cathy, also amazed that no one is talking about BT for Japanese beetle
grubs although I recently read something about that and will try to find
it. Geri

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Cathy Barash
<cathy.barash@augusthome.com>wrote:

> I hear a lot of bad language tossed around about Japanese beetles  here.
> When I moved to Des Moines 15 years ago, no one had ever seen the pest! But
> now they are definitely a problem. Their diet has changed since I dealt
> with them on Long Island. Apparently in addition to roses,  they love
> cannas - foliage and flowers.  Maybe that's just a Midwest thing?
>
> JBs don't seem to be in my neighborhood. Maybe they don't like the ground
> surrounding 100 year-old homes? But they are a problem ânorth of the
> freeway. âOne of the editors here is overrun with them. He's used
> imocliprid (sp??) on the leaves, but reports that this year it's not
> killing the JBs. They just get a bit slower. So he's trying a systemic from
> Bayer with the same chemical as its base. I guess I live on the good side
> of town. Having moved, I donât have a garden established yet, but share
> with neighbors.
>
>
>
> Has no one heard of using milky spore (Bacillus popillae, now known as
> Paenibacillus popillae) as a control? It'll infect the grubs below the soil
> of your garden and lawn. Of course, if you use chemicals, you'll kill the
> milky spore. I used it on the Long Island property where I was caretaker
> for 18 years â and it worked! Before it kicked in, Iâd go out to the garden
> early in the morning and shake the beetles out of the rose blossoms (they
> are not early risers) into a zip-lock bag. When I was done I either stomped
> on the bag, or set it in the sun (and normally Iâm against cruelty to
> animals).
>
>
>
> Enough said from my soapbox.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
> Cathy Wilkinson Barash
>
> Senior Editor, Garden Gate
>
> August Home Publishing
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carolyn Ulrich [c*@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:15 PM
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Strange ... good?
>
>
>
> Here on the south side of Chicago I have had Japanese beetles but
>
> there are never so many that I can't squish them, provided 1) I'm not
>
> squeamish and
>
> 2) I patrol every day, maybe twice a day. This year they like both of
>
> the Home Run roses and my evening primrose (Oenothera biennis, the
>
> plant that opens its flowers in front of your very eyes around 8:45 on
>
> the first day of summer and progressively earlier as the season goes
>
> on. Sometimes there are as many as 5 or 6 on one flower so some may
>
> escape, but I figure they'll be back and I'll get them later. By the
>
> way, I have never understood the "drop them into soapy water"
>
> recommendation. My beetles fly and this would never work for me.
>
>
>
> Carolyn Ulrich
>
>
>
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