By looking at this bug..you might think...wow..kind of a neat little bug. WELL IT IS NOT!!! These are cucumber beetles and they are eating up my HUGE organic garden!! Watermelon sprouts are missing, squash plants are chewed to pieces and cucumber plants have come up missing too!!! BUT I have replanted and I will win this battle!!! I was so tempted to buy something non organic, but so far have bought Diatamatious Earth which is organic..you can eat it and that has seemed to slow them down. I also have been going out 2-3 times a day and smash them!!
4 comments:
Do Marigolds help with that? I know they help with some pests.
OK, plant catnip! I supposedly repels squash beetles. I'll forward you the website.
Thanks:) I have heard that about he Marigolds...but catnip makes sense:)
Thanks:)
How about letting a few of your chickens into the garden for a bit of beetle eating?
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