SubGirl’s Garden

[SubmarineGirl]

Finally know what revegging looks like. All four of my outside plants seem to be doing it some three leave fan leaves and a couple of knarley curled leaves too so it’ll be fun watching what’s next for these girls.
Also found two beetles that appeared to be mating on my plant. I saw where something was eating on one of the leaves, as I was trying to see why it might be, I saw two beetles maybe Japanese beetles in a mating position near the node below the chewed leaves. Don’t know if the beetles ate the leaves but they got the blame. I should have killed them but my quick response was to pluck the happy couple to the ground off my plant. Then I couldn’t find them haha. I should have got a pic first at least…

 

[Hippie420]

Japanese beetles will eat anything. They have an almost irradecent green sheen to their backs. They can do a lot of damage. You'll see.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Japanese beetles will eat anything. They have an almost irradecent green sheen to their backs. They can do a lot of damage. You'll see.

I wish my reflexes were not so quick so I could have collected them for inspection. I’m not sure if they were Japanese beetles but if not, they were very similar maybe I will find them tomorrow again, in a way I hope not…

 

[SubmarineGirl]

I’m pretty sure this is what I saw tho

 

[Hippie420]

Yep, dat;s dem. Bastards munch on anything green.

 

[pute]

Those damn things are terrible here. Their grubs kill my grass in the early spring and destroy plants in the summer. They don't eat my maters so maybe the don't like marijuana either..... but if they do insecticidal soap works. Don't spray the buds though it will affect the taste.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

I guess I’ll have to start looking for them and pick them off. I don’t think the Spinasod works on them. Maybe I should get a trap for the yard but I don’t really like the idea of attracting them either my yard is pretty small less than a half acre

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Those damn things are terrible here. Their grubs kill my grass in the early spring and destroy plants in the summer. They don't eat my maters so maybe the don't like marijuana either..... but if they do insecticidal soap works. Don't spray the buds though it will affect the taste.

I’m pretty sure they ate the leaf above them. I’ve only noticed little if any bug damage on my plants till today. Don’t think my assassin bugs are big enough to take care of them.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Those damn things are terrible here. Their grubs kill my grass in the early spring and destroy plants in the summer. They don't eat my maters so maybe the don't like marijuana either..... but if they do insecticidal soap works. Don't spray the buds though it will affect the taste.

Insecticidal soap? Is this something I may have around the house like dish soap or do I need to go the the greenhouse section for it? My plants are in reveg, only one has buds but I will keep it off them

 

[CrashMagnet]

You can mix a tablespoon of soap to a quart of water and use that as a spray. I add in a pint or so of alcohol and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. The alcohol kills the adults and the oil makes the soap stick a little better.

 

[CrashMagnet]

I had Japanese beetles eat my spinach plants. I only had a few plants which were completely stripped of leaf material pretty fast. Then they moved to a shrub behind my tomato plants, but have so far stuck to that one bush.

I noticed a couple of days ago they are not eating the bush, but the Virginia Creeper growing in the bush and trying to climb the vinyl siding behind the bush. I had been hitting them with Raid house and garden, but I backed off to see if they will eat the rest of the vines.

I also ordered some traps to hang somewhere away from the garden. I read it's common to cut open the bottom of the trap and attach a trash bag to hold the mass beetles that die in the trap.

 

[MechaniMan]

I had Japanese beetles eat my spinach plants. I only had a few plants which were completely stripped of leaf material pretty fast. Then they moved to a shrub behind my tomato plants, but have so far stuck to that one bush.

I noticed a couple of days ago they are not eating the bush, but the Virginia Creeper growing in the bush and trying to climb the vinyl siding behind the bush. I had been hitting them with Raid house and garden, but I backed off to see if they will eat the rest of the vines.

I also ordered some traps to hang somewhere away from the garden. I read it's common to cut open the bottom of the trap and attach a trash bag to hold the mass beetles that die in the trap.

I use these, they work.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

You can mix a tablespoon of soap to a quart of water and use that as a spray. I add in a pint or so of alcohol and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. The alcohol kills the adults and the oil makes the soap stick a little better.

Did you say a pint or so of alcohol? What kind drinking? Rubbing 70/90%

 

[SubmarineGirl]

I use these, they work.

How far away should I put them. I’ve only seen those two so far and don’t want to attract them

 

[Kindbud]

Y'all posting and posting on here journal had to go back a page or 2 to see her garden bring that to the misfit page let's leave journals for journals of plants idk I love looking back on grow journals the excess posting kinda fuckss me up

 

[Kindbud]

I like that spilt plant I've been pondering on trying that will be watching peace

 

[RosterMan]

How far away should I put them. I’ve only seen those two so far and don’t want to attract them

If you get those traps they won't be interested in your plants
They omit sex pheromones of the bugs I do believe.............

 

[Kindbud]

Careful with the traps sub I did the same thing and thought about attracting stuff so I pulled mine nope was just a 1 time occurrence for me at least

 

[CrashMagnet]

Did you say a pint or so of alcohol? What kind drinking? Rubbing 70/90%

Whatever is cheap. Rubbing alcohol is fine. I said a pint or so, because I just dump some in without measuring or even reading the label for percentages. It's probably less than that now that I think about it.

If you spray a bug and it dies, you have enough. If it calls its friends over to party, you need a little more : )

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Y'all posting and posting on here journal had to go back a page or 2 to see her garden bring that to the misfit page let's leave journals for journals of plants idk I love looking back on grow journals the excess posting kinda fuckss me up

I don’t mind the riffraff on my garden page. Sometimes we get off topic but that’s ok too. I sometimes attract riffraff but it’s all in fun. Sorry it fuckss you up kindbud