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Just checked my trees here at the house and the beetles are thick already. Seems early to me. Anyhow, best spray for them? I have sevin dust, bonide fruit tree spray, captan and imidan wp
They are TERRIBLE this year! Most I've ever seen, I've got soybeans next to me and that really brings them. Haven't noticed a lot of eating yet but it's a beetle orgy everywhere I look.
Just checked my trees here at the house and the beetles are thick already. Seems early to me. Anyhow, best spray for them? I have sevin dust, bonide fruit tree spray, captan and imidan wp
Hit mine with imidan today, will need to hit my other property hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday as I'm sure they are thick over there too. Wife hit the rose bushes with the powder sevin, I'm also going to pickup the liquid sevin that TC stated above.
I'm really learning the importance of a good spraying ritual this year.
I have to get some liquid Sevin...those bastards have completely defoliated a couple young hazelnuts and are beating the shit out of the young trees in the shrub strips!
I would like to find the guy that introduced those stupid things to the USA and punch him in the face.....maybe.... rant over.
Is anyone in MN seeing them yet? The last 2 years they have decimated my apple and birch trees. Last year I treated the area with the milky spore stuff and haven't seen one yet? I hope that is a good sign they I got them good.
When I did have the liquid Sevin knocked them down real quick!!
Nova, I'm in the Twin Cities and saw my first few Sunday evening on my St. Croix Elm when I got home from the in-law's cabin. I remember reading somewhere that they typically hatch the first week of July down here but the heat we had earlier this spring must have jump started them. I need to spray for them on both the elm and river birch, just need the weather to cooperate. Maybe tonight.
I've had fantastic results with Tempo SC Ultra. I don't believe it's labeled for fruits/veggies but for ornamental plants I can't say enough good things about it. Works great on box elder bugs too.
I know those @$$h•\€$ were chowing down on every one of my fruit trees. Sprayed them with Sevin concentrate (4 oz/gallon) this past weekend, and it seemed to p!$$ them off pretty good, but I didn't notice any of them dropping dead. Does it take a while, or should I have upped the concentration?
I know those @$$h•\€$ were chowing down on every one of my fruit trees. Sprayed them with Sevin concentrate (4 oz/gallon) this past weekend, and it seemed to p!$$ them off pretty good, but I didn't notice any of them dropping dead. Does it take a while, or should I have upped the concentration?