What are these bugs on Peonies?
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Leaf footed bugs, stink bugs and squash bugs
Comments (2)I think hand picking or vacuuming adults, planting beneficial-insect-attracting flowers, and using row covers on the grow beds are your best options for control. The following methods of control are quoted directly from "The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control" CONTROL METHODS: Squash Bugs - Maintain vigorous plant growth; handpick all stages of squash bugs from undersides of leaves; support vines off the ground on trellises; attract native parasitic flies with pollen and nectar plants; cover plants with a floating row cover (you'll need to hand-pollinate flowers. Stink Bugs - Control weeds in susceptible crops; remove or mow weedy areas adjacent to garden beds; attract native parasitic wasps and flies by planting small-flowered plants. As a last resort, dust with pyrethrin....See MoreBugs, bugs,bugs in my new Palm's soil! Help!!!
Comments (0)I purchased this beautiful majesty palm from Wal-Mart.I t was shipped from Florida, im in Massachusetts. I just fell in love with it. Three weeks later I've come to find that there's a variety of bugs in the soil!!!! I found a dead centipede, live snails, a millipede and who knows what else is in there. I researched the plant after getting it and I read that this plant is an attraction to mealy bugs and spider mites but I have yet to see those. I have four lovely and thriving plants of my own purchased from grocery stores and I've never had this problem, ever. I'm thinking of washing the plant in soap and water and maybe some insecticide and repotting it this weekend. Should I do this or just get rid of it? Any suggestions? I love this plant....See Morewhat does a peony root look like peony id
Comments (2)Out of all the pictures I take of the gardens, I've never taken one of the peony roots I've gotten. But if you google peony roots and click on images there's some good photos there....See MoreWhat are these? Bugs? Bug poopie-doopie? Bug eggies?
Comments (6)Sorry - dish soap and water will have NO effect on scale!! These are a type of armored scale and dish soap/insecticidal soap have little to no effect as they are primarily intended for soft bodied insects. Horticultural oil is the usual recommendation but you might need to pay attention to the timing of the spray. Oyster shell scale is not overly harmful to the tree itself so just washing off the fruit and peeling and eating as Jean suggested may be all that is necessary....See MoreSkybird - z5, Denver, Colorado
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