Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hi Sally - we spent all weekend weeding, composting, and spreading milky spore all over the gardens and around the rose bushes. I covered the ground directly around the rose bushes with black landscaping fabric, a little more milky spore on top, and then a new layer of mulch. The rest of the gardens received the same treatment with the milky spore but only the rose bushes were covered with the fabric directly underneath them. Hopefully, this will take care of the grubs. As for the JBs - This week I'm planning on spraying ( very carefully) neem oil on the plants and Bugs.

I'll keep you informed of my successes and failures regarding the JBs.

C.T.
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On Jul 26, 2013, at 12:16 PM, sally glendinning <wirlybirdone@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi CT ! I suspect that when you sprayed them the bugs had a reflex which let them drop to the ground, away from danger. Many bugs do it. They then just climb back up again.
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> This is why I suggested putting plastic sheeting down. Firstly it means you can stop them hiding in the soil/undergrowth beneath the plant. Secondly, you can flood it/coat it with something lethal (eg milky spore), or something sticky (eg cheap margarine). If you use margarine then scrape it and burn the margarine bugs and all.
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> Hope this helps.
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> Sally in the Wilds of West Wales.
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