Getting rid of earwigs
kathyp
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Comments (5)Which zone 10 are you in...CA or FL. It makes a difference. Brugs don't like to have too many chemicals sprayed on them, at least not here in FL. I can usually get away with spritzing the mites off daily with the hose nozzle, and I use this mixture for everything else: 1/3 cup Murphy's Oil Soap 1 Tbsp. baking soda 1 gallon of water I spray very early in the morning, so that it has time to dry before the sun gets hot, or early evening on days when it cools down enough. Bloom fertilizer will cause leaf drop, a peculiarity of brugs that not many people are aware of....See Moreearwigs
Comments (1)I got the recipe for earwig destruction from an internet site on earwigs. I don't know which one. It's 1 part vegetable oil, one part soy sauce and one part molasses. Shake it all together. Put it in small containers or lids. Place it where you see destruction from earwigs. if you are not sure you have earwigs, wait until dark and take a flashlight and scan the ground around the plants. The critters will drown in the mixture...See MoreHas anyone used Escar-Go Supreme?
Comments (5)Yes I have used this for both slugs and earwigs. It works very well on both. You will see alomost none of these pests if you use this a 2 or 3 of times each gardening season. There are noticably less each year, almost totally getting rid of slugs....See MoreSure fire way to get rid of Earwigs
Comments (28)I'm starting a new large garden where it had been neglected for decades as the house had been tenanted. A lot of earth moving and planting. Earwigs are destroying my cherries, roses, buddleia and even fig. I live in mid-north South Australia. It's not just killing them that's important but doing it cheaply. They do flock to traps of cheap vegetable oil with a touch of soy sauce; using equal parts seems a waste of soy sauce. They will climb into the jars with no encouragement so it doesn't matter if they're partly buried or not. I buy the cheapest from the supermarket in two litre containers and need two for each time I replace the oil. They will keep jumping into the jars whether there are bodies in there or not so I only empty when full. They stink something terrible so I often need a mask and dig a big hole to bury them or in winter pour them on the bonfire as I build it up. Oil kills them because they can't breathe. They're invertebrates. As much as I loathe them I feel sorry for the way they die when hit with fly spray but it's the only way to clean out a nest. I also spray regularly from a backpack with either Pyrethrum moved with white oil as a surfactant or the last of the Carbaryl I have (it's been banned). I've yet to use Coopex because it's too expensive. And despite all this I'm losing the battle since they moved onto the twenty roses I planted that I'll have to start pulling out as I have with some of the cherries. I've yet to try petroleum jelly but will give that a go, although ineffective on bush roses. The only solution is to introduce chooks, or chickens, but I need to leave home on occasion for months at a time so that's not an option. Personally, chooks aside, I see no effective solution other than planting trees and shrubs earwigs don't like. More Ash, Oak, Australian natives, Crab apple, Mulberry and others I've yet to look at. Out with roses, which would be a pity, and out with Cherry....See MoreMonkeyGirl
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