How do I get rid of cucumber beetles? I dont want to use commercial pesticides. Please help there everywere.

Question

well I have tried the pepper and dish soap, garlic and all that jazz that was suggested but they keep comming back. ARRRRG I think I am just going to get some napalm and fry the basterds

Answer 1

I have a great book written by the granddaughters of the best organic farmer ever !
It said," To control larvae in the roots of cucumber plants, apply insect parasitic nematodes(Heterorhabditis bacteriophora). To control adults, spray with canolanoil, kaolin, or Beauveria bassiana. I know from personal experience that the last one is a fungus that attaches itself to the body of the beetle and eats it alive. Like an incurable case of athletes foot!

Answer 2

Search the web for home made pesticides. One can make some rather effective ones cheaply and safely.

Several commercial companies make insecticidal soaps. Read the label before buying to see if they are effective on cucumber beetles

OR, pick them off on a daily basis.

Answer 3

1 whole head of garlic, mashed
1 tablespoon fresh crushed cayenne pepper
1/4 onion, mashed
2 quarts warm water

Add together, allow to steep for two or three days. Strain into a pump spray bottle, and add a drop or two of a mild dishwashing liquid detergent. This really works well against flea beetles as well as other insects.

Spray every few days, and after it rains.

Answer 4

Mix 1/4 cup of dishwashing detergent (not machine kind) with a gallon of water and spray your plants with it every couple or three days. It's environmentaly safe but the soap makes the plants taste bad so the beetles move on.

Answer 5

1. Hand pick them off and drop in a bucket of soapy water.
2. Blast them off with the garden hose
3. Spray them with a solution of 1 part liquid dish soap to 6 parts water.

Answer 6

Some people use dish soap and water in a spray bottle for different bugs in your garden .

Answer 7

bring in some ladybugs!

Answer 8

use good bugs !!