how to get rid of grass hoppers?

Question

i have beautiful roses but the grass hoppers are eating them aswell as my tomatoes

Answer 1

1. Garlic Oil Spray - Combine 3 ounces of minced garlic cloves with 1 ounce of mineral oil. Let soak for 24 hours or longer. Strain.
Next mix 1 teaspoon of fish emulsion with 16 ounces of water. Add 1 tablespoon of castile soap to this.
Now slowly combine the fish emulsion water with the garlic oil. Kept in a sealed glass container this mixture will stay viable for several months. To use: Mix 2 tablespoons of garlic oil with 1 pint of water and spray.

2. Nosema locustae

3. Neem Oil

Answer 2

You could dust your roses with sevin dust, the grass hoppers will go elsewhere.

Answer 3

Good luck. Grasshoppers are almost as hard to kill as squash bugs. You might try a systemic all in one feed and insecticide, will make the leaves less tasty and possibly kill them.

Answer 4

Attract birds to your yard. They love eating grasshoppers. So do praying mantids, toads, and wasps.