2007-05-21 14:19:27 · 7 answers · asked by fishdance2002 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
journey to your local garden center and ask for a granular product called Systemic, which is put on the ground and the plants absorb it when wet and bugs avoid them and no harm is done to the plants
2007-05-21 14:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by razor 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any product that contains an active ingredient called Imidachloprid.
It is systemic and will work from the inside out and in most cases leave the GOOD BUGS ALONE.
If you go the Lady Bug route, then early in the A.M. or just after dusk. Dampen the leaves of the plants and release the lady bugs.
BUT...........Unless you have Aphids or other juicy bad bugs to eat, DO NOT expect them to stick around, they are hunters and will fly off in search of food.
You might try typing beneficial insects for gardens into the computer. You will find hundreds of sites helping you to create a natural balance in your garden so the bad bugs don't stand a chance!
2007-05-21 14:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by bugsie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the plants, I occasionally use a pyrethrin-based insecticide. Any insecticide, however, will kill "good" bugs as well as bad ones. If your plants aren't overrun, share some of the leaves with the bugs and let the plan't natural resistance and the bug's natural predators keep them in check. The best defense, and the healthiest defense, is a healthy, happy plant.
2007-05-21 14:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by Roseann B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if you go to the garden and plantes shop you can go ask for the clarker if they do sell lady bugs alive ones . cause if you use them in youre garden and yard they willl even protected the plants for you . cause i heard that form one of the places i went to it was a plants shop they use the lady bugs to help the worms and bugs go away .
2007-05-21 14:29:50 · answer #4 · answered by statecalifornia2009 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't use anything that contains IMIDACHLOPRID. This nicotine-based pesticide has been implicated in Bee Colony Collapse Disorder. It has not been proved that this chemical is the definitive cause of CCD but it has been shown to cause neurological disorders in bees so that they can't find their way back to their colony. Just search on Bee Colony Collapse Disorder for more information. Our food supply depends on bees pollinating the crops.
2007-05-24 11:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by Paul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sprinkle with Seven dust and again after every rain.
2007-05-21 14:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sevin dust is good.
2007-05-21 14:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by Gram 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋