Help, I have bugs in my garden?

Question

I live in NE Ohio and have a vegetable garden. I have seen triangle shaped, light green bugs feeding on the leaves of my green beans. I don't want to loose any of my crop so I have used Sevin powder on my whole garden. Is this enough or do I need something else?

Answer 1

Sevin kills all bugs including all the beneficials. It kills bees too. Don't you know that bees are in decline and without them we are in trouble since they are our best pollinators. There are other effective ways to take care of pests without killing all the bugs. You can hand pick, use dish soap and water, attract beneficials that eat the pests, even neem is effective and approved for organic gardening. I'm certain the sevin dusting did exactly what you wanted, however, you've probably hurt your garden instead of helping it. Any beneficial that comes to pollinate your garden for you will probably die.

Answer 2

Sounds like stink bugs or soldier bugs. They can be nasty.

Don't use Sevin or pesticides like that. Just dilute 1 part Murphy's Oil to 9 water, and spray the bugs.

Murphy's is a vegetable based soap, organic and won't harm your garden. The soap suffocates bugs, who breathe through their skin

Psst: Stay off the Miracle-Gro too. Go for organic bone meal and fish emulsion instead, but to kill the bugs you do not need to add synthetic fertilizers

Answer 3

Try spraying your beans with 1 Tbsp of Murphy's Oil Soap & 1 teaspoon of a soluable fertilizer like Miracle Grow or Peter's Professional in 1.5 gallons of water. I tried everything in pesticides that were safe for food crops to get rid of Mexican bean beetles, but nothing worked until the Murphy's Oil Soap.

Answer 4

Hi, I live in central Ohio. I use Sevin and it tends to kill everything I'm hoping it will. I think that'll be plenty for you. Good luck though.

Answer 5

I prefer to use natural methods rather than chemicals. Predator bugs like lady bugs and lacewings or neem oil.