Is Integrated Pest Management for Indoor Houseplants Right for You? - Vlog 015

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 5 лет назад +104

    - Honey, why is the house full of bugs? Did we leave a door open?
    - Sweetie, Summer told me to release bugs in the house and lie about it to you...
    - What the..? WHO IS SHE??
    - She's an ex-model, i see her every day,
    - WHAT???
    - Wait, no, that's not wha, no, honey... wait, you dont underst, ...THE PLANTS ARE HORS DOEUVRES

    • @summerrayneoakes
      @summerrayneoakes  5 лет назад +29

      Now we have to guess whether this was a dramatic re-telling of a live event or completely fabricated. Haha

    • @mariae6942
      @mariae6942 3 года назад

      😂 THATS FUNNY!

  • @HerebutNot
    @HerebutNot 5 лет назад +20

    I love how diplomatic you were about that - "what they wont know...wont hurt them" *me - every time I spend over $200 on new plants hahaha
    Thanks for the tips - just ordered some brown lacewigs for my orchids *Weeeee*

    • @summerrayneoakes
      @summerrayneoakes  5 лет назад

      Hahaha 🤣😉

    • @sealife13
      @sealife13 5 лет назад +3

      Brown lacewigs? 😂

    • @HerebutNot
      @HerebutNot 5 лет назад +3

      @@sealife13 - Oops! Hahah Brown LaceWINGs lol... I get the ones out of drag ;)

  • @Samuel-dl2so
    @Samuel-dl2so 5 лет назад +5

    Lacewings are so cool and cute

  • @slightlycrummy
    @slightlycrummy 5 лет назад +8

    I love the idea of beneficial insects so much! I don't really mind insects at all. We only JUST started having a small mealy bug problem and it wouldn't be enough food for a ton of insects to chow down on. I hope the bug content doesn't go away on your channel though! Your shots and editing of the insects are awesome and so interesting.

  • @SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden
    @SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for sharing that egg stalk information..going forward, I will no longer scrape them off the leaves. Fantastic!!

  • @yeahivekilledthat719
    @yeahivekilledthat719 5 лет назад +40

    Ha! You are like the Disney princess for insects-they fly in on command on like Snow White. Have always considered using beneficial insects for pest managements. Thanks for the info!

  • @kathygilbreath6073
    @kathygilbreath6073 5 лет назад +4

    That lacewing sitting on your table was soo cool. He feels at home there. Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed this video 💚

  • @liv8752
    @liv8752 2 года назад

    I feel lucky to have a beneficial community where I live. I just picked up my first batch which was one quarter of a lacewing larvae container and one beneficial nematodes pack. If I had to get a complete lacewing larvae order, it would have been way too many for my needs. It’s awesome to get into beneficials in an area with such a great community. The group also helped significantly and immediately in identifying my mystery pest (spider mites before any webbing showed up).

  • @ja-uh9gz
    @ja-uh9gz 5 лет назад +3

    That's so funny. The lacewing got his/her 15 minutes (or 8:27, which is the length of the video) of fame. Cue in the bug! I've never noticed any pests on my plants...though I don't look that closely as I probably should. What I do is when I water (weekly or biweekly), is spray the plant leaves with my sink sprayer, to clean off dust and maybe pests. Very interesting and cool information.. thank you!

  • @TeaLeafNeeka
    @TeaLeafNeeka 5 лет назад +2

    This is sooooo cool. I’m an entomologist so I end up having a lot of random insects flying around my apartment because I don’t really mind. When my plant collection grows more I’ll consider doing pest management this way

  • @SamCole
    @SamCole 5 лет назад +2

    Summer, you are such a great help with the plant community here in YT. I am a new plant mama and if I have any questions about my houseplants in general, i come to your channel because you are a wealth of information. You make everything about plants, insect and more look so so cool ! Keep doing what you do because you inspired me in my channel and the rest of the plant community to love plants more and how to take care of them properly.

  • @hollyhasegawa6095
    @hollyhasegawa6095 5 лет назад +5

    I'm okay with lady bugs and the other beetle, but we get that lace wing green one and it always freaks me out when it gets in my house and flys around. But I only have 118 plants and I feel like I don't have enough plants or pests to bring in that many beneficial bugs. Great video and I learned some valuable things. Thanks Summer, really appreciate you sharing this video.

  • @vhowardrn
    @vhowardrn 4 года назад +2

    That Lace wing is chillin 😎 like “oh...hey..what’s up?”

  • @earthchild_97
    @earthchild_97 4 года назад +3

    My plants got hit hard by thrips. I tried to do it with lacewings but they didnt really work. What i really can recement if you have thrips are predatory mites, they are just amazing very easy to put on the plants and you nearly cant see them so nobody gets grossed out.
    Thanks for your amazing videos Summer and for inspiering me to use benefitcial incects. Sorry for my bad english and greetings from switzerland. Plant one on me!

    • @whimsicallyminded8840
      @whimsicallyminded8840 2 года назад

      Amblyseius cucumeris. Is it these guys? I need some asappp

    • @earthchild_97
      @earthchild_97 2 года назад +1

      @@whimsicallyminded8840 yes exactly cucumeris

  • @sallyhenry1716
    @sallyhenry1716 5 лет назад +2

    LOL...YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE CRACKING ME UP! ❤️this vid🐛

  • @debbieurias5151
    @debbieurias5151 2 года назад

    You are a very good teacher. Thank you!

  • @darknessblip5820
    @darknessblip5820 5 лет назад +7

    How do you keep adult lacewings alive in your home once there are no more aphids, etc...? Sit out a tray of nectar?

  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 5 лет назад +5

    (thanks for the pest videos, this is my first spring having many houseplants and i am ready for battle)

  • @mrpablomx
    @mrpablomx 5 лет назад +14

    Summer Rayne for President 2020!!

    • @summerrayneoakes
      @summerrayneoakes  5 лет назад +10

      May just do a better job 🤔 haha

    • @drawitout
      @drawitout 4 года назад +1

      @@summerrayneoakes This is not an immodest statement.

  • @sandyg8794
    @sandyg8794 5 лет назад +2

    Hi Summer! Very cool and informative video. Even though I don't have enough plants for this, it's still very interesting. And that lacewing showing up for your video ….. 👍 👌 👏 Thank you for sharing!

  • @jennywagner2448
    @jennywagner2448 5 лет назад

    sweet little lacewing synchronicity.... ❤ I live in the country and ladybugs overwinter in my walls until the sun starts warming the place up in the spring when lots come out and join me indoors but even over winter always are a few around! seems I also keep a few resident spiders as well ... selective bug love lol...

  • @kathymacomber4502
    @kathymacomber4502 5 лет назад

    Love love this video.. my husband hates bugs..but beneficial insects are the way to go.

  • @brandonlantier
    @brandonlantier 3 года назад

    Just received 5k lacewings I may have gone overboard a bit lol I have 100+ pepper plants in a spare bedroom and aphids are just going to town on them hopefully this helps, thanks for the info, subbed and follwing!

  • @mattheww.7531
    @mattheww.7531 4 года назад

    Yesssssss! Queen of plant tube. And bug
    tube.

  • @basiemyles9910
    @basiemyles9910 5 лет назад +1

    I would definitely choose this option if it was available where I live. I tried searching for someone who sells beneficial insects but I was only able to find insects that are sold as food for terrarium animals. Since they are live creatures, importing them from somewhere is probably not an option and that also brings up the question of releasing them/ insects flying out when your windows are open. However, I think this is definitely the best option especially since you don't have to worry about pests all the time and it happens to everyone that when inspecting some plants you miss some and then the next time you look at it they are just having a feast on your plant.

    • @monzionek
      @monzionek 4 года назад

      Lots of people don’t buy them locally, it is very normal to have them shipped overnight!

  • @stephanieooten6169
    @stephanieooten6169 5 лет назад +1

    I dont have very many plants (like 30/40) but I do plan on getting some lacewings to release both in my home and in my garden :) Have you posted a video on how exactly to release them when they come in as an egg?

  • @pthomasgarcia
    @pthomasgarcia 5 лет назад +2

    I see lacewings often, and wondered what they were.

  • @katie4996
    @katie4996 3 года назад

    I never considered other insects as a solution and I’m amazing!! I’m not a bug person at all. But I think I could handle the lacewings! Although I don’t think I have enough plants to use them as an option ☹️

  • @akhilsuresh2069
    @akhilsuresh2069 5 лет назад +1

    Mam u just inspire me to grow more plants...

  • @Amarand
    @Amarand 5 лет назад

    I love the conference story! :)

  • @Arokhantos
    @Arokhantos 5 лет назад

    If seen them randomly on a dracaena that been sitting outside for nearly whole summer it was rootbound and repotted it had barely any growth but is finally recovering it had 1 egg on it.

  • @jeanneeguizabal471
    @jeanneeguizabal471 5 лет назад

    Definitely keeping this gem on my plant playlist💚

  • @PlantsandLucia
    @PlantsandLucia 5 лет назад

    Hi! I just got my package with green lace wings larvae today, but we just applied neem oil to our plant yesterday... Should we wait when releasing them? And if so, how long?
    Thanks so much!
    Lucia

  • @furkankurtuluss
    @furkankurtuluss 3 года назад

    I naturally have lady bugs hanging around in my 5th floor apartment (in warmer months) and I love to see them as my little red soldiers.

  • @candicebeshears6772
    @candicebeshears6772 4 года назад +2

    What are your favorite and best beneficial insects that more than likely stay where you put them?

  • @jessiebt202
    @jessiebt202 5 лет назад

    What about cooking in the Kitchen ...I love to cook. Sooo will the different smell attrack them in the kitchen or the walls, beds etc. Iam new to your wonderful site....so far, so love....

  • @Tommygrl1327
    @Tommygrl1327 4 года назад +1

    The only beneficial insect I have indoors is a small worm composting box. My husband barely tolerates that, but they stay put in their box so we’ve reached an understanding. 🤓

  • @claireconover
    @claireconover 5 лет назад +1

    I’ve thought of this, specifically ladybugs 🐞but a quick google search shows people have had serious ladybug infestations... so combatting one bug with another seemed a bit risky

  • @ruthp4277
    @ruthp4277 5 лет назад +1

    Excellent! Thanks for the information.

  • @alejandraponce6214
    @alejandraponce6214 5 лет назад +2

    Aw... I love that blouse! Summer Rayne if you see this pleeeaaaaseeee! Tell me where you got it!?!? 🙏🏼

  • @Amarand
    @Amarand 5 лет назад

    This is the first video of yours I've watched, and I was drawn here because I have aphids in my indoor lettuce that I'm growing. I have a 1750 square foot house, and I'm assuming, if you're in Brooklyn, you have a much smaller footprint. You have a ton of plants, right? A thousand? I wonder how many plants my house would accomodate? Plants are so good for you! But I only have a couple dozen. Does it take a lot of work?

  • @themindestmonarch_
    @themindestmonarch_ 2 года назад

    Thank you for this video, very beneficial

  • @gailalbers1430
    @gailalbers1430 5 лет назад

    wow-That blosse! you go girl! thats camouflage in your home!😻
    what happen to Sweet Kippy ? will she feast on the bugs?

  • @twistysunshine
    @twistysunshine 5 лет назад +1

    I didn't used to be uncomfy with bugs, but after a bedbug infestation... I'd never be able to convince my partner or myself to have bugs in the house like that. If I ever had a greenhouse tho...

  • @lunity1111
    @lunity1111 2 года назад

    I’ve just ordered so,e ladybirds if it was spring I would just go catch some

  • @sealife13
    @sealife13 5 лет назад +1

    I have thrips in my home, could You please tell me What the best benificial insects are specificially for thrips? I know I need to treat the soil with nematodes. But what is best used to eat the adult thrips on the leaves?

    • @sealife13
      @sealife13 5 лет назад

      Could you pleaaaase answer me What I need fot thrips? I discovered a lot again today. I'm really desperate.

    • @HeadstrongGirl
      @HeadstrongGirl 4 года назад

      @@sealife13 Get lacewings and cucemeris mites

  • @Debble
    @Debble 3 года назад

    I have the luck ladybugs get blown into my garden because of strong coastal winds so I usually just go outside for a minute and gather some.

  • @nandilee-ellis7927
    @nandilee-ellis7927 2 года назад

    what beneficial insects can you use against root mealies?!

  • @goddess131
    @goddess131 5 лет назад

    LOVE that shirt you are wearing, did you make it? thanks for the video Summer.

  • @itsamodernmess
    @itsamodernmess 4 года назад

    I’m a beginner and I just ordered some eggs. Idk what I’m getting into. I’m excited.

  • @shiningstar1869
    @shiningstar1869 5 лет назад +9

    I wouldn't mind it but my parrots might eat them. Does Kippee ever find them and eat them? That would be an expensive meal! Lol

    • @jacobflippin8880
      @jacobflippin8880 5 лет назад +2

      shining star I was going to ask this question as well. I’m curious to know the answer.

  • @StrangeDisposition
    @StrangeDisposition 5 лет назад +1

    I don’t have a pest problem indoors yet, but if I did I’d definitely be all over the lacewing and mealy bug destroyers even if I’d have to sneak them in 😈. Thank goodness you haven’t suggested bringing in beneficial spiders, that would be a hard NO for me 😱.

  • @Ginagina1975
    @Ginagina1975 3 года назад

    So I am going to have to leave town for an unknown period of time, leaving the watering of my plants up to my husband. He knows nothing about plants. So to lessen his stress, I will be putting them all together in one TINY room so he doesn’t have to hunt them down. I have about 20 indoor plants. With cost not being an issue, would it be beneficial to release green lacewing larvae on my plants while I am gone to keep my crowded plant collection from getting infestations?

  • @MylyfizAmess
    @MylyfizAmess 3 года назад

    All the videos I’ve been watching about pests tell me how to treat the leafs and the plant. But what if I only see pests in my soil? When I pull the plant out of its container and examine the soil I see things moving and crawling around. They look like spider mites but I don’t see anything anywhere else. But I still treated the leafs and plant , but I also sprayed the roots and I want to rinse of the soil and put it I new soil. I never see anyone talking about doing this? Am I doing something wrong? What do you think?

  • @rythomas7018
    @rythomas7018 5 лет назад

    Ok so I’ve been wondering and contemplating essential oils for my plants. They’re used to ward off bugs and improve health and well being for humans and animals and they come from plants so I don’t see why not...
    Have you any experience with them? Also I was wondering if there are any other lilies that do well in medium to low light? I have a peace lily and wanted to get some other varieties.

  • @hermitschoice
    @hermitschoice 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Summer, just a thought, maybe universal law( not of mankinds law system) as in Nature...Mother Earth ect..Green lacewing was showing her/hid face😉 maybe a thankyou for what you do❤

  • @bloobeeblah
    @bloobeeblah 5 лет назад

    Would you say springtails are a beneficial species?

  • @monicashuford5602
    @monicashuford5602 5 лет назад

    Yesterday I saw a few lady bugs st my parents house. So I gathered them up and brought them home. My parents basement seems to be a breading ground for lady bugs (which is great for me and my plants) they always seem to have 5 million that somehow end up only in the basement of their house. We have had a ton of rain where I'm at in NC and I also love near a creek. I have seen a Palmetto bugs in my house since we have had a monsoon here for a few weeks. Do the palmetto bugs hurt the lady bugs and/or my plants. They look so much like roaches they kind of freak me out and never want then in my house but since they are here I'm scared my lady bugs and plants will get harmed

    • @summerrayneoakes
      @summerrayneoakes  5 лет назад +1

      Hate to break it to you but the palmetto bug (if it's the one I think it is) IS a cockroach... And it loves moist areas, which is probably why it's in your mom's moist basement... Being a Blattodea (roach), it'll eat just about anything... Ladybugs won't harm but they can leave stains and a weird smell. Palmetto bugs leave yucky frass (insect poo)... But there's got to be some way to draw them in and capture them though it sounds like the basement is perfect habitat

  • @christiegross1453
    @christiegross1453 Год назад

    I’m here because I found a Carolina praying mantis on my houseplant and I have over 70 plants. He’s native where I live. Should I keep her and I found a baby too? Or sit her outside?

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 4 года назад

    My green lacewing flew in and got terminally stuck on a fly strip.

  • @Little_Bitz
    @Little_Bitz 5 лет назад

    I have about 40-50 plants in a NY apartment. I have found, lately, melee bugs on my string of pearls and spider mites which completely destroyed two of my plants. A lemon tree and a... I forget what the other one was honestly I’d have to ask my wife. What I started doing is a 1to1 ratio of water and 70% alcohol and I mist the plants that look funny now. What’s your take on this, should I consider beneficial bugs? Omg I wanna scream just thinking about it lol.

  • @paulbeck2816
    @paulbeck2816 5 лет назад

    how do you feel about pyrethrin?

  • @ZaihasSyakhir
    @ZaihasSyakhir 5 лет назад

    Quick question. Are these insects native to the tropics?

  • @marietrince2730
    @marietrince2730 5 лет назад

    Les coccinelle 🐞 it's very cool 🌱

  • @instakillgaming
    @instakillgaming 3 года назад

    I need more footage of the mealybugs getting ate up lol

  • @TheBeautyJournals
    @TheBeautyJournals 4 года назад +1

    They’re so cute

  • @OurElfFamily
    @OurElfFamily 5 лет назад

    I've just noticed little tiny bugs in all the saucers of my house plants! They walk fairly fast and can also walk backwards. As soon as I lift the plant from the saucer they freeze and then walk again after they feel it's safe. I touch them to see if they'll jump but they don't. They just freeze. I've tried putting water in the saucer to kill them, but as soon as the water dries up in the terracotta saucer, they begin walking again unfazed. Any idea what this post may be? I've been scouring the internet for hours like crazy to no avail.😭

    • @sheelfjohnson
      @sheelfjohnson 2 года назад

      I'm really curious if you figured out what they were?? Mites?
      Also: a good resource for anybody with questions is the Houzz website. You can post a question on there and usually get a really good answer. I solved my earwig mystery and mealybug problems there.🌱

    • @OurElfFamily
      @OurElfFamily 2 года назад

      @@sheelfjohnson I believe they were soil mites. They weren’t harming my plants so I didn’t do anything about them.

    • @OurElfFamily
      @OurElfFamily 2 года назад

      @@sheelfjohnson Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check it out!

  • @travisvick792
    @travisvick792 3 года назад

    ok. after careful consideration, i'm starting to realize that releasing insects into my shop/indoor growing area is not as radical of an idea as initially thought. Has anyone ever used assasin bugs?

  • @k700i
    @k700i 5 лет назад +2

    I wish I could put lady bugs and lacewings but my boyfriend notices everything on my plants 😂 maybe one day

  • @nirvana4life66
    @nirvana4life66 5 лет назад +2

    Would they get eaten by carnivorous plants?

    • @viiiderekae
      @viiiderekae 5 лет назад

      They would. My neps and flytraps constantly catch them.

    • @nirvana4life66
      @nirvana4life66 5 лет назад

      @@viiiderekae Ah, so I shouldn't get any then. Maybe some day, if I put them in a terrarium.

  • @akhilsuresh2069
    @akhilsuresh2069 5 лет назад

    Nice idea mam

  • @ramicabranham6680
    @ramicabranham6680 5 лет назад

    Haha, I feel so much better saying "Hun, I only have 50 plants so it's really not considered that much in extreme cases" I do love the idea of releasing ladybugs when my collection grows. Doing the homework now before I have the need. Thanks for the info.

  • @markusbernard9639
    @markusbernard9639 3 года назад

    Have you smash the fly on the table ?

  • @daisynickson6917
    @daisynickson6917 5 лет назад

    I really enjoy this i have to try this 🌱🌾🌿🌳🍃🌴😘😜🙊🙉🙈

  • @Alisha8596
    @Alisha8596 5 лет назад

    Am I a total A hole if I went outside after watching this and caught 2 lacewings and released them in my house?.....cause I did lol. I guess I just need to buy them, I feel bad when they have already had a taste of freedom outside and then I take them inside. Theres no predators in here at least. Can you tell I'm cheap lol.

  • @Nhoj31neirbo47
    @Nhoj31neirbo47 5 лет назад +3

    I have a zero tolerance policy for bugs on my few dozen houseplants. I inspect them regularly and treat any infestation immediately with organic spray. So I’ve never had enough pest, or plants, to warrant utilizing beneficial insects, though I like the idea. ~ I know that you seek out gardens to visit. A good source for locating gardens in the U.S. is ilovegardens.com.

    • @valentinao9067
      @valentinao9067 5 лет назад

      LOVE OF PLANTS 🌻 no gnat problem? Ever?? What’s the secret 👀

  • @mossbaby6292
    @mossbaby6292 4 года назад

    All I know is that this video said I should buy more houseplants, and I am very very behind that

  • @leighwatson1861
    @leighwatson1861 Год назад

    My lace wing owns the bedroom

  • @shariman1590
    @shariman1590 3 года назад

    I love this... What they dont know wont hurt. Hahaha!! Yup!

  • @hellowhitepeople
    @hellowhitepeople 5 лет назад

    I have around 90 plants or so and this may be a good solution. Do lacewings feast on gnats too? I fucking hate gnats.

  • @jcmendezify
    @jcmendezify 5 лет назад

    Definitely not for me since I only have a handful of plants. Good to know!

  • @doodlecrayon222
    @doodlecrayon222 4 года назад

    Is this video one of the same videos within your paid course, "The houseplant masterclass"?

  • @petercardona1559
    @petercardona1559 5 лет назад +12

    Here's where being a male plant parent is truly a disadvantage. Plant loving women who appreciate beneficial insects and their contributions don't grow on trees you know! 😊

    • @lunity1111
      @lunity1111 2 года назад

      Course I would say it’s all are more likely to find a woman he is happy with tons of plants around the house.

  • @Horonn
    @Horonn 5 лет назад +2

    Im so early!

  • @Voeris1
    @Voeris1 5 лет назад +1

    Ok. But what about all their... ...droppings? Is it just a complete non-issue? If so, why??

    • @summerrayneoakes
      @summerrayneoakes  5 лет назад +4

      Never noticed a lacewing dropping... But the droppings of all those sucking insects... Notice that $h!t all the time!

  • @margotl9756
    @margotl9756 4 года назад +1

    My cat eats most beneficial insects :x

  • @techh8662
    @techh8662 4 года назад +1

    bugs in the house? nope. your laying in bed with your cellphone on and its pitch black dark. all of a sudden some bug starts buzzing around your screen or you feel a creepy crawly on you face or hair. sends shivers down my spine. no! i will wage chemical warfare, wheres the napalm!