I have a resident ladybug in my bedroom... been here for several months. My room is very clean and has a black/grey/white color scheme, so my roommate stands out. I just found out that they can live for a year. Today it was walking on the rim of my ceiling light for several minutes, and casting large shadow across my ceiling. My little friend has a big personality.
@@janieerichardson Yes I did the same thing. I kept seeing a bunch in my garden and thought they were a Japanese beetle. I thought I had an infestation then I found out it eats aphids and I felt terrible for killing one.
I love having ladybugs in my garden and they seem to like it here. I find them by the dozens under leaves and rocks. They are constantly patrolling my plants. I think the larva are so cool looking.
jaselolzako03 try to find it online. It may be a destructive beetle for your garden. I used to call the lime green “lady bugs” man bugs but they are actually a cucumber beetle which eats cucumbers and their relative plants, squash and melons.
In the cooler months, I have a t-shirt that is exactly the shade of green of fresh grass. It attracts lady bugs like crazy when I wear it. I think I’m going to hang it in my yard.
I love you. You're so great. I love your videos and your generous and cheerful spirit. We are all so blessed to have you sharing your knowledge and contributing to the world around you on such a consistent and diligent basis. THANK YOU!
Ladybirds also like to mate and lay eggs on Elder. The larvae also need to feed on pollen to sexually mature so ox eye daisy, feverfew etc are good, ground cover is also important for larvae...
I pick up and place ladybug larvae on our elders because they can sometimes be infested with aphids. But where they really seem to love the most for congregating, mating, and pupating is our hops tower. If I need some assistance from our little beetle friends, that's where I go to find them! 🐞😊
Cool I have nettles on my balcony because I heard many insects love or need them. When they get too large I carefully cut them back a bit and use the leaves as fertiliser.
Stinging Nettles are good for food. Gotta boil the leaves to get rid of the sharp ends, then dry out and grind up into powder form. Better than fertilizer IMHO but that works well too.
I enjoyed this video. Particularly, since I have been working on attracting ladybugs into my garden, too. I bought some calendula seeds, once I found out that they attract ladybugs. I have also sown fennel and dill. But they are all still in seedling stage. Not sure if they will grow and produce blooms in time. But I already have ladybugs everywhere in the garden. It's such a delightful sight. Thanks for sharing the ladybugs hotel idea. I'm onto it ☺️
Every year, we get hundreds (maybe even thousands) of ladybugs. This year, we left the garage door open because my husband was painting something and so many flew in and took up residence on the ceiling. Sadly, a lot of them are not surviving and have fallen to the ground. I'd like to make houses for them in the future, but we get so many, I don't know how many houses we would have to make.
wow I missed this by 3 years... I have a huge population of ladybug larvae happening right now it's so cool to watch and the tree in which they are in is full of aphids ...
Nettles just grow wild where I live. You only have to turn your back and they start growing, so I've never actively cultivated them - just tamed them when they spread too far!
I once enjoyed a passage of millions of ladybugs on the summit of Wichita Mtn near Lawton OK in the Fall. They seemed to be moving along together with purpose, I assume heading to hybernation grounds.
Wonderful video, thank you :) I remember, as a child, my grandparents getting a ladybug 'infestation' in their garden. There were hundreds of them, if not thousands! I had a great time running in-among them with a little bug net and watching them in a jar for a couple of days, until letting them go again. Oh, how I wish they'd 'infest' my garden now!
Lady bugs think my room is a lady bug paradise every year. It's a bit annoying. It would be ok if it was 1 or 2, even 10 would be ok, but hundreds and hundreds are maddening. 😂😂😂
Preying mantises seem to like being in our garden. Every year they produce at least a couple of egg casings, which in spring produce myriads of really cute, one-centimeter long junior mantisses. Now at the end of May they’re a little over two cm long, and are doing a great job keeping the tomatoes and blackberries bug-free.we don’t see many ladybirds in the garden, but quite a few of them in the allotment.
@@d.j.wellington Aphids love nasturtiums for some reason; they attack the plants readily. The theory is by planting nasturtiums near your crops, the aphids will go for the nasturtiums rather than the vegetables. The nasturtiums are sacrificial in this case. Nasturtiums are also good for this in my experience because they don't die easily from aphid infestations. The words about ladybirds are referring to the fact their larvae feed voraciously on aphids, so combining ladybirds with sacrificial plants could benefit my vegetables. I don't know for certain how effective this will be yet. I'm still learning.
If ladybugs naturally occur in your area, then that's fine. But I wouldn't add them until there's something for them to eat, otherwise they'll just fly straight off in the hunt for food.
I've seen piles (multiple pounds likely) of ladybugs way above tree line in the Sierra Nevada mountains, 11 or 12k ft alt. in summer, enough to fill a multiple medium size coffee cans. I don't know why they'd do that but they do.
We have a small permaculture food forest project and I have noticed them returning first time I've seen them regularly in a long time. Must be all the yarrow better make them a bug motel for winter (:
Thanks for this video. I was wondering how to get ladybugs into my garden and this is what I need. Thanks for the guide how to create a home for ladybugs! Cheers.
There's no need to add in food - they'll forage for their own food. They spend most of the winter in a sort of hibernation, so wouldn't need much/any food anyhow.
Hello, thank you for the great information about lady bugs... Can i ask what is the name of the tree with yellow flowers behind you at 3:51??? I am wishing to have a tree like yours for a long time...
Hi Wendy. That's a laburnum tree. It's absolutely stunning isn't it! Word of caution though - the seedpods (which look a bit like beans) are very poisonous, so if you have small children about it may be best to avoid planting one till they're a bit older.
I do love and encourage ladybugs in my garden here in Canada, (I'm Canadian, not American); however, we've lately got a breed of ladybugs that are from (I believe) Asia. They welome themselves in large swarms into my house, and they've become quite a pest. Also, they bite! It's rare these days to see the old-fashioned ones.
Hello! Thank you so much for this video! I saw the ladybugs larvae for the first time. I’m trying to make a ladybug house in our garden while confusing how big the holes should be. Do you have any kind suggestions for it, please?
Hi Margaret. This website has some excellent, more detailed advice on making a home for ladybugs/ladybirds. www.insecthouse.co.uk/insect-house-designs/ladybird-house/
ive made a small arts and crafts house using popsicle sticks, hotglue, and tape! Surprisingly they seem to be staying for now as im giving continuous honey and water in bottle caps! Does anyone know the probability of them staying? Trying to keep aphids away from my plants although I cant say its enough foliage to call it a garden.
Mik thisel. Best ladybug habbitat plant i know of. Treated as a bothersome weed. Thorny and a spreader. Dont know why they like it so much. I let a few of these plants remain when they apear. Hope this info helps.
So... After you build the Ladybug hotel, how do you get them to move in? Can one actually purchase lady-bugs and just place them in the "hotel" hoping they'll like it and stay? Or are there certain plants/flowers you can plant that attract lady bugs?
The best way to get them to move in is just to let them find the hotel in their own time. If it's well made then they will seek it out. Moving ladybugs from other areas to fill the hotel risks displacing/disorientating them. Flowers that attract ladybugs include nasturtiums, marigolds, sunflowers, calendula and dill.
2 years ago my plum got attacked by hundreds of weird larvae. They were everywhere, soon after plum fruits had those crazy bumps on them and I was sure whole tree was done for. Turned out it was a bunch of ladybugs.
I live in a block of flats, I've got a long thin balcony and I've got a few plants along it, but I never see any ladybugs, how can I encourage them onto my balcony.
Google flowers to attract them. A rose Bush is good or do what I did, buy them. Be aware most of mine flew away but all you need is a couple of pregnant ones and your sorted
Ive only homed threelady bugs because their legs were crushed. One can fly but tends to stay with me, one can walk but cant fly, and one cant walk but is still alive
You can also buy them online - but only introduce them if you have aphids or similar that they can eat, otherwise they are likely to just fly off or die.
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@@GrowVeg Tony stark said in Iron Man that the best weapon is one you only need to fire once. Likewise in the case of agriculture we may say that the best pesticide is one that you only use once, ladybug in this case. Hehe I appreciate what you do. I can only insist you to share such info to the collective good of the society. Happy gardening
Are there lady bugs that do not have dots? Every fall, winter and early spring we are bombarded indoors with these beetles. i was told they are a hybrid.
You could, if there are enough aphids etc for them to eat. But I would still keep the windows and door open, so they can come and go as they please. If there is food for them to eat, they will likely stay put, but it's good to give them the option to come and go as they please.
Help! I have a question regarding my Sprouting Broccoli plants........sorry to ask on an off topic way. Not sure if you answer gardening questions but here goes :) ... My Sprouting Broccoli plants are now about 6-7" and have already developed a small cluster of buds in the centre..........should they be there this early or is it a sign of early bolting? Do I nip them out or just leave it???
Hey there, love the stuff you do lad! I've got some potatoes in containers on my balcony and they are almost ready for harvesting. The leaves are at the beginning of turning yellow and starting to wilt. I've been getting mixed answers from Google regarding how much to water them at this stage. Since the spuds are formed already in the soil, it doesn't make sense to me to still water until it comes out of the bottom of the container. I'd image the tubers sitting in wet sand might make them rot? How do I go about this? Cheers, keep up the great content!
Thanks for the kind comments! So, if the leaves are already yellowing then I would stop watering. You can lift the potatoes as needed. As you say, more water at this stage won't be of much benefit growth-wise.
@@GrowVeg Thanks for replying, not many make an effort to do that. Much obliged! My leaves are at the very beginning of yellowing. I'd say no more than 10% of the plant right now. Should I stop watering now and let it die out? Another guy told me to wait till about 50% yellow, then stop. I'm a first-time gardener and know nothing about gardening, so please pardon my ignorance!
Paintings Man Yellow usually means too much water. Moist not wet soil is what most plants appreciate. And check your soil for pH and nutrients... if you compost your organic waste including coffee grounds and crushed egg shells, everything but meats, you can make some great soil.
I was at the beach last week and there were so many ladybugs, constantly landing on me! I ended up collecting a couple and let them loose on my bonsai balcony at night, but never saw them again. Why do you think there were so many at the beach?
You sometimes get ladybug 'explosions' like this, for example: inews.co.uk/news/environment/ladybird-invasion-swarms-uk-population-explosion-season-181142
Last spring and again this spring a plant called black medic popped up in front area of my lawn, when looking closely, I discovered hundreds of ladybugs, some in various stages of development so I just let the black medic grow until the ladybugs left. Just today I finished mowing to allow for the grass to grow. Hoping some ladybugs stayed around. I live in northeast Texas.
What kinds of nettle attracts lady bugs? I know they like to lay their eggs on them. Would purple dead nettle work? I'm not a fan of stinging nettle for obvious reasons.
I found a family of ladybugs in my garden! It’s pretty basic but I have a big batch of leaves so I guess there attracted to that. They made a home in one of my plants 🙂🙃🙂 and i think I did accidentally catch some going at it 😂
Thank you for identifying the stages...I'm afraid I've killed a few in the past unknowingly. I'll be sure to keep an educated eye out for the sweet babies.🐞
I recently had an infestation of them and tried everything (except ladybirds), but to no avail. In the end, I just had to throw away almost all my plants and start again. Heartbreaking when the last one I threw away was a year old tomato plant that was still thriving and fruiting. The whitefly wasn’t even causing it to suffer, it was just a breeding ground for them 😫 If you do end up taking drastic action like I did, it helped to put sandwich bags around the affected plants and immediately sealing them when I disturbed the plant, as otherwise they seem to sense the part of the plant becoming detached and immediately fly off to another plant, making the sacrifice all for nothing.
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Whenever a bug lands on someone they scream but if it’s a ladybug they say awww a ladybug. Make a wish! Or maybe that’s just me. Lol
Well, ladybugs are small and you can't see all the bug details, they just look like tiny circles with dots.
Same here, going out of my way to find them a rose bush with dinner for them. 😁
Did you know theyre from the same family of cockroaches
@@alessandrorivera7468 ladybugs are useful, roaches aren't and they're dirty
THats me too..except now that I know the life cycle...im gonna side eye them from now on...Ive been catfished..lol
We need more gardeners like you, predator gardening supports so much wildlife and helps us restore what we are losing in the UK.
I think (and hope) that the tide is turning and more of us are becoming more ecologically minded.
I have a resident ladybug in my bedroom... been here for several months. My room is very clean and has a black/grey/white color scheme, so my roommate stands out. I just found out that they can live for a year. Today it was walking on the rim of my ceiling light for several minutes, and casting large shadow across my ceiling. My little friend has a big personality.
Haha - that's brilliant. I expect he's waiting till it's warmer outside, when you can then release him back into the wild.
surprised seeing as they need a water source to survive and a food source like fruit or aphids.
The larvae are terrifying if you don’t know what it is.
They look like tiny gila monsters. I'm still haunted with guilt that years ago I smooshed a couple before I knew what they were. 😣😔
Omg I didn't know those were ladybug larvae and now I feel bad for flicking them off my plants 😭
And they pinch.
Ikr
@@janieerichardson Yes I did the same thing. I kept seeing a bunch in my garden and thought they were a Japanese beetle. I thought I had an infestation then I found out it eats aphids and I felt terrible for killing one.
I love having ladybugs in my garden and they seem to like it here. I find them by the dozens under leaves and rocks. They are constantly patrolling my plants. I think the larva are so cool looking.
They are very cool looking aren't they!
Ahhh love Ladybirds. The one little creepy crawly I never minded landing on me as a child. I rarely get them in my garden. Thank you for the video 🐞
Same, they give my girlfriend the creeps but I love them!
Daamn Diasy your finnee
I found a pearl silver colored lady bug last winter it was so pretty.
Sounds cool!
jaselolzako03 try to find it online. It may be a destructive beetle for your garden. I used to call the lime green “lady bugs” man bugs but they are actually a cucumber beetle which eats cucumbers and their relative plants, squash and melons.
I'm beginning to incorporate beneficial critters as part of my gardening strategy, and the planting suggestions are just what I need. Thank you!
In the cooler months, I have a t-shirt that is exactly the shade of green of fresh grass. It attracts lady bugs like crazy when I wear it. I think I’m going to hang it in my yard.
I love you. You're so great. I love your videos and your generous and cheerful spirit. We are all so blessed to have you sharing your knowledge and contributing to the world around you on such a consistent and diligent basis. THANK YOU!
You are very welcome Heather - and thank you for the kind comment.
Ladybirds also like to mate and lay eggs on Elder. The larvae also need to feed on pollen to sexually mature so ox eye daisy, feverfew etc are good, ground cover is also important for larvae...
That's really handy - thanks for that info.
I pick up and place ladybug larvae on our elders because they can sometimes be infested with aphids. But where they really seem to love the most for congregating, mating, and pupating is our hops tower. If I need some assistance from our little beetle friends, that's where I go to find them! 🐞😊
Cool I have nettles on my balcony because I heard many insects love or need them. When they get too large I carefully cut them back a bit and use the leaves as fertiliser.
Someone told me I should get rid of my nettles. Now I know they are important to keep!
Did you just go and dig some up or how did you get them on the balcony?
Stinging Nettles are good for food. Gotta boil the leaves to get rid of the sharp ends, then dry out and grind up into powder form. Better than fertilizer IMHO but that works well too.
Nettles are a good medicinal herb also.
I enjoyed this video. Particularly, since I have been working on attracting ladybugs into my garden, too. I bought some calendula seeds, once I found out that they attract ladybugs. I have also sown fennel and dill. But they are all still in seedling stage. Not sure if they will grow and produce blooms in time. But I already have ladybugs everywhere in the garden. It's such a delightful sight.
Thanks for sharing the ladybugs hotel idea. I'm onto it ☺️
Great to hear you're onto the ladybug hotel idea - good work!
I was happy to see a ladybird on one of my rose plants yesterday, hopefully it will eat any aphids.
Every year, we get hundreds (maybe even thousands) of ladybugs. This year, we left the garage door open because my husband was painting something and so many flew in and took up residence on the ceiling. Sadly, a lot of them are not surviving and have fallen to the ground. I'd like to make houses for them in the future, but we get so many, I don't know how many houses we would have to make.
Have loads of aphids! That's Paradise for them!
Watch your fertilising .. it’s because there is an unbalanced soil..
wow I missed this by 3 years... I have a huge population of ladybug larvae happening right now it's so cool to watch and the tree in which they are in is full of aphids ...
Those aphids' days are numbered then! :-)
Dont forget they breed and lay eggs in common Daisys too. This is GOOD INFO! Thanks
I'm currently growing lots of nettles especially for the ladybirds. Loved this video
How did you start the nettles?
nitelite78 i got mine from eBay.
Nettles just grow wild where I live. You only have to turn your back and they start growing, so I've never actively cultivated them - just tamed them when they spread too far!
@@GrowVeg I guess I exaggerated what I was doing, the garden now has one big patch as opposed to smaller clumps all over that it had last year.
Ladybirds in the UK, Ladybugs in North America🐞
I once enjoyed a passage of millions of ladybugs on the summit of Wichita Mtn near Lawton OK in the Fall. They seemed to be moving along together with purpose, I assume heading to hybernation grounds.
Possibly on the hunt for food, or moving to hibernate.
Another plant they really love is Bridal White Spirea it blooms really early and attracts tons of aphids and ladybugs.
Hadn't heard of that one attracting ladybugs, thanks for sharing.
I love how nobody is talking about the "Censored" part 😂
Wonderful video, thank you :)
I remember, as a child, my grandparents getting a ladybug 'infestation' in their garden. There were hundreds of them, if not thousands! I had a great time running in-among them with a little bug net and watching them in a jar for a couple of days, until letting them go again.
Oh, how I wish they'd 'infest' my garden now!
You can buy a shipment of them on amazon & other places
You get these incredible ladybug booms from time to time. It's amazing when it happens!
Can you think of why so many ladybugs decided to bombard your grandparents garden? What was attracting them?
Lady bugs think my room is a lady bug paradise every year.
It's a bit annoying.
It would be ok if it was 1 or 2, even 10 would be ok, but hundreds and hundreds are maddening.
😂😂😂
Thanks for the information. I tend to destroy eggs, larvae and strange looking bugs found on my plants.
Now I'll exercise more care. 👍🏻
I have loads of ladybugs everywhere in my garden & orchard! Preying mantises too!
Wow - preying mantises!
Preying mantises seem to like being in our garden. Every year they produce at least a couple of egg casings, which in spring produce myriads of really cute, one-centimeter long junior mantisses. Now at the end of May they’re a little over two cm long, and are doing a great job keeping the tomatoes and blackberries bug-free.we don’t see many ladybirds in the garden, but quite a few of them in the allotment.
Awesome. I was think thinking about how to encourage ladybirds into my garden. 😃
first time garderner, I really need to get some ladybugs
I shall cultivate my nettles from now on. I’ve always pulled them out before!
Have just started growing veg! Great useful video! Thanks!!
Haven't seen any ladybugs and only a very few bees this year. I have bee hotels and lots of flowers around, so it's been a weird year so far!!
Great timing! I'm managing my aphids with nasturtiums as sacrificial plants, but want to encourage ladybirds add to the defensive mix next year.
What does that mean??
@@d.j.wellington Aphids love nasturtiums for some reason; they attack the plants readily. The theory is by planting nasturtiums near your crops, the aphids will go for the nasturtiums rather than the vegetables. The nasturtiums are sacrificial in this case. Nasturtiums are also good for this in my experience because they don't die easily from aphid infestations.
The words about ladybirds are referring to the fact their larvae feed voraciously on aphids, so combining ladybirds with sacrificial plants could benefit my vegetables. I don't know for certain how effective this will be yet. I'm still learning.
@@MUSTASCH1O Ok thank you.
Another great video! Thanks for all of the videos you make, and happy new year from Vancouver.
And a very happy New Year to you!
Hello. Thanks for sharing. What are your thoughts on adding ladybugs to a garden where few, or none, seem to be present?
If ladybugs naturally occur in your area, then that's fine. But I wouldn't add them until there's something for them to eat, otherwise they'll just fly straight off in the hunt for food.
I love ladybugs because they are cute.
I've seen piles (multiple pounds likely) of ladybugs way above tree line in the Sierra Nevada mountains, 11 or 12k ft alt. in summer, enough to fill a multiple medium size coffee cans. I don't know why they'd do that but they do.
Lol...I have lots of ladybugs in my garden this season. I will make sure to build them a home. Lol
Good on you!
We have a small permaculture food forest project and I have noticed them returning first time I've seen them regularly in a long time. Must be all the yarrow better make them a bug motel for winter (:
Thanks 4 ur kindness & skill 👍!
Thanks for this video. I was wondering how to get ladybugs into my garden and this is what I need. Thanks for the guide how to create a home for ladybugs! Cheers.
Very good and to the point video. Thank you. Having issues with aphids and worms.
You are lovely person, great video, thank you ❤
Thank you so much - appreciate you watching. :-)
Thank you very much for this useful info.What should I add into their winter nests as a food(except aphids:) for them?
There's no need to add in food - they'll forage for their own food. They spend most of the winter in a sort of hibernation, so wouldn't need much/any food anyhow.
Hello, thank you for the great information about lady bugs... Can i ask what is the name of the tree with yellow flowers behind you at 3:51??? I am wishing to have a tree like yours for a long time...
Hi Wendy. That's a laburnum tree. It's absolutely stunning isn't it! Word of caution though - the seedpods (which look a bit like beans) are very poisonous, so if you have small children about it may be best to avoid planting one till they're a bit older.
Love this guy. Great advice and so friendly.
I did enjoy the video and appreciated the information.
Thanks Charles. :-)
I’ve been planning for a while to get some for my greenhouse, love them and my kids do
Zone 10a. The bugs r killing me. Excited for some solutions.
Check out my recent video, which offers a few more tips on this: ruclips.net/video/29xCQ1m_xTw/видео.html
I do love and encourage ladybugs in my garden here in Canada, (I'm Canadian, not American); however, we've lately got a breed of ladybugs that are from (I believe) Asia. They welome themselves in large swarms into my house, and they've become quite a pest. Also, they bite! It's rare these days to see the old-fashioned ones.
Where in Canada? I'm in Alberta and I have tons of the seven spotted ones in my garden
And the yellow type whatever they are called
It sounds like you've got the Harlequin ladybugs, originally from Asia. They can bite occasionally, but they are still voracious aphid eaters.
In the UK, are ladybugs, commonly known, only known, as ladybirds?
Great advice on the video, thanks.
Yes, that's right. We call them ladybirds in the UK.
Thank you for your work, you are a good man!
I really enjoy his videos, and trust his recommendations.
Do all nettle plants are liked by ladybug for laying eggs?
There are so many species of nettle plants, but which one is thier favourite?
I'm talking specifically of the stinging nettles (not the dead nettles or other nettles).
what is the yellow tree behind you toward the end of the video. It looks like wisteria, but I'm not famiiar with yellow! Beautiful!!!!
That's a laburnum tree. Stunning isn't it!
I have a short vid of a ladybug on its back rolling a piece of perlite like it’s in a circus 😂
Bless it!
I would surely make that ladybug house!!
Thankyou for the video do you have a video on the life cycle of vine weevil
No, but you can read our guide to the vine weevil here: www.growveg.co.uk/pests/uk-and-europe/vine-weevil/
Love your videos! Thanks for all your hard work!😊
Cheers Lorri.
They're super helpful and thanks for this video
happy to see a new video
Hello! Thank you so much for this video! I saw the ladybugs larvae for the first time. I’m trying to make a ladybug house in our garden while confusing how big the holes should be. Do you have any kind suggestions for it, please?
Hi Margaret. This website has some excellent, more detailed advice on making a home for ladybugs/ladybirds. www.insecthouse.co.uk/insect-house-designs/ladybird-house/
@@GrowVeg Thank you so much Ben! It’s really detailed and helpful!
Such a great Video, I will use your advice. Thank you
ive made a small arts and crafts house using popsicle sticks, hotglue, and tape! Surprisingly they seem to be staying for now as im giving continuous honey and water in bottle caps! Does anyone know the probability of them staying? Trying to keep aphids away from my plants although I cant say its enough foliage to call it a garden.
If the bugs like what they see, then they are more likely to stick around, so hopefully they'll do so for you.
Cheers m8 been trying to find out what bug that long black and orange thing was.whod of thought it was a ladybug :) :)
They look incredible as larvae don't they!
Then the spiders will make their home in the ladybug home. 😂
HAHHAHAAHAHAHA NO NO NO NONONONO NOOOO STOP HAHAHAH NONONO NO NOOOOOOOOOO!
@@ludwigvanbeethoven5176 I know, you're deaf, but screaming doesn't help
Omg that's what I was thinking
Earwigs would be likely where I live. {{Shudder}}
Upsetting to see the invasive Asian ladybug mating with the native Twice Stabbed ladybug.
I'm pretty sure they're both the Asian ladybug. The color variation on those is crazy and goes from totally black to totally red.
And you thought Boris was going to take control of the borders .
Now that summer in finland, ladybug is everywhere. We called it leppäkerttu, my nephew like collect ladybug
Thanks for all the info, love it!
Mik thisel. Best ladybug habbitat plant i know of. Treated as a bothersome weed. Thorny and a spreader. Dont know why they like it so much. I let a few of these plants remain when they apear. Hope this info helps.
Great suggestion, thank you. :-)
Very informative, thank you.
They're so cute!
So... After you build the Ladybug hotel, how do you get them to move in? Can one actually purchase lady-bugs and just place them in the "hotel" hoping they'll like it and stay? Or are there certain plants/flowers you can plant that attract lady bugs?
The best way to get them to move in is just to let them find the hotel in their own time. If it's well made then they will seek it out. Moving ladybugs from other areas to fill the hotel risks displacing/disorientating them. Flowers that attract ladybugs include nasturtiums, marigolds, sunflowers, calendula and dill.
So that’s why there was ladybugs in my bamboo !!!!
2 years ago my plum got attacked by hundreds of weird larvae. They were everywhere, soon after plum fruits had those crazy bumps on them and I was sure whole tree was done for. Turned out it was a bunch of ladybugs.
You were blessed!
WOW! Awesome info! Thank you and God bless! 😎
I live in a block of flats, I've got a long thin balcony and I've got a few plants along it, but I never see any ladybugs, how can I encourage them onto my balcony.
Google flowers to attract them. A rose Bush is good or do what I did, buy them. Be aware most of mine flew away but all you need is a couple of pregnant ones and your sorted
Ive only homed threelady bugs because their legs were crushed. One can fly but tends to stay with me, one can walk but cant fly, and one cant walk but is still alive
Aww, this is sweet 😊 Thank you for caring for them ❤️
I don't have any ladybirds, never seen one I'm my garden for years. Is there a way I can introduce them?
Check with your local garden center to see if they can order you some or look online to have some shipped to you direct. Best, Dagz
You can also buy them online - but only introduce them if you have aphids or similar that they can eat, otherwise they are likely to just fly off or die.
It's also important to try and source them as locally as possible as they can sometimes spread disease that may impact the local population
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@@GrowVeg Tony stark said in Iron Man that the best weapon is one you only need to fire once. Likewise in the case of agriculture we may say that the best pesticide is one that you only use once, ladybug in this case. Hehe
I appreciate what you do. I can only insist you to share such info to the collective good of the society. Happy gardening
Are there lady bugs that do not have dots? Every fall, winter and early spring we are bombarded indoors with these beetles. i was told they are a hybrid.
This could be an Asian ladybug, or Harlequin ladybug.
How about ladybugs if i put them in my greenhouse. Will they survive? Maybe not a good idea?
You could, if there are enough aphids etc for them to eat. But I would still keep the windows and door open, so they can come and go as they please. If there is food for them to eat, they will likely stay put, but it's good to give them the option to come and go as they please.
We're a multicultural Mecca for ladybugs, daddy long legs, centipedes, long leg sac spiders, and brown recluse spiders.
Help! I have a question regarding my Sprouting Broccoli plants........sorry to ask on an off topic way. Not sure if you answer gardening questions but here goes :) ... My Sprouting Broccoli plants are now about 6-7" and have already developed a small cluster of buds in the centre..........should they be there this early or is it a sign of early bolting? Do I nip them out or just leave it???
Hi Shirley. Yes, it is quite early for this, but I'd just leave them be and enjoy the super-early crop once they have fully grown.
Hey there, love the stuff you do lad! I've got some potatoes in containers on my balcony and they are almost ready for harvesting. The leaves are at the beginning of turning yellow and starting to wilt. I've been getting mixed answers from Google regarding how much to water them at this stage. Since the spuds are formed already in the soil, it doesn't make sense to me to still water until it comes out of the bottom of the container. I'd image the tubers sitting in wet sand might make them rot? How do I go about this? Cheers, keep up the great content!
Thanks for the kind comments! So, if the leaves are already yellowing then I would stop watering. You can lift the potatoes as needed. As you say, more water at this stage won't be of much benefit growth-wise.
@@GrowVeg Thanks for replying, not many make an effort to do that. Much obliged! My leaves are at the very beginning of yellowing. I'd say no more than 10% of the plant right now. Should I stop watering now and let it die out? Another guy told me to wait till about 50% yellow, then stop. I'm a first-time gardener and know nothing about gardening, so please pardon my ignorance!
Paintings Man Yellow usually means too much water. Moist not wet soil is what most plants appreciate. And check your soil for pH and nutrients... if you compost your organic waste including coffee grounds and crushed egg shells, everything but meats, you can make some great soil.
What a great video, very informative, thank you :)
I was at the beach last week and there were so many ladybugs, constantly landing on me! I ended up collecting a couple and let them loose on my bonsai balcony at night, but never saw them again. Why do you think there were so many at the beach?
You sometimes get ladybug 'explosions' like this, for example: inews.co.uk/news/environment/ladybird-invasion-swarms-uk-population-explosion-season-181142
Such a nice picture... My ladybugs are mating at the same cherry tree while aphids, shepherded by ants, are sucking its young leaves.
In Dutch they are called 'Sweet Lord Beasts'
Really? That's wonderful!
Last spring and again this spring a plant called black medic popped up in front area of my lawn, when looking closely, I discovered hundreds of ladybugs, some in various stages of development so I just let the black medic grow until the ladybugs left. Just today I finished mowing to allow for the grass to grow. Hoping some ladybugs stayed around. I live in northeast Texas.
Loved this video! Tfs!
Do they eat stink bugs or spotted lantern flies?
I'm not sure if I'm honest. They tend to eat smaller, soft-bodied insects, so possibly not.
I just released 1500 ladybugs on my apt plants. Hopefully, they won't fly away I get them a legit home.
What kinds of nettle attracts lady bugs? I know they like to lay their eggs on them. Would purple dead nettle work? I'm not a fan of stinging nettle for obvious reasons.
They may like dead nettle, but really I am talking about stinging nettles in the video, which they definitely like.
Awesome information 😊
I found a family of ladybugs in my garden! It’s pretty basic but I have a big batch of leaves so I guess there attracted to that. They made a home in one of my plants 🙂🙃🙂 and i think I did accidentally catch some going at it 😂
I hope you averted your eyes!
Thank you for identifying the stages...I'm afraid I've killed a few in the past unknowingly. I'll be sure to keep an educated eye out for the sweet babies.🐞
Don’t worry, the young do look rather formidable. At least now you know. 😀
yet another great video matey-chops as my one time girlfriend called me very good and thanks
Cheers fella!
Lovely video but PLEASE, they are ladybirds here in UK, where I assume you also live.
Do love your videos & have subscribed!
Thanks for tolerating my Americanism there. And thank you very much, indeed for subscribing! A very warm welcome to the channel. :-)
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Hello
Can you help me I have alots of white flys I don't know what to do 😰😰
Check out our guide to these pesky pests: www.growveg.com/pests/us-and-canada/whitefly/
I recently had an infestation of them and tried everything (except ladybirds), but to no avail. In the end, I just had to throw away almost all my plants and start again. Heartbreaking when the last one I threw away was a year old tomato plant that was still thriving and fruiting. The whitefly wasn’t even causing it to suffer, it was just a breeding ground for them 😫
If you do end up taking drastic action like I did, it helped to put sandwich bags around the affected plants and immediately sealing them when I disturbed the plant, as otherwise they seem to sense the part of the plant becoming detached and immediately fly off to another plant, making the sacrifice all for nothing.
Awww thank you
Great job bud
So good to keep it up