This Easy Tip Eliminates The DREADED SQUASH BUG From Your Garden!
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2023
- In today's 2 minute garden tip, I share an easy tip that eliminates the dreaded squash bug from your garden! Squash bugs are one of the worst garden pests, and controlling squash bugs is important to have a good zucchini, squash, melon, pumpkin or gourd harvest. This method of squash bug control requires no sprays, no insecticides and no chemicals, and it only takes a few minutes!
Most squash bugs in your garden hatch from eggs laid on the plants themselves. This video will show you how to easily manage the adult population and remove eggs so more squash bugs don't invade your garden. This takes mere moments to accomplish, and the best part is it's completely free. You won't have to buy any insect control products for this technique to work!
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😂😂😂 I was rolling when he pulled out the hand vac!! Hands down always pulls one out the hat for us!
I've been doing it for years. It's the easiest way to spot-treat I've found, and it's "free."
Hey it works!
Hey it works!
I can’t wait to avenge all my previous zucchini plants this summer with a hand vac. I DIED watching that 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me too!!!
Long-time organic gardener here & just discovered this channel today. Wow, this guy should have at least a million subscribers‼️Only quick (not 20-30 min), to-the-point action & instructions❗️
Found this tip on Facebook Gardening 101 with Farmer Mike video.. He uses Fireplace Ashes. Before he plants. He says if you have established plants . You can spread the ashes around the plant, and work in lightly. Also keeps the Vine Borers away.
I hook a couple long extension cords together and drag my shop vac out to the garden. Hearing these things bouncing off the sides of the hose down to their demise is quite satisfying.
May I add another tip?
I keep a quart sized spray bottle in my garden, loaded with water and a couple teaspoons of insecticidal soap.
One blast on a squash bug and they die pretty quickly from the smothering action of the soapy water on their breathing spiracles.
This video was so gratifying to watch-I live in Georgia and squash bugs are a real problem every year for me-thank you for the tips!
Thank you sooo much for the tip about duct tape to remove eggs from the underside of squash leaves! I have been battling squash bugs. There’s great satisfaction in destroying eggs. This channel is my go to for all things gardening. Blessings
Good tips except don't ever throw them in the garbage. They will happily hatch there, fly out and attack you and your garden when you open the lid. Burn, squish and drown in soapy water. Make sure there was is no chance for resurrection. I speak from experience!
Cqb squash bugs fly?
The squash bugs were horrible in our garden last season, so I was determined to fight them harder this year! At the end of last year, we pulled all plants and cleaned out the garden bed as much as possible, then in the spring before planting again, we used a torch to burn the surface of the entire garden - hoping to kill off any bugs that were laying dormant in the soil. As soon as the zucchini and yellow squash plants started growing, I checked leaves twice daily for squash bug eggs and looked for adults. Still found 8 or 10 adult bugs and had maybe the same number of clutches of eggs on leaves - destroyed them all. It's now early July and haven't seen any adults, nymphs, or eggs in a week or so. Read that June is mating season and they have only one generation per season, so fingers crossed we've outsmarted them. All plants are healthy and producing like crazy, with no signs of damage from any pests. Still checking daily, though.
Great minds think the same. I figured out the hand vacuum last year. Works so well on the adults and babies when I missed the eggs.😊
I've been trying to identify those eggs for a few days! They're showing up on my cantelopes. I used the soap spray on the adults... you're on another level with handvac pest control 😂
I just love these 2 min. videos. Great info, especially the hand vac.
Thank you!
If the squirrels quit eating my squash blossoms, i will have squash. Thanks so much for the tip. Have a lovely MD weekend! 🇺🇸😊
Wire netting
Can you fence or place a net over them? A 1-inch net may keep the squirrels out but still let the bees in.
Thank you for this tip! We lost a lot of pumpkins last year to these and we just started noticing them again this year. Devastating bug in addition to the squash vine boar!
Great tips! So clever & easy to do! Thank you so much for sharing. We have a terrible time with potato beetles, too; I think both of these tips would help us with those pests, too! Thanks again. Many blessings!
I agree with the whole watering the plants to force them to skimper up to higher ground. I use pyrethrin. I only had one squash bug and no eggs.
THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT THERE ANTHONY 🤣 THESE BUGS HAVE US TAKING DESPERATE MEASURES 🤣 THANK YOU ANTHONY. ❤ LOVE YALL ❤
They're just terrible. Staying ahead of them is so important. Thanks for watching!
Good tips. Thank you for sharing
Absolutely spot on. Thank you
You're welcome!
I listened to your video with my husband.. He said, "That's a good idea😊 definitely will try that..Thanks..
You're welcome!
Thanks for the great tips! 😊
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
THANK YOU !!!! for days ive been looking for help, they have killed 5 plants already this year
Yikes! That's terrible. Thankfully, squash plants grow quickly at least.
You always come through with something good!
Thank you!
Thank you for this!
You're welcome!
OK, my garden was ravaged by squash bugs this season. I talked to an organic farmer, friend of mine, after I saw that his cucumbers and squash were sprayed with what looked like Sevendust. Horrified, I asked him about it, turns out it is diatomaceous earth in a sprayer sprayed on the plants completely. It’s a very thin layer, but leaves a white haze, and it turns out that the squash bugs eat this along with the squash, and cannot digest it. It actually kills them.
I can’t wait to try this out!
I don't think it's used for Organic gardening. There has to be a reason.
I've heard it's because diatomaceous earth can be an inhalation hazard to people. Controversial?
Clever. Never thought of using a vacuum.
It's a whole lot easier than trying to catch and smash them, and no horrible stink bug odor!
Found my 1st squash bug this morning - ran inside to see what Millennial Gardener would do … now I’m ordering a hand vac 😂 I wonder if this will work on the hornworms 🤔. All bugs get dumped in the chicken yard for processing!
Good video. I hate them so much I enjoy squashing them by hand
Eggs too, just squash em, it's even in the name 😂
Too bad it smells horrible! I hate squishing them because of that odor. It's the same as a stink bug.
@@2MinuteGardenTips it doesn’t bother me. If I don’t have gloves on I’ll squash them with my bare hands. Johnston County gal
I also squash the bugs and eggs. Smell doesn't me, and I know they are gone.
Cool way to reduce their population. My pumpkin plants died early last year. I like your method!
😍you made my life so much easier with this tip.
Going to buy a handvac asap!
Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome!
Hand vac is a great tip.
I spray the area with water to get the adults moving, then hit them with a soapy spray, which kills them.
I wish there was a less labor-intensive way to deal with the eggs. When you have 300 leaves to check, that’s a lot of bending over.
Exactly!!!! Those eggs take forever to remove especially if you have multiple plants and live in the south. I almost don’t want to grow them anymore. There’s gotta be a better way.
@@stephanie1860 I watched an Amish tutorial and they say to plant the squash in the fall(August) and there won't be any Squash bugs. It can't be the winter squash variety because they take to long though. It has to be the faster growing summer squashes. We are going to try this, this year.
Great tip... Thanks 😊
You're welcome!
Great garden tip MG!! 😊👍👍
Thank you!
thanks for sharing,
You're welcome!
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Thank you for this! :)
You're welcome!
I appreciate the tips 😊
You're welcome!
The squash bugs have been relatively easy for me to deal with (knocking adults into soapy water and removing eggs-Great idea on the vac!)... but those vine borers have been my gardening nemesis! I get out there with a fly swatter, use dust, try to bury the stems, and inject my poor plants with BT. I also try to plant my more vulnerable varieties at least a month later than the tougher ones like Black Futsu.
I’ve previously wrapped my stems in coban and it drastically reduced the number of plants killed by the vine borer.
More recently I’ve started planting after July 4th (I’m in southern Indiana, and have only lost 1 plant out of about 16 this year.
Are they gone after July 4th?
Which plants the vine borer attacks? First time gardener here, trying to learn ahead 😅
@@Lolalolajoneszucchini, summer squash, yellow squash, and cucumbers as well but they love squash more. Look up pictures of pickle worms and squash borers. Probably others but them seem to love those the most in my garden. Check your the flowers and fruit on your plants for tiny perfectly cut holes. They are small green sometimes brownish worms. They to get into the curly part of the leaves especially newly forming leaves and flowers. Their eggs are small and red. The moths are tiny silvery brown and they are active at night. BT injections have worked for me but you have to do it every 10 days for probably like two months. I know some people have suggested insect nets but then you would have to hand pollinate. Or you could place the insect nets at night and remove them in the morning. I did that for a few weeks but it became too much of a chore.
Insecticidal soap (organic look up a recipe) does work as well but the problem with that is it HAS to come into contact with them. When they bore into the plant they are protected from it. The BT injections gets injected into the plant so when they eat the plant it kills them. Any flowers or fruit that you find infected cut off and drop into a solution of insecticidal soap before disposing.
I spray my insecticidal soap in the evenings right before dark so it doesn’t harm the bees or butterflies they are usually active in the mornings. I make my insecticidal soap with dr bronners peppermint soap and organic cold pressed neem oil and lots of water. (make sure to look up a recipe for exact ratios too strong of a solution can burn your plants) After I have sprayed my insecticidal soap I wait three days and then do the BT injections I also poor a BT solution into the soil around the base of the plant. Make sure you get BT that targets squash borers specifically. And then every 7 days I spray my insecticidal soap in the evening and every 10 days I do my BT injections.
The neem oil is great for PREVENTING (not treating) powdery mildew and fungal diseases. It can kill beneficial insects though. So if you have ladybugs or green lacewings as a predatory bug treatment keep that in mind. I am not sure what predatory bugs prey on squash borers. Also weeding, mulching, soaker hoses or drip irrigation help as well.
You should be able to find youtube videos for insecticidal soap and BT injection mixes. Also region dependent. The southeast US seems to be the most affected by these types of pests.
I saw a video where someone put toilet paper tubes around the base of the plants, and they swear it works. I've got to try it sometime, vine borers are killing me this year. I used to split the vine, find the borer, kill it, and then put the damaged vine under dirt again, and that worked somewhat well... It's a constant fight!
Thank you
You're welcome!
I use the same method. Labor intensive, but it works.
Great tips!
Glad it was helpful!
I use dawn dish soap + shiracha sauce with water in a sprayer.
Ive been doing something similar except that Im not sucking them up, Im burning them with a torch lighter.
I think it feels more satisfying!!
Dude the timing of this video could not be better as I'm just starting to see squash bugs and was wondering if there were any alternatives to spraying constantly with neem oil (which made them run but didn't seem to really stop them last year). The duct tape vs. the eggs is BRILLIANT and I am so doing that this year!
Mine just attacked here in Maine!
Gone now. if you kill the eggs underneath by hand and Dawn-hose spray in early July... they pretty much don't come back, I did have some Colorado potato larvae on my toms, just cut them with scissors. All good now!
I use dawn spray and it kills adults and babies, not eggs. I use tape on the eggs, too. Xo
Using water on your finger for the eggs works too. I made an "emergency zucchini alert" short video on it! 😂
They're sticky little things!
My father used to drop garden bugs into a jar with a few ounces of gasoline in the bottom. He found it very satisfying.
Well I just tried it and yes it worked! I caught just a few adults so I’d like to hope I caught it before it became prolific. I’m so frustrated! I keep my veggie beds clean and monitor everyday yet it was a few days ago I started noticing squash eggs under a few leaves. Not many just some small rows on each leaf that I cleaned up and crushed but I hadn’t found the adults till min ago and my little vacuum sure picked them up and I threw them in the dumpster away from my house. The way my little vacuum opens it’s hard to dump and crush and I hate risking them finding a way out before they die so they can live with the ants or die by them in the hot dark dumpster!
MG, that's a great tip.👍 I use a bug vac fof cucumber beetles and other bad bugs. I suck them up and dump them into soapy water.
I use that tape method to get rid of Vine Borer eggs.🙂
Cucumber Beatles are the bane of my existence. Is there actually something called a bug vac?! 😅 love it
@DebRoo11 Yes, it for kids to vac up bug and e amine them. 🪲😃
@@valoriegriego5212 that's awewome. I am.going to find myself one
The hand vacuums are invaluable for chasing pests. I use them for leaf-footed bugs and Japanese beetles. They're my main nemeses.
The squash bugs in my garden never attack my squash plants but they attack my pepper plants. So my pepper plants act as a trap plant for squash bugs. Then I spray them with soapy water. They did in seconds.
May be the leaf-footed bug. They look a lot like a squash bug
What make and model is the vacuum? About how much does it cost? Thanks! (Hi Dale!)
My neighbors may begin to really wonder about me using a handvac, but handvac it is. Last week I was using a shopvac in my yard {broken glass} so why not another kind in the garden. Believe me they don't miss much that goes on. I just smile and wave and don't care.
for two years now I have used cedar chips around the base of the plant when planted and I have had no vine borers. now the eggs I don't always get them all. thanks for the tips
Are you located in an area with a lot of SVBs?
@@lauranilsen8988 I don't know if it was a lot, all I know is that prior to my applying the cedar chips I had them every year, no matter the time I planted. I am in the mountains of SW VA
@@kate739 ok. Thanks. I will try that in the spring!
I opted for just tape. Easy to get all the big little and tiny bugs plus the eggs.
Got any suggestions on vine borers?
Check the plants regularly, bury the stems, dust the ribs with spinosad dust, cross your fingers and pray. If you see bore holes, all you can really do is inject spinosad or BT mixed in water into the stems. If you bury enough of the stem, it gives the plants more roots to hold out a bit longer.
If somebody decides to plant a patio potted garden or a rooftop garden, on a third-floor, would they have to worry about squash bugs? How far do these bugs fly?
trim the bottom stems about 6 inches up really gets the plant growing also
So now I know what those eggs were on my leaves.
What about spraying with Neem oil, dish soap, and water every week to help? Also, planting nasturtiums and marigolds all around the plants? Hubbard squash are a trap crop as well. None of which is bug proof though.
I do not use neem oil and avoid it at all costs. I've seen no benefits to its use, it is very expensive at ~$140/gal, it is highly reactive with sunlight and can burn crops, and the odor and taste is horrific. I don't put it anywhere near my garden after years of negative effects. Hubbard is a trap crop for vine borers. Squash bugs don't seem to be very attracted to my Blue Hubbard squash (thankfully). The best way to stay on top of things is diligence and egg removal to reduce the population.
Here in SC theyre real bad. I have great soil and a great place for a garden and quit gardening because of these bugs.
This yr I will be
experimenting with different low growing flowers between my squash plants to see if I can find what Squash bugs might hate. If anything.
Squash bugs also love sunflowers.
So if you grow sunflowers put them on the other end of your property away from your garden.
Nasturtium is a good flower to camouflage the scent of squash to these bugs, so I hear! I'm trying it for the first time this year 🤞🏻
Do you no longer use the soap and water method??
would you like to get some nice outdoor lights?
Ant runs also disturb squash bugs. I put squashed bugs of several varieties on Zucchini leaves which attracted a run of ants and had fewer of these plants die from the enemy. Wimpier yellow squash plants didn't hold the ant attractant as well so were not as effective.
I gave up growing zucchini because I was spending every day getting rid of the adults and the eggs.
I’m finding it very difficult to grow as well! I’ve tried keeping the junk around the plants cleaned up but they always find my plants
I use pesticides until they blossom, then I do what you just did. Have to use BT for those nasty vine borers too
Have you tried spinosad? Spinosad is as effective as BT, but it also protects against hard-bodied pests, too.
i went into my garden on a mission yesterday with scissors and cut squash bugs and cucumber bugs in half. vengeance.
I use the watering method and smash those evil bugs with my fingers! Doesnt bother me a bit!😂
You can, but the odor is terrible. It's the same as a stink bug. This is truly a lot faster, and you won't have to deal with the smell.
Does this kind of thing also work on pea weevils?
It'll work on anything that you're faster than and will fit in the attachment. I use this technique for Japanese beetles, leaf footed bugs, stink bugs, etc.
I bought that duster machine u suggested...why not use that too...u never show using it..
You can also put the eggs into a bucket of soapy water so they drown - it makes me nervous putting them in the trash.
Please do 2 min garden tips on how to grow peppers better, mine don’t wan to grow, at all😢
He has quite a few thorough pepper vids 😊
There isn't any complete video that could be done in 2 minutes. I have a lot on my main channel:
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I USED A BUG ZAPPER AND SPRAYED SUGAR ON IT AND THAT WAS FUN! BUT DISH SOAP WORKED BEST EVEN PUT BOWLS OF SOAP AND WATER UNDER THE PLANTS IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE!
I have ladybugs everywhere, they keep earwigs out of my artichokes via consuming the eggs. Do they eat squash bug eggs too??
I don't know. I've never heard of such a thing. I don't think ladybugs will help against squash bugs.
@@2MinuteGardenTips Brief search for specifics of ladybug diet was interesting but inconclusive on that particular...I gather that they like soft bodied insects and eggs so if squash bug eggs are hard shelled as they appear to be they wouldn't likely qualify.
I keep scissors with me by all my squash plants and after watering the base I cut the huge in half. So so easy and then I cut the eggs off. It doesn’t seem to harm the plant itself. So quick and easy. I throw the eggs into a bucket of water
Hi! What do you mean by cut the huge in half? Do you cut the huge leaves in half? Where do they lay eggs?
@raquelcoler01 I think they meant bug, not huge. I also do that.
@@cooler.teacher I cut the bug in half, sorry for the mistake
Borers were an issue early for me. I have many many toads in my garden so i dont think these guys stand a chance
cover plants until they bloom then they are strong enough to handle the squash bugs. Then toss all the plants as soon as they start to perish
So do you no longer recommend using the BT
I don't use BT, because it isn't broad spectrum enough for the pests where I live. I use spinosad and pyrethrin depending on the pests.
great advice! i like d tape one & burn em squash bugs! ...
Buhahahaha buhahahaha buhahahaha
I will try this vacuum and tape trick for sure! Love your video
Thanks for watching!
Dawn dish soap kills them as well
Dawn is toxic.
Dawn has one of the worst chemicals known and recently found to be worse than initially thought.
It starts with "Methyl but idk the whole name but it's a long one!
@@CriticalThinker27 yes. Instead of spraying it directly on the plants, I have a jar filled with dawn and water and pluck the bug off and throw them in the jar. 😉
@@chelseekpeace so very glad to hear that! Happy growing!! ❤️
@@CriticalThinker27 thanks! same to you! 🌱
I water the plants and then squash the bugs.
the most unusefull video i ever watched/ this gentleman has a lot of free time to check on every leaf
It takes, literally, 30 seconds per plant. If you're not going to do anything to reduce the population, then you'll have squash bugs. If you want to reduce the population, this is what you do.
@@2MinuteGardenTips sorry. i live in the area where SQUASHES are growing fantastic and there is none of the bug that can damage the plant. never seen any of *bad insects* for squash.
The boogers can fly too. I hate them.
They do. Usually, this early in the season, they don't for whatever reason. Maybe it takes awhile for the wings to develop.
I ware a pair of gloves and just grab the bugs and squish them dead.
The smell is awful. And this is honestly faster.
When I find eggs underneath a leaf, I just tear off that part of the leaf and put it in a bag.
The problem is when you tear squash leaves or prune them, you release a scent that attracts more bugs. I try to minimize pruning, since pruning squash attracts them.
@@2MinuteGardenTips Good tip, I didnt know that.
I just smash thr eggs n bugs whenever i find them. Chrck daily
Huh...I thought I had every squash bug in the world in my garden. Now I know others have the same issue! Sorry!
Oh, I can spare plenty of them, I assure you 😂
A fkg vaccum! Yes!!
Squash bugs look like stink bugs.
was that garden waste in your garbage can?
… why not just squash the squash bug seeds … ?
Because the odor is terrible, and it's much easier and faster to suck them up. By the time you catch one and squish one by hand, you'll lose sight of the others.
@@2MinuteGardenTips … I was referring to the eggs … not seeds lol …
Don’t think that burning duct tape such a good idea.
Not huge, bugs
Not Practical.
Lol...what about for a real garden
what kind of foolishness is this??