My Dad used to pour some cheap beer in a tin and put it out in the garden. For some reason the slugs were attracted to it. They'd die a slow and happy death. :-)
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I use liquid sevin in a sprayer at 1/3 strength.
Takes about ten minutes till the dead japanese beetles rain off the fruit trees.
It's hard to get the dust on them. A sprayer takes less time and it's a zillion times more effective.
Try it out, Hal. You'll be really pleased. :-)
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i have yet to treat it. i kind of said skrew it, if it want to die let it. so i pushed it out in to the yard (its in a pot). Now its growing new stems. the spoted leaves are dead/dying. its looking much better and now i think i will go and get the treatmeant for it. i cut the water back by 50% before giving up then it went to crap. i just waterd it for the first time in a while today. Thanks for the info.
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Japanese beetles and liquid Sevin (or even dust) is a lethal combination. I spray my fruit trees and use the dust on my beens. Put the dust in an old piece of panty hose. Just shake over the plant and wa-la, soon to be dead beetles.
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your making my mouth water thinking about eating this. I love to just munch on some every once in a while. I cant eat to many jalapenos but a few now and then are good.

I went out and got some 7dust and the anti fungal stuff. Can i put them on at the same time? How offten shoudl i put both on?
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Sevin is the Bayer Company's trademarked name for the insecticide Carbaryl.

To our international friends Carbaryl is illegal in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Angola.

"Bee" careful as Carbaryl is acutely toxic to honeybees, destroying colonies of bees foraging in an area where the chemical has been applied. :-)

Do any of you remember the Bohpal, India Disaster on December 3, 1984 that killed 8-10 thousand people in 72 hours? You guessed it, that plant was manufacturing "Sevin". Very sad as it is estimated that 25,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.

You guys be careful out there.
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Come on, Rob! I know it's not manly, but read the directions! :-)

And yes, you can apply both at once. I often mix the two together and knock them both out at once.
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:-) i kind of looked. it did not say any thing about mixing them. I think, i did any way, i noticed some yellowing on my tomato plant at the bottom leaves. i freaked a little and went out and got the stuff and put it on both plants. i got about 10 tennis ball size romas growing on my plant all green. i cant wait. These 2 plants are my first temp at growing on my own.
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Completely missed this thread. First off you guys have some great gardens an I'm very jealous of them. Thanks for all the pictures and the video Scott.

Going to keep my eye on this one.
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Thanks for the tips, I'll set some beer out for my slimy little enemies tomorrow.

I think I'll avoid the Sevin, just doesn't quite feel right to mix poisons with my dinner. The beetles weren't too bad this year, still have beans growin'.
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That's a freaking AWESOME garden, Scott!!! Somehow I missed the video posting when you put it up. You've really impressed me. I thought you were just a mad inventor with a bad back. :-)
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Makes you want to crush one of their asprins and have it analyzed for contents...
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I'm not really into the chemicals, especially for residential and rural areas. There are numerous alternative/natural products available that really work well. For a start, you may try here:

http://www.gardensalive.com/

For example, I use a non-poisonous mint-oil based spray around the home for wasp. It shoots up to 20+ feet and takes em' out without any problems, and more importantly, no toxic chemicals that are going to linger or drain in to the surrounding areas.

It leaves a "fresh minty" aroma afterwards:-)



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Time is both a friend and a cruel enemy. The garden gets plowed in this weekend. I still have half a dozen pepper plants that are producing heavily, which I will keep, but everything else is ready to go. Give it a couple of weeks, maybe mid-September, and the collard plants go in. Won't be long and the cool autumn breezes come to town (by cool I mean 70F :-)). Lettuce to follow in late September/early October.

Had lots of delicious tomatoes and cukes this year.
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I'm a Certified Master Gardener, Jamie, for what that's worth.
I used to help the Extension Office with the public, taking care of crops, orchards, farming, and domestic fowl. I gave away my farm when I got divorced.
I've created four or five cultivars (notably a purple sunflower) and invented a dark egg laying (hershey bar colored) chicken along the way, too. Made a lot of money from that stuff.
I used to be addicted to botany and genetics something fierce.
Now I just try to keep the fungus off my tomatoes, play cigars, learn about Christ, and make stuff out of wood. :-)
I've invented a bunch of stuff along the way, too. Some have been very successful, some I never shared, some I'm still waiting to build.
I have about two dozen projects, inventions or systems in my head at any given moment. I never stop reading.
I kind of put everything aside while I'm trying to get my back fixed.
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If you added musician to that resume, Scott, I would have to say we were cut from the same mold. There never gets to be more time in your life.

I finally got some ripe tomatoes! The corn was spectacular this year. The string beans are blooming again. The potatoes were attacked by a (now dead) gopher and I don't know yet how bad. Never ending supply of squash. Cukes now and then. Three pumpkins. Good year so far.
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That doesn't even begin to outline the stuff I do. :-)
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Nor me :-)
:-) A.D.D. to the grave!:-)
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Dead gophers are good gophers!! :-)
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Number 25! I need a stamp for the side of my shed.:-)
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