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jooooooles starts with ... Hi! I have what I think are grasshoppers (see photos) destroying my passionfruit leafs and herb garden. I also have heaps of ants climbing to the very ends of the vines eating at it as well. Is there anything I can spray that is natural (I don't really want to use chemicals) to get rid of the grasshoppers and ants? Also on one of the photos you will see the end of the vines. For some reason growth has halted and the vine does not appear to be growing anymore and no new leafs are appearing. What could be the cause of this? Thanks for looking and your help Cheers Julian
| About the Author jooooooles Brisbane 1st February 2012 6:43pm #UserID: 6487 Posts: |
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amanda says... Looks like grasshoppers jooles - maybe try a chilli and garlic spray (anyone have a recipe here?) or google recipe? I have recently tried a shop bought pyrethrum and garlic spray for an ant problem (they keep bringing aphid and scale to my wampees) and found it to be very good. You don't have any fruit which helps... The vine doesn't look very vigorous...how much sun is it getting? Is it on a north/south fence or such? Hopefully the sun isn't on the other side of that fence? (or you neighbours will get the fruit!) Passionfruit need full sun to do their best... | About the Author amanda Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 2nd February 2012 10:27am #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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db says... I would also love to know some solutions.. I'm too having problems in my small garden where grasshoppers and ants are eating my veggies and other plants... I'm using pyrethrum which seems to work ok for ants and other insects but it works only for short period, you have to spary again and again. But its absolutely useless on grasshoppers and those are the ones which are eating most of the leaves in my garden... Now a days I'm just cutting them in half whenever I see them but that's not the solution.. In Bunnings I have seen one product (I forgot name but its white color container with black label on it i think) specifically for grasshoppers but it cannot be used on veggies and edible fruits.. May be I should just try it on flower plants and recently bought young fruit plants as those won't have any fruits at least this year, hopefully it will reduce their numbers in my garden, I read few posts here that garlic spray sometime works, sometime not.. Any more suggestions? | About the Author db Brisbane 2nd February 2012 10:41am #UserID: 6427 Posts: |
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amanda says... The best thing (IMHO) for grasshoppers is to visit your local Op shop and pick up some cheap net curtains and cover the plants...the grasshoppers will pass. They will still eat your plants - sprayed or not...they will need to eat the leaf to get the poison..and they eat a lot! That's why any treatment for them - is not likely to be good for you. :( But garlic is smelly stuff and most pests don't like the taste...they may take a cupla bites and decide to move on. For ants - it's best to find out what type they are - even if it's their preference for sweet or meat? Get to the nest if u can...boiling water etc...or a specific remedy. If it makes u feel any better - we had a locust plague last year that stripped many of my fruit trees absolutely bare...they recovered no problems. | About the Author amanda Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 2nd February 2012 9:24pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi amanda & jooles, Molasses spray will stop grasshoppers. I 'thought' it was a cup of molasses in 4½ Litres of water, plus a wetting agent. Here's some other home made sprays: http://www.annettemcfarlane.com/Doityourself.htm She uses 1 tbsp molasses/ litre plus liquid soap. There's chilli sprays as well :-) | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 3rd February 2012 9:54am #UserID: 1947 Posts: |
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| About the Author db Brisbane 3rd February 2012 10:20am #UserID: 6427 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 3rd February 2012 5:06pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Db 3rd February 2012 9:14pm #UserID: 6460 Posts: |
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| About the Author ally Brisbane 29th February 2012 6:52pm #UserID: 6637 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 2nd March 2012 10:37pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Helena says... My passionfruit has chewed bits just like yours, but it is very vigorous, still young and not fruiting though... am looking forward to flowers! I would say make sure there is potash in the ground as I heard this makes plant leaves tougher and less prone to serious chewing pests. I have small grasshoppers on mine but for now will do nothing as there are so many leaves and the damage is not severe. What do I do to get flowers??? the vine was growing up a pole but now is growing horizontally which I think is needed to develop flowers and fruit. Anyway, good luck with the molasses, would be great to hear if this is effective against other chewing pests as I have lots of tiny black and yellow little bugs in my veg garden causing havoc and eating everything. | About the Author Helena Brisbane 6th March 2012 7:26am #UserID: 6586 Posts: |
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blazeaglory says... I know this sounds silly but I stumbled upon this method by accident... One day I was out in my garden and all of a sudden literally as many as six locust started to follow me vigorously. I would move and sit and they would follow me everywhere I went. I then realized the shirt I was wearing was a bright green almost fluorescent but not. So I started whacking them all with a shovel. I havent had a big locust or grasshopper problem since but when I do notice some damage I put on the shirt and wait. Slowly but surely they come and get the shovel! Good luck | About the Author blazeaglory Central Orange County CA 6th March 2012 12:59pm #UserID: 6654 Posts: View All blazeaglory's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 6th March 2012 3:40pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: |
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| About the Author Christine 26th March 2012 8:56am #UserID: 6768 Posts: |
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