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shellymee Posts: 34 |
Black beetle eating blueberrys Posted 774 days ago My blueberry is been attacked by some sort of black beetle it is causing alot of damage. I went out tonight with a torch to find the culprit and it seems to be these small black beetles they are all over it as it is in a pot I can stop them getting back in but I think they hide in the soil in the day what would be the best spray to spray them with I dont like to use sprays but this is quiet a bad infestation. Are they like a lawn beetle?? I cant find a picture of them anywhere although they are similar to the japanese beetle but all one color. Any advice would be great there are so many of them. |
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hutcho Posts: 687 |
RE: Black beetle eating blueberrys Posted 771 days ago Any types of beetles are notoriously hard to get rid of. Generally you need to treat the soil with some really heavy-duty stuff. Ask at the local nursery. My two young plants in pots are o.k. re. foliage, but as the berries started to ripen, they disappeared. I suspected birds, so around went the chook wire, but to no avail. It's not snails, etc. so any advice welcome so that next year we might just get a few ourselves. Hope you don't mind me hitching a ride on your post, shellymee. |
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shellymee Posts: 34 |
RE: Black beetle eating blueberrys Posted 768 days ago Treating the soil would be ideal but anything heavy duty worries me about the chemical effects. What I did do is go out each night and shake them off into a dish with detergent in it and so far it has worked last night there were none but it will be a on going thing.I have noticed while I was out there they are also in the lawn so I am guessing they are in the vegy patch aswell. Damn bugs! but eating home grown blueberrys mmm there is nothing like it. I never liked the shop ones.Although I feel like I am constantly fighting with the bugs. |
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