Just wanted to update you on our Japanese Beetle problem. We had five trees damaged plus a couple bushes and the roses. The bugs have eaten many of the leaves - they eat all the solid leaf but leave all the veins, so the remaining leaf looks like lace and turns brown. So we have large areas of this "brown lace" in our trees. They especially like Birch, Linden, and crabapple trees - we had some of each. Others they don't bother at all. Spring Green sprayed them quite generously - and as of now, there's not a bug in our yard! We will be checking every day to see if they will need a second spraying. The problem is quite prevelant in out neighborhood.
I'm having lunch tomorrow with six of my grade/high school classmates. Doesn't that sound like fun? I'm looking forward to it.
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Speaking of the Japanese Beetles, when you drive through the country they are 'thunking' off of your windshield every couple of seconds. Anyone else experiencing this? It's pretty gross!
Shelley S
My problem is they are eating the raspberries, and we can't spray the berries themselves!
I'm glad you are seeing success with your trees and bushes.
We have bagworms on our juniper bushes. They are hideous and the bushes are dying. We had Japanese beetles a couple of years ago--I remember that "thunk" well.
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