What home remedies will kill potato bugs?

Answer 1

A strategy of rotation, resistant varieties, insecticides, and handpicking can get rid of the potato beetle [Lema trilineata]. Culturally and mechanically, potatoes should be planted in different locations each year. More resistant potato varieties include the short season kinds, such as 'Superior'.

Organic gardeners and growers may choose Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego to control the beetle in its larval stage. Non organic options include insecticides whose active ingredients are carbaryl or thiodan.

Effective insecticides may have no wait between application and harvest. But they may not be needed at all if the infestation isn't severe. Specifically, handpicking, bagging and burning may be enough of a control.

Answer 2

Home remedies that will kill potato bugs include a small board covered in petroleum jelly which will trap the bug. You can also mix a solution of Neem oil and liquid soap and spray it directly onto the bugs.

Answer 3

I treat all the plants I have potted currently outside, when moved indoors with a solution of 1 tbls Clorox to a qt of water in a spray bottle and I spray the soil and leaves both top and bottom.

Answer 4

The potato beetle can be controlled with "bullseye" herbicide

the potato bug or Jerusalem cricket is not so easily done away with. Quail will eat their weight in them though.