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Vinca

(54,392 posts) Thu May 28, 2026, 03:54 PM 2 hrs ago

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Any suggestions for getting rid of cucumber beetles?

Got my garden all in, including summer squash and cukes I started inside. That was about a week ago. I checked yesterday and the damn cucumber beetles have already shown up. I sprayed the plants with Safer and checked again today and found a couple of beetles. Do you have a go-to eradicator?

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Any suggestions for getting rid of cucumber beetles? (Original Post) Vinca 2 hrs ago OP

Maybe bird feeders (one or two) around the garden...Gee, that was fast in how quickly they discovered SWBTATTReg 2 hrs ago #1

I know. Yesterday I was out there putting netting over the kale before the pests hit it and today I spotted Vinca 51 min ago #2

An old fashioned method was Keepthesoulalive 28 min ago #3

SWBTATTReg

(26,435 posts)

1. Maybe bird feeders (one or two) around the garden...Gee, that was fast in how quickly they discovered

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2026, 03:59 PM

2 hrs ago

your plants!

Vinca

(54,392 posts)

2. I know. Yesterday I was out there putting netting over the kale before the pests hit it and today I spotted

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Thu May 28, 2026, 05:17 PM

51 min ago

3 bad leaves I had to take off. At least the bunnies haven't figured out a way to worm under the fence yet.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,424 posts)

3. An old fashioned method was

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2026, 05:40 PM

28 min ago

A tiny bit of dish soap and water in a spray bottle. It might work.

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