Greatest Organic Pesticide: VACUUM POWER!

[FarmerJamie]

Yeah i will be using a Shop Vac as well. I have a smallish one and LOTS of extension cords to get out there to the squah and pumpkin patches I'll let ya know how it goes

Both squash and pumpkin would be exposed to being broken if you aren't careful...but you know that.

Yeah, but I gotta do something

I'll be curious to see how it goes. It would almost be picture-worthy of someone in the garden with a sweeper......

 

[Farmfresh]

I wonder if a dust buster would work??

 

[k15n1]

Sadly, you are selecting for bugs that can avoid being sucked off the leaves. Evolution wins again.

 

[valmom]

What a neat idea! Wonder if it would work for Japanese beetles? They get our fruit trees every year- I hand pick and feed them to the hens.

Farmfresh- I don't think a dustbuster has enough suction. Or maybe just ours is pretty wimpy.

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

Sadly, you are selecting for bugs that can avoid being sucked off the leaves. Evolution wins again.

It is possible, but an interesting part is as the vacuum surrounds the insect, even the strongest holders become afixiated and pass out from no oxygen, and no pest is going to evolve without oxygen use lol. That is where it seems to stop evolution because the insect needs the oxygen and so it passes out and then its gone lol.

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

Yeah i will be using a Shop Vac as well. I have a smallish one and LOTS of extension cords to get out there to the squah and pumpkin patches I'll let ya know how it goes

how did it go ?? lol

 

[garden pixy]

I used a shop vac to remove wasp nests from the door frame of my truck, that worked well... so i guess this could work, unfortunately the plants i have bug problems on are my tomatoes (stupid hornworms) the vacuum would just suck up the plant. i could see it working very well on trees though.

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

I used a shop vac to remove wasp nests from the door frame of my truck, that worked well... so i guess this could work, unfortunately the plants i have bug problems on are my tomatoes (stupid hornworms) the vacuum would just suck up the plant. i could see it working very well on trees though.

i have been lucky to not have any tomato pests, but if there are any this year ill try it out, i see what you mean about the possible damage to the tomato plant, the potato plant is in the same class of plants the "night shades" and i tested it on potato bugs, and it worked well.
i had to stop the damage to those fruit trees, it was making me sad seeing the tree lose all the fruits lol.. thank u for checking it out!!

 

[Lesa]

Dh converted a leaf blower for this purpose. Gas powered, so no cords. Oh yes, it surely does work on the Japanese Beetles!!

 

[GOOGLE NIKOLA TESLA]

Dh converted a leaf blower for this purpose. Gas powered, so no cords. Oh yes, it surely does work on the Japanese Beetles!!

Very nice lesa!!! Do u guys have fruit trees or something the beetles eat?