Tricking the Spotted or striped cucumber beetle, anyone try?

[Kassaundra]

I have a cucumber beetle plan this year. I am interplanting all my cuberits w/ non yellow colored flowers (like morning glories or poppies) then away from where the cuberits are growing I plan on haveing a large big row of bright yellow big as life sunflowers (which they can't harm) I'm hoping to camaflage the yellow cuberit flowers and distract away from the garden w/ the large sunflowers. Has anyone tried something similar to this?? Any success??

 

[hoodat]

Yellow sticky traps do a fair job on them. You can get them in the precise shade of yellow the beetles prefer at many organic supply sites. They are just a flat plastic tag that you smear with tanglefoot. When they get full just wash them in hot soap and water and rehang.

 

[catjac1975]

I have used the yellow sticky traps which are quite expensive for what you get and how long they last. I have switched to cheap fly strips in my greenhouse which are great for fungus gnat and white fly. I may try them for the yellow cb. Rotenone works on them and is organic.

 

[vfem]

I actually plant radish, and let those bolt. For some reason those attract the cuke beetles and squash bugs. So I end up finding them all over the bolted radish instead of my cukes and squash! I also pick lots of extra dill and just lay the frawns on the ground around those plants and it seems to help too.

 

[Kassaundra]

I actually plant radish, and let those bolt. For some reason those attract the cuke beetles and squash bugs. So I end up finding them all over the bolted radish instead of my cukes and squash! I also pick lots of extra dill and just lay the frawns on the ground around those plants and it seems to help too.

I scattered radish seeds all over the garden last year b/c I heard the repelled the squash bugs, and it was really pretty I thought anyway (I knew to let it bolt) but there was no diff. in the squash bugs and I didn't find any on the radish either. I am scattering radish seed again this year b/c even if it doesn't affect the squash bugs it is pretty and attracts butterflies and pollinators.


I knew about the yellow sticky pads, but thought non-yellow flowers in the garden would be prettier if it works, and less work on my part. lol