@sandramorton5510
Thank you, I stopped growing squash because of these bugs.
@emilybh6255
I've been vacuuming up various bugs that get inside (including some squash bugs) for years making sure I also vacuum a little diatomaceous earth afterwards to kill them and prevent them from crawling up the tube but I've never thought to take the vacuum out to my garden to do it. Great idea!
@topdog4953
I get these bugs on my house in the fall and I've been using a shop vac with diatomaceous earth for several years Glad to know I'm not alone.
@bc-guy852
That's brilliant Jag!! And I'll bet your chickens love to help you clean out the vacuum!
@rai55
Jag, you just started a natural pest management trend 🌱😅 Great idea & thanks for sharing!
@samsdesertgarden
I've vacuumed them up before and they've somehow managed to escape so adding the diatomaceous earth in to the vacuum is INGENIOUS. P.S. Shooting them down with soapy water kills on contact. Thanks Jag!
@SorentheCrazyCrayon2
Oh my goodness, this video came at the perfect time, thank you!
@heathermacdonald6404
I love all your clever solutions to gardening problems. Thanks, Jag!
@madeirafonseca6383
What works on squash bugs is dish soap and water. I fill my one gallon sprayer with tap water and put four or five pumps of dish soap in. It kills squash bugs on contact. It also works wonders on powdery mildew.
@reb4898
I did not know Ryobi made a battery operated vacuum. I have a little 3 gallon, corded, and I use it to pull spiders inside the house and on our patios outside. We have thousands of spiders, so please do not judge me…
@krisvw1127
Love it. I had so many squash bugs on my two zucchini plants I added the diatomaceous earth and nothing. A few days later the plants melted, probably from the Phoenix sun. The bugs are all my zucchini. But now I am ready for my winter squash garden with this ingenious solution ☀️❣️
@thelostone6981
Ha!I just pulled out my zucchini and yellow squash plants because they were infested with squash bugs. Normally I spend time pulling them off the plants, but I’ve been too distracted. So what funny timing for you to post this! 😆
@monsterglo
Magnificent idea thank you so very much, COPD from having covid in early 2020 has really hurt my ability to garden due to breathing issues, , your great 😊
@gardeningwithprincess
I do the same thing. I'm surprised more ppl don't do this. I use a small hand vacuum when there are a lot of them. When I see one or two, I grab them with a clothes pin lol
@motorpurrr
One day at an estate sale we met a lady that was happy to get a blender. She said that she blends up the squash bugs and then puts that on and around the squash garden, and that keeps them away.
@Janice_1979_
thanks for this. We lost our butternut squash and our zucchini because of them and didnt know this. Thank you so much.
@ashleylambson
Also flip over the leaves and even on stems,stalks check for thier little amber egg clusters!
@joanies6778
Sustainably Yours Homestead has a YT video demonstrating in real time how to kill squash bugs on contact using a soapy spray. You can use a plant based dish soap ad maintain organic status. Bees are pollinating squash blossoms and they do land on the leaves at times. I won't sprinkle anyrhing on the leaves that could potentially harm the bees. I love this idea of a vacuum. Unfortunately, my extension cord doesn't reach and I really cannot afford the battery operated model, though it's really cool. I've been resorting to the old catch technique with lidded my jar... but I only have a few plants. I think I'm going to try blasting them with soapy water today, instead.
@glynischamberlain9126
Wow, great idea. Seems labor intensive but what other option is there but to use toxins. Good for you, and thanks for sharing. Will check out your choice of vacuum, too, Mr. Genius! Lol. Take care
@nosheephere2694