Bugs eating leaves

[benzy4010]

What's good for repelling bugs eating leaves?

 

[b-boy]

What kind of bugs?

 

[ChefRex]

Hungry ones

 

[TyTanium]

What kind of leaves?

IME, I've found instead of trying to keep the bugs from eating the leaves, it's easier to find something to eat the bugs.

 

[ChefRex]

Green?

 

[benzy4010]

Columbus hops, haven't seen the bugs just holes in the leaves

 

[Brizzo]

If it slugs that are eating holes in the leaves try using a commercial product like sluggo, or what I do. Which is incredibly effective is crush egg shells and sprinkle them around the plant. Soft bodied insects won't crawl over the shells. It works for slugs, snails and cutworms, I use this for my hops. Tomatoes, onions. Etc.

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

Neem oil works great!

 

[JDGator]

dish soap and water works. spray the plant and leave containers around the plants full of the solution. works in my garden anyways.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Neem oil works great!

I just sprayed my first year ones last night, my columbus and newport look fine but my cascade is getting eaten pretty good...i think i caught it early enough though...

Also laid some organic slug/snail bait a foot out and around every plant...theres a swamp/nature area across the street behind the other houses, so there are a ton of snails...i try to keep the frogs in my yard to eat all the bugs.

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

Keep us posted!

 

[pschaf]

I've had good success with Sluggo Plus ("plus" being the keyword...)
I only saw a few snails, but I discovered what was eating my plants was actually pill bugs (rollie-pollies). These guys were notorious for chomping away at the leaves in all of my plants, including the hops. Check out Sluggo Plus if you continue to have problems.