How to Get Rid of Stink Bugs - The Grumpy Gardener

Learn three natural ways to get rid of stink bugs on plants from The Grumpy Gardener (aka Steve Bender).

[EC]

You are hilarious! A true breath of fresh air. Thanks

[MHarenArt]

I use the vase method for thos "june bug beetles" works great!

[SuperSaltydog]

You can also use a spray bottle or a pump up sprayer, a 16 ounce spray bottle full of water and add 1-2 teaspoons of liquid dish soap. The pump up sprayer add 1 gallon of water and 2 tablespoons of liquid dish soap. Spray the bugs for 1-2 seconds and watch them fall off and die. Dawn dish soap is my favorite.

[bridget]

The soapy water is what I had to do with the Japanese beetles last year. Oh so many....

[lryuzaki]

What was that about the rum making process? Lol

I heard these things hate lavender oil. Which is GREAT news for me!

[LawtonJucaro]

drowning one bug at a time? not sure if this makes a diference

[adamtki]

It's hard to get the big vase under many spots in the garden. What I do is use a flat tool (such as a flat hand shovel or even a spoon) and something to poke them with. I place the flat tool a little bit away from the stinkbug and use the poke tool to make them run away towards the flat tool. He'll then be crawling on your flat tool which you can then use to carry him to the soapy water. A little tap above it and he'll fall in.

[BlazeCasey]

Does Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade work on stink bugs and other pests?

[HRRaz]

They dont fall from a small tap. They latch on like glue

[janmorgan]

I've never heard of stink bugs until noticed all the plants started looking dry and not surviving. When examined, the potted plants found a brown bug and then more and have tried everything like washing up liquid, vinegar, garlic spray, peppermint. I really can't do anything. I've got a small patio and over the other side of the wall are three siver birch trees and have never seen leaves or buds ? This will be coming up for 3rd year and this needs sorted because an infestation has started. I'm in Scotland, city of Edinburgh and will need find out what works as they keep coming back

[Notwoke]

That's what I want to do with hundreds of stink bugs. I can't wait to see how much time it takes for me to walk all over the house and garden with a clear glass pitcher and tap or push the stink bugs into it 😂

[girishsharma]

What should you do when stink bugs are inside the house. Please respond.

[badaisnyfounetever]

That s BS, neem oil won t do anything to stinkbug,

[mikeadams]

So by your favorite method you have to touch each and every. Ug? Nah

[jerricroft]

Good grief I got a hundred tomato plants fella there's got to be something better then picking them off one at a time I use spinosad spinosad is for chewing insects it's not for piercing sucking insects

[mahalawisner]

Mine are in my house and make the smell without being bothered and I'm dying over here there coming in my ac units and window there window units

[lilyli]

Hahaha! I did the same thing to the stinkebugs.

[jimmiwoltz]

Just grab them, they don't bite.
I've been flushing them down the toilet to be rid of them 😆

[puppylove]

I use a Gatorade bottle, put anything thing that smell's good to me, Tide, Dawn, Downy, add that to the water, then when I see one I put the bottle up to it, they jump in and I put the lid on. One at a time they jump in and I can NOT STAND THEM! So I saw them last year and only a few this year, but I hate them.

[amberemma]

Are you serious with this? Lol. Knocking them off one at time? How is that effective or even remotely efficient? What dilution of neem oil is safe for a peach tree?