Somebody please tell me how to keep earwigs off my artichoke plants, or at the very least how to remove them and their droppings from deep inside the chokes.
I don’t know anything about artichokes, let alone earwigs, but according to my Jerry Baker bible, he suggests “setting out sections of dampened, roled-up newspaper in your garden at night. The next morning, they’ll be filled with earwigs. Drown ‘em or crush’em - your choice!”
I’ve used tons of his ideas on just about everything and they’ve never failed me, even when the solution isn’t exactly what I was looking for..........such as this example, in the book this is for ridding your corn of the earwigs.
I’m using Surround this year. I haven’t had anything from the cucurbit family for about 4 years because of beetle infestation.
So far, the plants sprayed with Surround are very healthy and beginning to bloom.
It isn’t a pesticide, but a barrier spray that keeps the bad bugs off and does allow for the pollinators. I ordered it from Gardensalive online. I’ve used their organic products with good results since I started ordering a few years ago.
Not even Seven works well anymore.