I heard that there is a home remedy you can use to get rid of grasshoppers that is safe for animals. I think there is soap and water involved. Does anyone know what this receipe is or any other suggestions.

Chickens, lots of chickens.

Armageddon....nothing short of that kills the little......

I tried hot sauce mixed with water in a spray bottle. They thrived on it.

I bought the stuff from a place in Bozeman last year that is supposedly safe for kids and pets but the little creatures eat it and implode...didn't do any good.

This year the little grasshoppers are about an inch and a half long!

Try looking up "tobacco tea" online. There is an old home recipe that does involve soap (to make the mixture cling to the leaves). water, tobacco, and if I remember correctly, maybe....mouthwash?!

I agree with darkbeerRichard.

Chickens are your best bet.

A wiffle(whiffle?) bat is fun. Plus, if the grasshoppers are mature, there's a satisfying splatter-factor. You won't put much of a dent in their numbers, but you'll feel better.

Yes that does sound like fun Netherton. You never did answer
to my comment on Tucumcari.

I really wanted some information before our garden is totally gone and only got one useful answer.

http://pestcontroloptions.com/insect-control/get-rid-of-grasshoppers-the-eco-friendly-way

What makes you think that spraying normal insecticide for grasshoppers is going to harm animals?

Turkeys are grasshopper destroyers. Not an option for everyone but it's really impressive to watch them eat hoppers.

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not only do the chickens rock at catching hoppers, but there's nothing more satisfying than catching a big one and hand feeding it to your hens and watching them rip its head off and tear it to pieces!

Thank yu Dale very helpful.

It would be unfair to have chickens or turkeys running loose in my yard. My dogs and cats would not like it. Or maybe they would too much. I couldn't do that.


Thanks again

I'll give you a call, cj.

Do a Google Search instead of asking a limited number of people on Milescity.com

How Do I Kill Grasshoppers Without Chemicals

1
Purchase some organic bait containing the protozoan Nosema locustae from your local nursery. It's a single-celled microbe that infects all stages of developing grasshoppers when ingested.

2
Apply about a 1-foot-wide barrier of Nosema locustae around your garden, yard or any other area you want to be protected from grasshoppers.

3
Attract birds to prey on and control the grasshopper population in your yard. Plant shrubs with berries or install some birdbaths to encourage birds to frequently visit your yard.

4
Make your own homemade garlic oil spray to repel grasshoppers in your garden. Combine 3 oz. of minced garlic cloves with 1 oz. of mineral oil and let soak for at least 24 hours. Mix 1 tsp. of fish emulsion with 16 oz. of water and 1 tbsp. of castile soap. Combine the fish emulsion water and garlic oil and store in a sealed glass jar. Mix 2 tbsp. of garlic oil with 1 pint of water in a spray bottle and spray on vegetables and plants to create a natural barrier against grasshoppers.

5
Plant the herbs cilantro or horehound (Marrubium vulgare) around your yard or garden. These herbs are known to repel grasshoppers

Well the grasshoppers have eaten my cilantro so I have to disagree with that one..

Just use the chemicals. They actually do something unlike most of the home remedies and they're not going to hurt your pets or children.

A couple of ten year old boys with magnifying glasses should do the trick.

it's probably too late in the season for this but a friend told me that Ace carries a nontoxic pellet of some sort designed to kill the nymphs when they eat it. You just spread it around your garden/yard and it biodegrades when it rains. It's grasshopper prevention...He claimed it worked miracles!

It'll kill the nymphs on YOUR property, but not your neighbor's. Unless everyone uses it....

Other than chemical and chickens at this point in the growing season, your best bet will be a killing frost and snow.

Would Ace or Murdochs have anything for this?

I have been having the same problem & someone at work told me about a Sevin Dust or something like that and then my dad said Ortho had a product.

The problem I am having is they are all over just one side of my house and I went to Wal-Mart to try & find some of this and still nothing.

Does anyone really know if these home remedies posted here work?

Also, do you know if they tend to go towards certain flowers/shrubs? This may sound like a stupid ?, but the reason I ask is they just seem to be around one area of my house where I have day lilies. I have other plants/trees on the other side of the house and they don't seem to be as bad over there.

I am no gardener, so have never really dealt w/ these issues before.

Ortho Bug Geta plus
Seven
Tempo Not rated for gardens. It is safe for kids and pets to return to area after it dries.
I have tried all these and they do kill grasshoppers. The problem is that they just keep moving in from farther out.

Use Tempo. used by experts safe after drying with no odor, but very potent. seems expensive until you save your garden. Says about every ten days,but the hoppers don't come back that soon after two applications .You can get it at Ace, Cowtown Ag. Ask owner Joni at Cowtown Ag about Tempo. 234-4575 she has used it on her garden for years

A lot of people have been telling me how well Tempo works on their vegetable gardens and places where they prepare and store food. I have used Tempo around the outside of grain bins, building foundations, and places where people don't hang out. I have read labels for several Tempo products by Bayer and none of them are approved for use on things you eat. The only reason they're allowed in places where food is prepared is normally the food is not prepared on the floor of a food plant or processing facility. The food should not be coming in contact with an insecticide that's been applied in those places.

I called Bayer today and asked for some input and they said by no means should it be applied to anything you eat or any surface you use to process or serve food. Anyone that's putting Tempo on their garden is whacked. Sure it does a great job killing a whole bunch of insects and it has a long residual life, but that's all the more reason not to eat it.

I'd suggest finding products better suited to gardens. Sevin and Malathion are my choices. Both are approved for use on vegetable and fruit plants. Both are usually available from Steadman's, or if you prefer, WalMart. Don't be eating Tempo.

Thank you for the very good information! I have had two "experts" tell me it is okay to use Tempo on vegetable gardens and it says right on the label "not for use on food crops". I never have but I worry about people who don't read labels.