Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew w/ Spinosad

jtjmartin · May 11, 2019

I picked up a couple bottles of this at the end of the season last year at Lowes. This year, flea beetles have been horrible and a few of my young eggplants were struggling.

Spinosad cleared them out and the eggplants took off. I had extra spray left so I sprayed the lower leaves on my tomatoes and it killed the flea beetles and aphids on them.

Gotta' give Captain Jack's an A+

Worth1 · May 11, 2019

Thanks.

ginger2778 · May 12, 2019

Good to know.

VC Scott · May 16, 2019

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Originally Posted by jtjmartin

I picked up a couple bottles of this at the end of the season last year at Lowes. This year, flea beetles have been horrible and a few of my young eggplants were struggling.

Spinosad cleared them out and the eggplants took off. I had extra spray left so I sprayed the lower leaves on my tomatoes and it killed the flea beetles and aphids on them.

Gotta' give Captain Jack's an A+

Captain Jack's is good, but know that you kill the beneficials with the evil doers. The flea beetles may be gone, but other evil doers who are now free from their natural controls may cause more damage. Be vigilant.

Greatgardens · May 16, 2019

I'll have to give Captain Jack's a try this summer!

brownrexx · May 17, 2019

Last year I had flea beetles on my eggplants and I tried something that I had read about online. I sprinkled used coffee ground on the plants and all around the ground around them. I can't say for sure that it worked because I didn't have any plants without coffee grounds but all 3 of my plants were flea beetle free and grew up healthy.

I am going to do this again this year since i just planted my eggplant seedlings yesterday.

jtjmartin · May 21, 2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by VC Scott

Captain Jack's is good, but know that you kill the beneficials with the evil doers. The flea beetles may be gone, but other evil doers who are now free from their natural controls may cause more damage. Be vigilant.

I try to spray when the beneficials are not active.

"Summary: Spinosad is a natural insecticide. The active ingredients in spinosad, spinosyn A and spinosyn D, are complex organic compounds made by soil microbes. Spinosad is a broad-spectrum pesticide but is only active if ingested or contacted while in liquid form, so has little residual effect on most beneficial species.
Jack DeAngelis, PhD
OSU Ext. Entomologist (ret.)"

May 11, 2019	#1
jtjmartin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b Posts: 1,110	Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew w/ Spinosad I picked up a couple bottles of this at the end of the season last year at Lowes. This year, flea beetles have been horrible and a few of my young eggplants were struggling. Spinosad cleared them out and the eggplants took off. I had extra spray left so I sprayed the lower leaves on my tomatoes and it killed the flea beetles and aphids on them. Gotta' give Captain Jack's an A+ Last edited by jtjmartin; May 11, 2019 at 04:42 PM.

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May 11, 2019	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Thanks.

May 12, 2019	#3
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Good to know.

May 16, 2019	#5
Greatgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,124	I'll have to give Captain Jack's a try this summer!

May 17, 2019	#6
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Last year I had flea beetles on my eggplants and I tried something that I had read about online. I sprinkled used coffee ground on the plants and all around the ground around them. I can't say for sure that it worked because I didn't have any plants without coffee grounds but all 3 of my plants were flea beetle free and grew up healthy. I am going to do this again this year since i just planted my eggplant seedlings yesterday.