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Catch indoor stinkbugs with LED light bulbs and lamps
Jody’s trap is simplicity itself. He uses two thick pieces of cardboard — each about the size of an extra-large pizza box — and three long strips of wood, each about 5/16 of an inch thick, “to create the size space that stinkbugs seem to prefer crawling into,” he notes. He staples the three strips of wood, lengthwise, to the inside of one piece of cardboard — one strip down the center and the other two several inches from each edge. Then, he staples the other piece of cardboard overtop and hangs it on the outside of his house, where most of the stinkers are gathering.
Keep stink bugs out with this easy-to-make trap. The cries have been heard from all over TOP-land: The stink bugs are coming; the stink bugs are coming … INSIDE! Yes, now that they’ve finished violating our late season tomatoes, the stinkers are looking for ways to get into our houses to hibernate for the winter. Enter Jody Williams, an amateur inventor from New Jersey who created a simple way to intercept them.
The stinkers crawl inside in huge numbers. Then once a day, he heartily shakes the contents out into a big plastic trash bag, closes the bag quickly and puts it out in the sun to kill the stinkers. Then he hangs the trap back up. He reports capturing thousands of pests that would otherwise have come inside to watch TV with him all winter. You’ll find step by step photos and a great how-to video at Jody’s website.
Make your own light trap. You can also try a few ‘do it yourself’ versions. There are several You Tube videos that show you how to make a trap similar to the Rescue device using a battery powered LED light bulbs, which is apparently sold at home stores for use in unlighted closets and such, and an empty soda bottle. Or, you can get an old, working table lamp, wrap cardboard around the body of the lamp and then spray the cardboard with sticky stuff or cover it with double stick tape.
Bugs attracted to the light on top of the lamp will get stuck on the ‘tar baby’ body. When your cardboard is covered with bugs, cut it off and replace with fresh. Although any kind of light will probably do — provided it’s the only light source in the room — researchers trapping stinkbugs in the field report that a blacklight seems to be the most effective. And I recently noticed several styles of blacklights — including one in the shape of a standard compact fluorescent swirly bulb — in a local home store’s ‘party light’ section. You can have a 60’s flashback party and lure stinkbugs to their doom, all in one night.
Trap indoor stinkers with light and what about the ones that do get indoors? Late this summer, the Rescue brand Stink Bug Trap appeared for sale in supermarkets and home stores. It’s a typical insect trap that you fit with pheromone lures so that the bugs will enter the trap instead of your tomatoes. And it was designed to be retro-fitted with a light instead of those sex lures for indoor use. The light assembly should now be available at the same stores. Here is what it looks like.
It’s a fixture containing six cute little LED light bulbs that can be powered by a wall socket or batteries. The bugs — presumably all kinds of bugs — are attracted to the light, and they enter the trap and then can’t get out. Place it in the attic, basement, or whatever room of your home seems to be their entry point, and make sure it’s the only light source in the area. In the morning all the stinkers will be trapped in the trap.
Note: If you still have working pheromone lures for the outdoor version of the Rescue trap, hang that trap outside for a while. Or, take the pheromone lures out and put them inside your homemade outdoor trap to make it doubly effective. Oh, and the flea traps I always recommend for home infestations — LED light bulbs suspended above a sheet of sticky paper positioned in an otherwise dark room — should also work well. They’re easy to make, and there are several pre-made brands available. Here’s the one Gardens Alive sells. And here’s one from Victor that you can find at some retail locations.
Winter lawn care: Don’t change cutting height. Cindy in Poolesville writes: “I was wondering when, or if, I should drop the blade on my mower to cut the grass closer to the ground. I kept the grass high in the summer, as per your recommendations, and it tolerated the lack of rain rather well.”
Well, now is not the time to seize defeat from the jaws of victory, Cindy. Although some people in far northern climates cut their grass closer over winter to avoid snow mold, it’s a dangerous tactic that can expose the grass to frost damage. And their problem wasn’t the cutting height to begin with, it was their heavily compacted soil holding too much winter moisture. A lawn that drains water well won’t get moldy. Continue to cut at three inches, and if your drainage is poor, use a core aerator to pull out plugs sometime over the next few weeks. Good drainage is the best protection against snow mold and other winter damage.
Feed Your Lawn Now. James in Boyds writes: “I remember you saying that now is the time to feed the lawn, but I’m not sure of the details. Could you repeat them?” Absolutely, James. Cool-season lawns — that’s everything in our area that’s not zoysia — should only be fed twice a year; once in spring and once right now.
Don’t use super high numbered chemical fertilizers. They stress the poor grass, and they’re destroying the bay and other fragile waterways. It may now even be illegal to use them in your area. So do the right thing: High nitrogen chemical fertilizers damage lawns and our water supplies. Just say no.
The best fall feeding is to spread an inch of high-quality yard-waste compost on your turf. Just dump wheelbarrow loads in relatively equal amounts around your lawn and then rake it in. The compost disappears, but does wonders for the health of your lawn and the soil underneath. It evens helps thatch disappear. Next best would be corn gluten meal. This natural, slow-release, high-nitrogen fertilizer is perfect for your lawn and the environment. Apply ten to twenty pounds per thousand square feet of turf. Third best would be a bagged organic lawn fertilizer, use as directed.
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