dear fellow gardener here is link to help you asap.

Here is a link that might be useful: garden bug removal

I have been reading about nematodes. Is it best to spray this in between the rows or should we spray it down the rows and plant right away? We need to get our plants and seeds in right away, but don't know if you need to wait a certain amount of time before planting after applying something like Terranem. Thanks so much for any help.

Thanks for that link, Cowpie51....you saved me time! I am exhausted from gardens already....I have a tiny one of my own and my son's summer garden is 20 times the size of mine!
I didn't read your post until I had already asked another question above about Nematodes. Thanks for your help!
If anyone knows about Nematodes please comment if you have the time. Thanks so much!

We just hand pick them once or twice a day. We walk our potato patches and get as many as possible. When we find a "Hot Spot" we try to pick all we can find. Yes it takes awhile, but we find if you do this for 1-2 weeks, you reduce the number by a great margin. We planted 300 pounds of seed potatoes this year.

Jay

I have always planted my green beans near my potatoes and haven't seen hardly any since I started doing this. I know some people will discount this, but it has worked for me. It's worth a try.

Marla

Spinosad works ok on CPBs. You can get a formula for them. Squish the bugs between fingers not with a rock. They don't prefer peppers if there are eggplant, potatoes or tomatoes (in that order). They will kill eggplant quickly.

OK, I'll bite, Minnie. Why not squish them with a rock?

ThinMan

Because it is so much more satisfying of course.

Actually, I think I read that the bug juice on your fingers transfers to the plants as you work, and the CPB dislike the smell of their departed brethren so it has a deterent effect.

Tom

Most of the time they are on a plant and you need to quickly pinch them dead before you lose them. I squished a few today in the vicinity going 'hey where are the potatoes this year?'

It's a pity you don't have a flock of chickens to turn loose on them. Those feathered piranhas are quicker than any human hand, and they don't bother with rocks.

If you do have some chickens (borrowed?), get some fence wire and circle the area, turn the birds loose.

I have chickens and have been hand picking and feeding them to them They seemed a little shy of them at first but now gobble them up. I've been meaning to try them but was a little concerned they would eat the potato plants as well.