Does anyone know of any organic control for grasshoppers?

[NotMeantForTheCity]

I know about nolo bait, but nobody has any in stock. My yard and the community garden I am involved with both have grasshoppers, although it's still too cold for them to be active. But, if I can't get them under control, I'll have no hope of growing corn.

 

[Weedygarden]

Have you tried diatomaceous earth?

 

[BBLife]

https://www.amazon.com/Praying-100-400-Hirts-Hatching-Habitat/dp/B000MR7B26/ref=asc_df_B000MR7B26/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=242042854966&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10455150130130112640&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009991&hvtargid=pla-1159783558742&psc=1

Get several of these and sit them around to hatch.

 

[SheepDog]

Snakes and lizards.

 

[Tommyice]

WEF?

All kidding aside, I would agree with the diatomaceous earth.

 

[NotMeantForTheCity]

Have you tried diatomaceous earth?

DE is one of my go-to pest controls, but as far as I know grasshoppers spend their larval stage below grown, so DE doesn't work on them.

 

[NotMeantForTheCity]

https://www.amazon.com/Praying-100-400-Hirts-Hatching-Habitat/dp/B000MR7B26/ref=asc_df_B000MR7B26/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=242042854966&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10455150130130112640&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009991&hvtargid=pla-1159783558742&psc=1

Get several of these and sit them around to hatch.

A local ACE hardware had these and ladybugs about a month ago, when it was still too cold to release them. I'll check again, but if any are left they'll likely all dead.

 

[NotMeantForTheCity]

Snakes and lizards.

I've heard that lizards and cats are the 2 main predators for grasshoppers. I have both in abundance, but they refuse to eat their quota.

 

[BBLife]

A local ACE hardware had these and ladybugs about a month ago, when it was still too cold to release them. I'll check again, but if any are left they'll likely all dead.

The ladybugs would be fine if you can find a good hole or protected place to put them outside. The eggs should also be fine as they would not hatch until temps get where they need to be. I have the invasive ladybugs crawling all over my cabin and have been just catching them and tossing them out the door. They just happened to be looking for winter hideouts when I was doing the final work of drying in the house so they got in and wintered with me.

 

[Patchouli]

Hungry seagulls, but I don't guess you're within seagull range...?

 

[BBLife]

Couple of 7 year old boys and some jars and they will have them gone in no time.

 

[Amish Heart]

Our guinea fowl take care of them. Chickens, too. But DE works fine. You can get a big bag at Tractor.

 

[BBLife]

On a note from old timers solution ... grow a good patch of gourds to turn into Bluebird houses and put them in clusters of 6 or more per pole around the garden area. If you can get them to make a home of it and come back they eat a lot of grasshoppers.

 

[montanabill]

I drenched my plants in diatomacious earth, I used any natural pest killer repelant, I used some heavy duty farm store killing chemicals. Nothing worked in my garden till I raised some killer chickens last spring. Not a grasshopper anywhere they could get to them. The hoppers get so bad here they eat all the leaves off of trees and shrubs and kill the curiganna used for windbreaks.

 

[NotMeantForTheCity]

The ladybugs would be fine if you can find a good hole or protected place to put them outside. The eggs should also be fine as they would not hatch until temps get where they need to be. I have the invasive ladybugs crawling all over my cabin and have been just catching them and tossing them out the door. They just happened to be looking for winter hideouts when I was doing the final work of drying in the house so they got in and wintered with me.

The weather in my part of Florida can be very erratic in the winter. We had freezing temps last week, but today the high was 84. If we don't have more freezing temps before spring, I would be very surprised.

 

[NotMeantForTheCity]

Hungry seagulls, but I don't guess you're within seagull range...?

I'm about 35 miles inland, and we do get seagulls in my part of town, but they prefer parking lots.

 

[NotMeantForTheCity]

I drenched my plants in diatomacious earth, I used any natural pest killer repelant, I used some heavy duty farm store killing chemicals. Nothing worked in my garden till I raised some killer chickens last spring. Not a grasshopper anywhere they could get to them. The hoppers get so bad here they eat all the leaves off of trees and shrubs and kill the curiganna used for windbreaks.

We have some stupid city laws here: 1. You cannot keep chickens without getting a permit; 2. You have to take a USDA animal welfare course to get the permit and 3. No matter how much property you have, you cannot have more than 4 chickens.

Several people in my neighborhood have chickens and they are allowed to run loose. I've been contemplating doing a mugging ever since a flat of eggs hit $7 last summer.

 

[Mountain trapper]

DDT?
We have a huge problem with grasshoppers here. I'd like to try some natural pest control in our garden too. Our chickens and ducks eat a lot, but the hoppers cover hundreds of acres here. Not sure how to control them over such a large area.

 

[Patchouli]

6 Natural Strategies for Managing Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers can pose a significant threat to your garden or farm! Learn how to manage them naturally, without using toxic pesticides.

www.pesticide.org

Some good ideas on above website, without using dangerous pesticides.

 

[Hooch]

I hope we get a break this year from them..I'm hopeful since the west received so much rain.