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Kerstin Houger
I live in washington state and last year planted a snowball bush. I noticed leaves eaten and took a couple to a local nursery. They identified the pest as viburnum leaf beetle, which is a newer pest in our area. The only option given to me at the by the nursery is a toxic, bee killing systemic delivered treatment. Is there any safe way to protect the plant from these beetles? Is there any other plant that I could raise and tincture the bark for “cramp bark”
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Greg Boggs
I haven’t tried this yet, but a coworker of mine said this, Captain Jack’s Dead Bug Spray, is good for killing the bugs that keep eating her flowers
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Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll read more about that product. My concern is, I want to use the limbs/bark to make cramp bark tincture. If the insecticide is absorbed into the plant that could make the bark toxic, then I wouldn’t want to use it medicinally.
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