Getting rid of Potato bugs?

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Each year we grow about 100 potato plants so there is enough to feed my husbands parent, us and his brothers family.  Well we have developed a major potato bug issue.  They have eaten most of the plants down to almost nothing.  We try to collect them off the plants and kill them by putting them in oil. However we cannot get all of them.  Because there are so many potatoes we cannot just plant in a different spot each year.  Is there any other methods to help get rid of them.  We do not want to use a lot of chemicals either.

mermeliz · Accepted Answer

How to Kill Potato Bugs:
http://www.essortment.com/all/potatobuggarde_rjdx.htm

Get lots of lady bugs and put them in your potato patch:
Sta-Home™ Lady Beetles eat the beetle eggs and Grub-Away Nematodes kill the larvae when they move to the ground. Products containing spinosad, derived from the fermentation juices of a soil bacterium, are effective in controlling both larvae and adults.

friedt · Answer

you recommend roley polleys or genuine potato bugs. Get the granules you sprinkel on the floor, discovered the place the snail stuff like Buggetta is. If its rolley polleys and you have infants they are bringing them in. have faith me .

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