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Originally Posted by Uptown Girl
Do you know what is eating your shrubs? If it is something like grasshoppers, there is no seasonal treatment to deter them. Until you can get the expert's help, you can safely mix up some sudsy dish water (lemon dish soap is pretty good) and spray/squirt it on your shrubs. Bugs don't like the taste and will usually move on. (it WILL wash off in the rain, and must be reapplied)
It may be a bit of a chore, but might be of help in the meantime.
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Shaved Irish Spring soap mixed in hot water has worked very well for us. as you've said, it must be reapplied after a rain.