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Beneficial Insects
Beneficial Insects
Beneficial insects are insects which you can attract to your garden, or buy from catalogues, which prey on harmful insects or their larvae. There are many different species for specific problems, and more information is available at several of the links listed on this page.
Brachonids,Chalcids and Ichneumon Wasps
These small beneficial insects destroy leaf-eating caterpillars.
How to kill just about everything (pests and diseases, that is)
How to kill just about everything (pests and diseases, that is)
By Jackie French
It can come as a shock to a gardening writer to find out that even her kids don't know their pests from their diseases.
"It's whitefly," I said, looking at the brown edges and tiny specks on my son's bonsai maple tree. I reached for the wettex and began to wipe them off the leaves.
Roses
Ok, I thought maybe I'd do an in depth blog about certain flowers, starting with the Queen of all flowers, the Rose. Please let me know if you like this idea or not ... and if you do, put in requests for a particular flower.
Organic Gardening Tips
Looking for tips on specific types of vegetables or herbs? Get vegetable gardening and herb gardening tips here. Or read about 11 useful organic gardening products for your home garden.Non-toxic and Homemade Remedies
Non-toxic and Homemade Remedies
Homemade remedies are inexpensive and, best of all, you know what is going into your garden. Many homemade sprays have been used with good results to control harmful insects. They usually involve noxious (but non-toxic) ingredients such as garlic, cayenne, stinging nettles or horsetail which are diluted in water and blended to be sprayed on the plants.
Trap and Barrier Pest Control Methods
Traps and Barriers
Yellow Flypaper: Old-fashioned fly-paper is very effective in the garden for aphids and whiteflies. In fact, any board or heavy paper painted yellow and coated with a sticky substance such as tanglefoot (available at garden centers) will do the job.
Pheremones: These biological mating scents attract insects to a trap which is coated with a sticky substance.
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