Organic pest control is a term referred to the way of controlling pests in a bio-organic and natural manner; this means that you will remove any pests from your garden without using any chemical pesticides or commercial non-organic pest control products. The products you’re going to grow, the soil you are growing in & the plants that come to fruition are much healthier and stronger.
Aphid: For a small infestation, use physical removal or cleaning with water pressure. Otherwise, use insecticidal soap, bug-eating birds like the bluebird, neem oil.
Armyworm: Use of beneficial insects like Trichogramma wasps, ladybugs, lacewing & beneficial birds, use of horticultural oils & neem oil.
Asparagus beetle: Handpicking & using soap water spray on them, applying Neem oil on plants, use of beneficial insects.
Blister beetle: Taking the help of beneficial insects like praying mantis, flicking them into soapy water (avoid handpicking, or you may get blisters on your hand).
Cabbage root maggot: Try insecticide to cover the soil around the base of your plant, use birds to kill cabbage root fly, and prevent them from laying eggs.
Cabbage worm: Covering plants with row covers to prevent butterflies from laying eggs. Handpick them if possible, or use yellow sticky traps. Also, take the help of predator wasps like Trichogramma wasps.
Carrot rust fly: First, you need to cover the seedbeds with row covers and avoid leaving any carrots in the ground over winter, use crop rotation strategy & plant them in raised beds.
Corn earworm: Lure the beneficial insects like Trichogramma Wasps, soldier beetles, green lacewings, or use insecticidal sprays, but be aware that these sprays may harm honeybees.
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