Pest control should be done with the greatest possible attention to safety; safety in terms of plants, animals and people. This is especially true for those with vegetable and organic gardens.
The main purpose of growing vegetables organically reports will be, if they are infected with the pest control chemicals.
Here are a few long term maintenance tips to pest control is less harmful and more environmentally friendly.
1. use the physical pest control-process.
This could be achieved by means of larvae with the hand picking, creating obstacles and traps and closing holes. Snails can be found hidden in damp places under rocks and the basis of those plants with towrds straplike foliage.
2. application of biological control of pests.
Encourage Predatory insects like green lacewings and dragonflies to feed on aphids and other pests that attack of your plants. You can do this by placing a shallow Bowl with water in the garden. Dragonflies will hover around water. Bacterial insecticides such as b. thuringiensis can also be used against caterpillars.
3. only as a last resort should we go to chemical pest control.
Biological pest control methods can be successful and you will find the ingredients for many of the recipes in the kitchen cabinets. If chemical sprays are really needed, try and find the least-toxic. These include insecticidal SOAP, horticultural oils, dry, dust, etc.
4. consider the use of safer substitutes for the control of the plague.
Recipes for alternative pest control include the following:
Mix Green against aphids and mites-1 tablespoon liquid soap and a cup of vegetable oil. Dilute a teaspoon of this solution into a cup of water and spray on aphids and mites.
Against cockroaches-substance of boric acid can be applied to cracks or entry points of these insects. Bay leaves on pantry shelves can also help in repelling these critters.
Make sure the chemicals you are made specifically for the insects that you are targeting.
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