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Edible Garden Organic Bug Killer - Do you need one? First thing to consider is, are the bugs in your garden a pest? Does the plant appear to be dying? Is the fruit or flower of the plant affected? Is the plant still growing? There are many bugs that actually help in the edible garden. If you do decide you need to take action, then you may kill helpful bugs, as well as the ones doing harm to your garden. You should take several days to monitor the affected plants. There are some simple and safe tips that will maintain the edible garden, First you must work out which bugs are affecting your plants. You must establish which bugs you need to target, there may be plants which deter the bugs or that a predator of the bug may like to live in. Bugs do not like garlic and chillies; you can make your own spray by grinding these down and adding water. Keep the concentration low to avoid leaf burn. This is a great method for the edible gardener that wants to avoid using insecticides. However the smell of the garlic is not to everyone's taste. Plants that are properly watered and fertilized are more resistant to pests. Do not use your own seeds if the plant that they came from had some disease, it is best to buy new seeds from a seed supplier each year. Water your plants in the morning to prevent disease; you may get fungal trouble if you water at night. Changing the layout of your edible garden each year will help to eliminate some soil born disease. This is called crop rotation. Some crops take more from the soil than others; some crops also add nutrients to the soil. It is important to reduce the places in which the pests may live such as debris piles and weeds. Barriers around the plants can be affective against some bugs like grubs, wireworms and cutworms. Predators in the edible garden include spiders, ladybirds, lacewings, praying mantis and ground beetles. Some common pests in the garden.
Red spider mite is a common pest that typically affects tomatoes in the edible garden it can be controlled biologically by using their natural enemy, the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Slugs and snails: Easy to spot and to control. A copper barrier is especially effective against slugs. You can pick them off at night by torchlight. You can sprinkle them with salt. Use a beer trap. Encourage natural predators like toads and hedgehogs. White fly: Normally a greenhouse pest and quite difficult to eliminate. A natural predator is a tiny parasitic wasp called Encarsia Formosa. The wasp will cope with small numbers, but if your white fly is too great in number then you will need to clean the greenhouse with jeyes fluid and spray the plants with growing success bug spray, which contains natural plant oils. Aphids: Combat aphids with ladybirds, to attract ladybirds to your garden plant marigolds. Natural pest spray available from GROWING SUCCESS BUG KILLER Growing success bug killer will kill common pests in the edible garden. It will kill Greenfly, Whitefly, Red spider mite, Thrips, Black fly and Scale. The product contains natural plant oils and is suitable for Organic gardeners.
By Chris Wilkinson @ http://www.gardenedibles.co.uk/ Growing for health and wealth
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