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- NATURAL REPELLENTS: Garlic spray and hot pepper wax
are our two primary insecticides. Both work well as repellants.
The last resort in a major outbreak is a soap based spray which
will kill some insects such as aphids.
- ROW COVERS: Another preventative ploy we use is row
covers. By making the herbs inaccessible to the insects
damage is kept to a minimum.
- NATURAL PREDATORS: For several years we have been
releasing lady bugs and preying mantises and setting up
habitats to attract parasitic wasps,bluebirds,swallows and martins.
From a neighboring pond,
we have a gaggle
of geese that make
a daily walkthrough
in search of
grasshoppers.
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Insects on the WWW:
Stay Tuned
Pest Management at the Crossroads:
Stay Tuned
EWG Pesticides Page:
www.ewg.org/pub/home/pesticides
/pesticides.html
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