 Garden Pests
Aphids
Description of Pests
- Aphids are the most common pest in
the garden along with ants and snails. Aphids suck sap from plants, weakening plant. large
numbers can cause damage aphids excrete a honeydew which is used by ants and other
creatures and diseases as well.
Attacks
- beans, cabbage, spinach, and most
vegetables, flowers, roses.
Organic Treatments
- control ants and other pests
Dances with Ants Dept ....
- reduce stress thru proper nutrition
- use coffee grinds around base of plant
- use Earthworm castings
- control watering
- use organic sprays Natural Spraying Dept
- see also Aphid predator
- a good spray is to use Tabasco sauce and soapy water. test for
strength first. a good soap is Dr. Bronners Peppermint soap or Cal Ben
Soap or safer Soap
add 5 tablespoons soap /2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce or Mongolian Fire Oil or any
Sesame OIl or Canola Oil, to gallon water, spray on leaves and aphids. Best to use in afternoon and
avoid hot days.
- Use OrangeTKO diluted at 1/4
oz per gallon water
- still need help? Try Ask Andy department or join and then you can call me on my radio
show.
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- Do not use soaps that are
chemically made or that have strange chemical additives or preservatives. Instead use only
natural soap, either citrus or peppermint based are best but try herbal soaps. Use only a
very small amount of soap and use only when necessary.
- Get Dr Bronners Soap here
- for more information on soap From Using Soap to Using Ultra Fine Oil
Some Resources
Monterey LG6135 Garden Insect Spray Contains Spinosad, 32-Ounce
Spinosad for home gardeners Use on vegetable and fruit
crops, ornamentals, and turf to control caterpillars as well as beetles,
leafminers, thrips, Colorado potato beetles, fire ants and more!
Use 4 Tbs/gal water.
Spinosad insecticides are nerve and stomach poison derived via
fermentation from naturally occurring bacterium Saccharopolyspora
spinosa. New chemistry represents an alternative to Bt for worm control
and offers excellent control of targeted pests and low toxicity to
non-target organisms, including most beneficial insects. Low mammalian
toxicity, helps conserve beneficials.
Insecticide Organic Pyganic 5% Pyrethrin 1 Quart Size this isthe 5%, they also have the 1%
 Apply
1/4 - 1 tsp/gal. Finally, an OMRI-listed pyrethrum-based
insecticide! PyGanic contains a pyrethrum formula specifically
developed for use on organic crops and ornamentals. It provides
rapid knockdown and killing of more than 40 plant pests, as well as
causing insects and mites to flush from hiding. Pests controlled
include aphids, beetles, caterpillars, cucumber beetles, flea
beetles, Harlequin bugs, thrips, etc. PyGanic is approved for use on
over 200 fruits and vegetables and may be applied on the day of
harvest. According to the manufacturer, it is non-persistent in the
environment.
Organocide - Quart
 Sesame
& Fish Oil Organocide is an insecticide to eggs, larvae and nymphs of
insects as well as the adults of soft-bodied insects. Controls a wide
range of insects including, but not limited to, chinch bug, spider
mites, aphids, leaf-rollers, leaf miners, whiteflies, fungus gnats,
thrips and some scale. It also controls certain fungal diseases like
powdery mildew and citrus greasy spot. Labeled for most vegetables,
fruits, vines, herbs, ornamentals, greenhouse crops, flowers and field
crops. Consisting of 5% sesame oil and 92% fish oil, the manufacturer
applied for a patent for the synergy between the oils for improved
insect and disease control. According to the manufacturers, Organocide
has a higher degree of safety to most plants than petroleum oils, even
when applied on the hottest days. Use 1-2 gal/100 gal of water or 2
oz/gal of water. This pest control is exempt from registration and
reporting under the Federal & CA EPA standards and therefore requires no
Pest ID#.
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Last Update:
12/07/12
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