 Garden
Pests
Grasshoppers
Description of Insect
Any kind of grasshopper
Description of Damage
Chew leaves leaving holes eats
seedlings, stems. feeds at night, eats fruit
Attacks
flowers, seedlings, most fruit and vegetables
Organic Controls:
- handpicking
- floating row cover
- destroy infested plants
- use barriers/traps
- A good trap/attractant is as follows: in a bowel place small apple
cider, or
vinegar. Attracts, replace with new mixture. try different types like wine,
beer, whisky,
etc. reduce food supply by controlling weeds
Safe Botanicals:
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Cayenne Pepper (Tabasco sauce)
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Garlic Sprays
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Dr.
Bronners Peppermint soap
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Garden or Food Grade DE
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A sample formula for spraying: in a quart water filled near to top add: 5 drops
Tabasco sauce 1 drop Dr. Bronners peppermint soap or use shaklees basic H or any natural
soap 2 drops garlic oil or crushed or bought spray on leaves and directly on bug. test for
strength to avoid damage to plants. Pyrethrium can be dusted around the plants. avoid
beneficials be pest specific
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A good dust mixture is: 1 part Pyrethrium 1 part Garden or Food Grade DE 1 part alfalfa
meal 1/8 part cayenne pepper dust around plants and under leaves, don't water for 24 hrs
avoid beneficials, be pest specific
- 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
Natural Predators
- Predatory Nematodes Dr. Pye's Scanmask 7 Million Live Beneficial Nematodes
- Need more help?
Advanced
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see also Radionics (coming soon)
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see also Essential Oil
The Invisible Gardener
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Last Update:
March 7, 2013
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