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If you have a garden, it is clear that you will always have a variety of garden insects. The trick is knowing if the bug you found is friend or foe.
To keep your garden healthy and free of bugs that eat your vegetables and vegetables for lunch, learn to identify bad bugs early, and let the good bugs go ahead and do their work without hindrance, since they help to feed your plants from predators and also help in pollination.
When insects attack plants from your garden, you need to do is identify the insect. This will help you control it, be prepared and know what plants are favored by the insects, and what time of year they are active.
Look for clues about their plans to identify garden pests. Chewed leaves or flowers, black or gray spots on leaves and other signs point to various pests. Every garden leaves telltale signs of pests. Is the flowers pest eating out Plant the top of the stem? Does a nocturnal visitor chew holes in leaves, or just the edges of the sheet? You see bright silver stripes or snail shells around garden? A close look at the damage will reveal clues about the offending garden pests.
Aphids attack the leaves and stems of vegetables and plants. Plants that are under attack by a large number of aphids may show signs such as reduced growth, wilted leaves, dry twigs, needles withered and curled foliage. Look for clusters of small bugs, they can also transmit the virus to their plants, which causes them to die. They multiply quickly so you need to be alert, tiny pear-shaped pests often appear in spring and banquet in their tender new leaves of plants. Aphids come in many colors including green, black, brown, red and pink. Aphids can be easily moved from its plant with a continuous flow of water from your hose or you can rub them off your plants, use of gloves.
Ladybugs are natural predators of aphids and lacewings, praying mantis and spiders, so encourage these to your garden. Spray as a last resort, carefully and with an insecticide such as insecticidal soap to eliminate aphids.
Slugs and snails like to chew the leaves, particularly the plants growing in moist, shady sites. If you do not seethe during the day, you can often spot a trail of mud that they left behind and there will be large holes in leaves. You can trap slugs and snails by sinking packs of beer in his garden near damaged plants. Or sprinkle diatomaceous earth around plants affected.
The tomato hornworm eat plant leaves and can strip a tomato plant bare within hours. A natural remedy to repel hornworms is to plant marigolds in close proximity to the tomatoes. Grasshoppers chew the leaves of legumes and vegetables and can decimate a garden overnight. The birds eat grasshoppers, so it keeps attracting birds in check.
The caterpillars have a huge appetite and have been known to consume entire plants almost overnight. Try to identify the caterpillars before killing them. They can be an important species of butterfly or moth, not a curse at all. You can boot caterpillar pests with their hands, they can often be found on the part underside of leaves. If the physical elimination is not practical, spray with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) will control caterpillars.
The beetle Colorado potato pests potato, eggplant, tomatoes and peppers. The adult beetles are oval and about half the size of your thumbnail. They have red head and black and yellow stripes down their backs. Females lay clusters of bright orange oval eggs on the underside of leaves. Manual harvesting is the gardener's best defense against Colorado potato beetles. Knock any beetles and larvae found on a can of soapy water to eliminate them. For large outbreaks, spray Bt San Diego, while the larvae are small. As a deterrent, spread thick organic mulch to the garden to make it hard for emerging beetles to reach plants in spring.
Japanese beetles are the scourge of many gardens. Identify them by their green and golden brown bodies and holes chewed through the leaves. They attack roses, hollyhocks, glories the morning, and many other flowers and vegetables.
cucumber beetles eat holes in leaves and roots of cucumber, corn and other members of the squash family. They have bodies oval and black with yellow stripes or spots. For control, rotate crops each year. Apply a thick layer of mulch around plants may help lessen the attacks. attract predators such as ladybugs and parasitic wasps. If necessary, apply neem oil, a botanical pesticide, soil to kill larvae.
Caterpillars are larvae moths that live in soil and come out at night to feast on new seedlings. The plants are cut, often completely or just below the soil surface. Create a barrier around new plants with a plastic bottle, cut the top off and put the collar around the plant and push into the soil to prevent cutworm attack the stem. Birds as blue jays, sparrows, blackbirds and wrens feed on caterpillars. Attract birds by placing bird feeders near infested areas. You can also buy nematode parasites of caterpillars eat the soil.
Prevention is better than cure every time, you should try companion planting that is favored by many experienced gardeners garden to deter pests more.
About the Author
Colin Price has been very successful in all types of gardening over many years. Find more information on garden pests and take advantage of his knowledge and success to help create your own beautiful and productive garden by visiting => http://www.OutdoorAndGarden.com
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