Growing Crops That Preform As a Natural Method of Pest Control in Your Garden
by John Yazo
There is no need for pests to be a problem in your garden. There are natural methods that can keep them away from damaging your crops. A method called companion planting can benefit the health and productivity of your crops while controlling the predators that can destroy them.
Planting a garden with plants that can benefit each other and preform as a natural method of pest control is easy to do. With a little planing you can you can have a healthy garden that produces a high yield of crops and one that controls the predators that can attack it naturally.
There are many plants that are commonly planted in the home garden that will repel pests. Some of these include:
- Basil - asparagus beetles
- Green Bean - Colorado potato beetles
- Nasturtium - Colorado potato beetles, squash bugs
- Tomato - asparagus beetles
- Radish - cucumber beetles, Mexican bean leaf beetles, squash bugs, stink bugs
- Garlic - aphids, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, Mexican been leaf beetles, spider mites
- Onion - bean leaf beetle, carrot flies, flea beetles, Mexican bean leaf beetles, spider mites
- Potato - bean leaf beetles
- Turnip - bean leaf beetles, harlequin bugs
- Marigold - aphids, corn earworms, leaf hoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles, rabbits, squash bugs
- Oregano - cabbage butterflies, cucumber beetles
- Rosemary - imported cabbage worms, slugs
- Dill - aphids, cabbage moths, spider mites
- Lavender - mice, mosquitoes, moths, rabbits, ticks
- Fennel - aphids, slugs, snails, spider mites
- Mint - ants, aphids, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, squash bugs, white flies
- Tansy - ants, cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles, squash bugs
- Horseradish - potato beetles
- Geranium - Japanese beetles, leaf hoppers
- White Sage - asparagus beetles
- Larkspur - Japanese beetles
- Chives - aphids, Japanese beetles, spider mites
- Cloves - spider mites and squash vine borers
- Lettuce - carrot flies
- Petunia - Mexican bean leaf beetles, squash bugs
- Parsley - asparagus beetles, carrot flies
Companion planting is a natural and healthy way to control pest in your garden and can add dimension to your landscape and garden.
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