Organic Insect Control
by John Yazo
Organic methods of insect control are allot safer for both you and the environment. The use of chemicals and pesticides will harm or kill the beneficial organism in your garden soil that are needed to have a good healthy organic balanced soil for your plants to thrive.
Before you can start controlling insects you have to know the good ones from the bad ones. You should be able to recognize all the stages of a insects life not just what they look like after they mature to there adult stage. Knowing the egg form of insects will benefit you by being able to destroy the unwanted insects before they start doing damage to your crops.
Watching your plants and noticing damage at an early stage and figuring out what caused the damage. If you notice leaves with holes in them turn the leaf over and look for signs of larvae. Allot of times the insects that caused the damage are gone by the time you notice. It is a good practice to inspect your plants regularly before you see any signs of damage, this way you can destroy the eggs before they develop.
Attracting beneficial insects to your garden by planting attractive flowers and giving them a full time supply of water. Beneficial insects are a big help in controlling the pests that destroy your plants. Toads are another benefit that you can attract to your garden to aid in the control of unwanted insects.
There are other natural means of controlling insects in your garden. Keeping your garden clean, well mulched and weeded will help control insects. Insects like damp dark places to hide like under a pile of weeds that were pulled but never put in the compost or old plant containers laying on the ground.
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