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17.07.2023 - 15:47 / treehugger.com
As a long-term advocate for organic growing, time and time again I come up across the same misconceptions about organic pest control and what it really involves. These myths can easily get in the way when we are trying to create healthy, beautiful, and productive gardens.
The biggest things that people get wrong about organic pest control are:
I wanted to have a quick look at each of these assumptions and explain in a little more depth why each of them is wrong and why this can lead to barriers to understanding effective organic pest control.
I am often asked how to «get rid» of a particular pest in a garden. But getting rid of particular pests should never be the goal of organic pest control, with the exception of a few non-native and invasive species, of course.
One of the most important things to remember in any organic garden is that even pest species can be crucial parts of the garden ecosystem—with important roles to play in the local ecology. Seeking to eradicate them entirely does immense harm to the biodiversity and health of the ecosystem.
What is more, if we eradicate pests entirely, we risk creating a vacuum in which more pests will come to fill. And when the pests in question are gone, this will mean fewer of the predators that keep their numbers in check. So when the pests inevitably return, their population can boom, and the problem can be worse than ever.
Instead of trying to eradicate particular pests, we should instead be thinking about how to repel, confuse, distract, or redirect a particular species so that they do not decimate our crops or favorite plants.
And we may also, crucially, work on ways to keep their population in check and their numbers down without getting rid of them altogether—largely
If you have always wanted to know about the world of different Types of Dragonfly in the Garden, then this post is a must-read!
Now part of this garden is down to crazy paving the Qualcast grass box is needed less and can be put to a different use. It looks like a ‘unibarrow’ has got in on the act to make a feature planter for these pansies.
Ants can be an unsightly nuisance and inspire concern. However they do not directly damage plants but are more a sign that you have another pest problem.
Fountain in Oxford Botanic gardens.
White is the second most useful colour in the garden after green. I am progressively increasing the number and variety of white and grey plants that I grow.
Grasses give a rich combination of autumnal colours
Some animals can be a real pest in the garden. Their crimes include eating the wrong thing, digging in the wrong area, turning grass brown with urine and leaving a dirty mess. Some chose your favourite plants to damage as I know from some aggressive over fed pigeons in my own garden. In my experience the worst offenders are rabbits, cats, mice, deer, pigeons and dogs including foxes. Rats cause concern but have not caused direct damage in my garden.
Where has all the rain gone? In winter there were floods aplenty so I was predicting water rationing by summer. Now it is mid May and the ground is parched and rock hard.
I was picking the Czar plums to make more jam when a wasp was disturbed from eating it’s lunch. Wasps go for my plums just as they are at their sweetest best. My problem was I couldn’t see which plums had a wasp in the fruit if they were above head height or facing away from my hand. The resulting sting set me on the trail of other stingers in the garden.
Colorful ferns can be an excellent addition to any garden or indoor plant collection. These plants are characterized by their beautiful, vibrant fronds ranging from shades of pink, red, yellow, and even purple.
If you are looking for an easy and cheap ways to keep you plants safe in home and yard, then do not miss this list on the most Common Items in Home to Solve All of Pest Problems!
Want to add a tropical flair to your garden this spring? Elephant ears will add a bold statement to a filtered sun or high shade spot. These striking “drama queens” of the garden may be either in genera Colocasia or Alocasia. The easiest way to tell these beauties apart is that colocasias (Colocasia esculenta) will have leaves that point downward, and alocasia (Alocasia species) leaves will point upward. Depending on the species or cultivar of each genus, the size can range from 3 to 10 feet tall and 2 to 10 feet in width. Both types of elephant ears are native to the tropical regions of Southeastern Asia.