Natural Insect Control

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Natural Insect Control

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The best way to prevent insect damage in your garden is not to invite insects into your garden. It takes a little time pull up the insect welcome mat, but in the long run you'll save yourself a lot of time and disappointment.

 

Choose from the menu below for information about controlling specific insects. The following suggestions are simply good gardening practices that will help to reduce the hostile insect population in your garden.

Healthy plants attract fewer pests, and healthy soil grows healthy plants.Make soil building a priority in your garden, and use organic fertilizers to help your plants along while you build you soil. For soil-building information, see our information on composting, green manure and mulch.

Keep the garden clean and free of debris and weeds.Weeds and debris are hiding and breeding places for insects, and the weeds will compete with your plants for nutrients and water.

Don't spread problems on your hands, feet or tools.If you've been working with infested plants, clean your tools and wash your hands before going on to the next plant. Clean your tools thoroughly in the fall to avoid introducing last year's problems into next year's garden.

 

Select a pest from the following list. Please use your browser's "back" button to return to this page.

 

 

 

 

Aphids

 

Leafhopper

 

 

Asparagus Beetle

 

Leaf Miners

 

 

Cabbage Looper

 

Mexican Bean Beetle

 

 

Cabbage Maggot

 

Onion Maggot

 

 

Carrot Rust Flies

 

Slugs

 

 

Colorado Potato Beetle

 

Spider Mites

 

 

Corn Earworm

 

Squash Bug

 

 

Cutworms

 

Squash Vine Borer

 

 

European Corn Borer

 

Striped Cucumber Beetle

 

 

Flea Beetles

 

Tarnished Plant Bugs

 

 

Harlequin Bugs

 

Thrips

 

 

Hornworms

 

Weevils

 

 

Japanese Beetles

 

Wireworm

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