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Controlling pests the natural wayControlling pests the natural way
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There ARE 2 KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL PEST CONTROL
• 1 - GROW A HEALTHY PLANT
2 - DEVELOP BIODIVERSITY IN YOUR GARDEN
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• DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY SOIL FOOD WEB
• OPTIMIZE NUTRIENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PLANTS
GROW A HEALTHY PLANT
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• 1- DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY SOIL FOOD WEB
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• DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY SOIL FOOD WEB
- COMPOST- MULCHES
- COVER CROPS
Herbicides and pesticides kill soil microorganisms
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• OPTIMIZE NUTRIENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PLANTS
- GET A SOIL TEST
- GARDENING IS AN EXTRACTIVE PROCESS. REPLACE NUTRIENTS
REMOVED BY HARVESTING
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• BUGSCAPING
• BUILD WILDLIFE HABITAT
DEVELOP BIODIVERSITY IN THE GARDEN
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• BUGSCAPING
- PLANT SPECIFIC PLANTS THAT ATTRACT BENEFICIAL INSECTS
- ALLOW SOME CROP PLANTS TO FLOWER
- MANY “WEEDS” ARE GOOD BENEFICIAL INSECT
ATTRACTORS
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• EXAMPLES OF GOOD BUGSCAPING PLANTS
Parsley Chives Ground Ivy
Smartweed Cilantro Yarrow
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• POLLINATORS
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• PREDATORS
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• BUILD WILDLIFE HABITAT
- SHRUBS PROVIDE HOMES FOR BIRDS AND PREYING MANTIS
- ROCKS PROVIDE HOMES FOR TOADS, SNAKES AND LIZARDS
- LOGS PROVIDE HOMES FOR BEETLES
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•AVOID PESTS AND DISEASES
•ATTRACT BENEFICIAL ORGANISMS TO HELP US
•ANTICIPATE POTENTIAL DISEASE AND INSECT
PROBLEMS
•OBSERVE THE GARDEN FOR SIGNS
•INTERVENE USING METHODS THAT ARE LEAST
HARMFUL TO US AND THE ENVIRONMENT
A STRATEGY FOR MINIMIZING PEST
DAMAGE IN THE GARDEN
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•AVOID PESTS AND DISEASES
- PLANT DISEASE AND INSECT RESISTANT VARIETIES
•ATTRACT BENEFICIAL
INSECTS TO HELP US
- PRACTICE BUGSCAPING
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•ANTICIPATE POTENTIAL
DISEASE AND INSECT
PROBLEMS- TIME PLANTINGS TO AVOID PESTS
- USE YELLOW STICKY TRAPS TO MONITOR FOR PESTS
- USE ROW COVERS TO EXCLUDE PESTS
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•OBSERVE THE GARDEN FOR
SIGNS
SQUASH BUG EGGS
SQUASH BUG LARVAE
ADULT SQUASH BUG
LADY BUG EGGS LADY BUG LARVAE ADULT LADY BUG
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•OBSERVE THE GARDEN FOR
SIGNS
SQUASH LADY BEETLE LADY BUG
TRICHOGRAMMA WASP COCOONS ON TOMATO HORN
WORM
APHIDS APHID MIDGESMEALYBUG DESTROYER
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•OBSERVE THE GARDEN FOR
SIGNS
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE EGGS
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE LARVA
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ADULT
GOLDEN TORTOISE BEETLE ASSASSIN BUG BLACK SWALLOWTAIL
BUTTERFLY LARVA
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•OBSERVE THE GARDEN FOR
SIGNS
UNKNOWN EGGS UNKNOWN INSECT UNKNOWN INSECT
SOUTHERN BLIGHT ON TOMATO
EARLY BLIGHT ON TOMATO
MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY IN SQUASH
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•INTERVENE USING METHODS THAT ARE LEAST
HARMFUL TO US AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- INTERPLANT CROPS TO CONFUSE INSECT PESTS- HAND PICKING- INSECTICIDAL SOAPS, NEEM OIL- BIOCONTROLS - BT, NEMATODES, B. SUBTILIS- ORGANIC-APPROVED CHEMICALS- USE BRASSICAS IN A ROTATION TO HELP W/ DISEASE CONTROL- SURRENDER
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•REDEFINE “WEEDS”- SOME WILD PLANTS HELP US
BY ACCUMULATING NUTRIENTS OR ATTRACTING
BENEFICIALS
•MINIMIZE TILLAGE
•DO NOT LET WEEDS GO TO SEED
•USE MULCHES TO SUPPRESS WEEDS
•USE COVER CROPS TO SUPPRESS WEEDS
WEED MANAGEMENT