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Common garden pests: Identifying garden pests and How to control them.
If you have plants then at some point you have had or will have bugs and insects.
Some of them are good bugs that help control the bad bug population. And even bad bugs aren't bad by themselves but large infestations can totally wipe out your plants.
If only a small infestation is present, spraying your plants with a blast from your water hose can help control plant pests.
Identifying insects can sometimes be difficult so knowing what to look for can help with eliminating them.
Tips to keep pests away:
NOTE: I try to use organic garden pest control to get rid of bugs and insects in my yard because even though pesticides work they will also eliminate beneficial insects that we need as well. That is always something to keep in mind.
There are a lot of beneficial garden insects that will get rid of common garden pests. Each of these bugs has their own favourite bad bug they
prefer.
Here are some of the most common garden pests you may encounter.
These green and copper looking beetles will eat your leaves until they look like skeletons with only the veins of the leaves remaining. They can destroy your entire plant within a day.
These small soft-body insects suck the sap out of your plants and leave honeydew behind that attracts ants and can drop off trees and onto your car, and outdoor furniture.
These little white cotton-like bugs can destroy your plants by sucking the sap out of the leaves which make them turn yellow and die.
These little pests look like bumps on the stems and leaves of your plants. The part you see is the protective coating over the insect.
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These plant pests do not hurt humans but they will eat your plants. If you find holes in the leaves, then earwigs might be the cause.
These slimy little insects will leave holes in the leaves of your plant during the night and hide in cool damp places during the day.
They love to munch on leaves making your plant look unhealthy. They eat half the leaf and move onto the next one.
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Found on both houseplants and outdoor plants, these microscope insects will suck the sap out of the leaves and eventually they turn yellow and drop off the plant and eventually kill the plant.
If you see wiggly lines through your leaves, then chances are you have leaf miners.
They are larva from wasps, sawflies, and flies and live inside the leaves.
These soft bodied, winged insects love to suck the sap out of leaves and leave behind honeydew that attracts ants and can drip from the leaves onto anything that is under them.
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While doing research on garden pests I came across 2 organic pests control products that seem to be easy to use.
AzaMax is according to General Hydroponics “natural insecticide, miticide, and nematicide made from Neemazal® Technical (Purest Azadirachtin technical of highest concentration in the world). This is extracted from the neem seed kernel.”
It will work to get rid o the following common garden pests:
This includes over 200 types of bugs and insects but it doesn’t harm the beneficial insects that also help out in the garden. The only place I have found to buy it is at Walmart.ca. As far as I know it’s not available in store, just online.
Tanglefoot is a sticky barrier that is applied to the trunk of trees and shrubs to stop crawling insects from getting into the plant.
Ants are known to protect sucking insects that produce honeydew. When the ants are protecting these insects, beneficial insects can’t do their job of destroying the bad insects so it’s important to get rid of ants and other crawling insects that are protecting the bad insects.
When Tanglefoot is applied the crawling insects can’t get past the sticky barrier and therefore it’s easier to destroy bad bugs.
Tanglefoot will stop these common garden pests:
Tanglefoot is available at Home Depot, Home Hardware, Canadian Tire and a few other places.
Something else to consider is that you can add some pest resistant plants to your landscape to keep unwanted bugs and insects away.
Plants that have a strong scent or an unattractive taste will repel common garden pests.
After doing extensive research I have come up with a long list of plants that will repel garden pests.
Herbs
Flowers
The above list is pest resistant plants. Try planting them around the plants you want to protect.
There are a lot of ways to deal with bugs and insects if they become harmful to your plants.
Do you use all natural remedies like dish soap and water or do you use insecticides? And on which insects?
Do you have other insects not listed here? How do you eliminate them?
What is YOUR best way to get rid of pests?
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Identifying and dealing with garden pests is something every gardener has to do at some point. How are you dealing with the bugs and insects that invade YOUR yard?
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Best Recipe for Garden Pest Control
This is a recipe I use in my garden to control garden pests that are eating my plants.
Organic recipe with Chillies and Garlic
1/2 cup chillies …
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