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Eco-Friendly Vegetable Pest Control Part 2
We know we only have one planet and that poisonous insecticides are not only healthy for consumers to eat on vegetables but that they are not easily broken down and remain as a poison in the environment for an extended time. Here are some effective, non-toxic deterrents to pesky vegetable pests in your garden.
Garlic Spray has a similar effect on some vegetable pests as excess garlic does on some humans. A blended and filtered mixture of garlic bulbs, water, vegetable oil, soap, hot chilli peppers or powder and a small amount of liquid detergent, regularly sprayed (once every few days), will kill ants, aphids, caterpillars, grubs, bugs and most other small insects. The benefit of this natural vegetable garden pest control is wide spread. Its oil and dishwashing liquid content makes it fix itself to plants as it kills pests like scale.
Test first and dilute if you need to and then spray frequently as part of your vegetable pests control. Take care to avoid spraying near healthy insects that serve your garden bed well like ladybirds and bees.The smell alone of garlic spray is enough to knock most living things out and spraying it on the edge of your garden keep pets and other small animals who may enjoy feasting in your vegetable garden at bay.
Smothering Oil. Half a cup of liquid or pure soap in 1 cup of cheap vegetable oil blended together turns a thick white liquid. A tablespoon in a liter of warm water should be sprayed all over plants affected by pests for the smothering effect on them.
Fish Fertiliser has a dangerous effect on caterpillars and mites. The cause of this unknown but it is thought that oily fish fertiliser smothers mites. As butterflies and moths find their host plants by their acute sense of smell when the aroma of their favourite vegetable is overpowered by the strong smell of fish they don’t stay to breed.
Try these organic garden pests control ideas and read more about more in Eco-Friendly Vegetable Pest Control in Your Garden Part 1 on my blog at www.blog.mightydigitaldownloads.com
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