Pest Garden

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What are your best ideas for organic garden pest control?

I have already planted marigolds all around my veggie garden to help reduce pest, what else should I do?

organic pest control is multifaceted I have learned from over 15 year managing organic farms

Crop rotation, do not plant your crops in the same spot in the garden develop a 4 to 5 year rotation

Beneficial insects. 95% of the bugs out there are beneficial or neutral. Learn your bugs and avoid all insecticides like the plague as these kill the beneficial insects as much as the pests and when this happens the pest insects will invade the garden long before the beneficial insects come back because the beneficials will wait until there is big population of food.

Row covers are cloths designed to cover crops. these exclude insects and also protect crops from wind, hail and cold.

Soap sprays are sprays made from dish detergent (if you want to be really organic you have to use certified organic soaps and not detergents). I TBL per gallon of soften water will work to control soft bodied insects such as aphids. This does not work on hard bodied insects such as the various beetles. This will harm bees. For this to work well spray all surfaces of the plants every other day for about 6 to 8 weeks.

Companion planting is planting crops that have benficial effects on each other. Planting marigolds is an example of this. i have found this is of very limited use but many people like to think it wirks even if science does not bear this out. The Book carrots Love Tomatoes by Riotte is a good book on the subject.

Good soil management-healthy plants do not attract pest insects, stress plants do. So be sure to feed your soil (it is teeming with life that keeps your plants healthy if they are healthy and in balance) with good compost and stay away from synthetic fertilizers that are not good for the micr-herd in the soil.

I find hand picking pests is very, very effective (and if I can do this in a 3 acre market garden any home gardener can do this on their much smaller plots) as long as it is done daily

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