How do you protect your plants and fruit trees from the dreaded pest? Any tips would be much appreciated....this is a new venture for me and I'm just getting started. {How can I best protest my garden of eden?}.
Permalink Reply by dangermouse on What are you growing? Different stuff works for different things. A good place to start is to plant a good combination of things that encourages the natural predators of pests you want to avoid. Healthy plants are generally pretty resistant to pests all on their own, as well. I never do anything other than pick slugs off in the spring and I've never had much of a problem with pests. I don't mind eating the occasional bug-munched leaf, though. A company near where I live sells fine nets that you put over your cherry trees to prevent flies laying their eggs. Maybe there's something like that where you are that you can look into if you need it.
Permalink Reply by Whitedi ellen on Hey hi....I'm growing many citrus trees, apple and pear trees, avacodo tree, fig tree, plum tree variety of peppers, And I have a few star Jasmines I just planted over the weekend. Still need to download pics of the apple and pear trees. I'll be back out at my desert oasis this weekend and plant the pear trees. So its hot out there. That might be something to consider..{fine nets, for my peppers} thanks dangermouse.
Permalink Reply by dangermouse on I live surrounded by old abandoned orchards, so there are apple, pear, and plum trees growing wild and in people's yards everywhere. No one I know does anything for pests on these trees and I've never seen worms unless the trees were very old or unhealthy in some way. Things might be different in your climate, though.
Permalink Reply by Whitedi ellen on Sounds very encouraging dangermouse I'm hoping to have the same situation. Time will tell
Permalink Reply by Danny Bergman on Get some insects like lady bugs and spread them over your plants to eat aphids and whatnot.
Permalink Reply by Whitedi ellen on Hey, I like that one....I never even gave that a thought. Thanks I'll do it. :)
Permalink Reply by Danny Bergman on Awesome :) Praying mantis's also work if you can get them. Work with nature not against it! Haha. You shouldn't have to spray anything really. Just let the insects duke it out ;)
Permalink Reply by Whitedi ellen on Bitchen Danny....I like the way you think. I just purchased the apple and pear dwarf trees this past weekend and I mentioned an organic pesticide free bug spray at the Lowes and this gal {very nice & informative} takes me right to a bottle of spray I didn't even examine until once at home. Then bam##$!!#??? what, what's this....no way man, this is going right back to the Lowes. Not at all what I had in mind. This is a much better solution to apply to my garden of eden and I appreciate it....thanks.
Permalink Reply by dangermouse on Here are some good tips for creating an environment that ladybugs will come to naturally. If you have to release them into your garden, it might not be a place they want to stay.
Permalink Reply by Whitedi ellen on Thanks dangermouse, all your guys tips are fabulous, I'm glad I asked.
Permalink Reply by Whitedi ellen on OMG....I've never seen one of these buggers, wow.... Thanks this is what a previous fruity "Stephanie" said "ladybird" I thought it was a misspelling for ladybug cause I'd never even heard of such a bug... lol. It's kinda scary looking...
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