Good soil can deter insect pests from the garden. Selectively and aggressively thins plants. Water plants early in the morning. Food-grade diatomaceous earth acts as a natural, abrasive barrier against creeping insects, such as stink bugs.
Sprinkle food-grade diatomaceous earth under watermelon, melon, pumpkin and all fruits and vegetables on the ground, as well as on plant leaves. Earwigs can devastate seedlings and silks of soft fruits or sweet corn. If they pose a problem in your garden, you can try filling some plastic pots with straw and turning them upside down on sticks to attract pests. The earwigs crawl along the posts and take shelter in the pots at night and you can empty them and eliminate pests in the morning.
Adhesive strips placed on tree trunks can prevent pests from reaching the fruit. Sticky boards and fly repellent paper can be used in greenhouses to catch and kill all types of flying insect pests. There are many ways to catch and kill slugs (and a host of different products on the market that promise to do just that). An easy way to catch and kill them is to sink a plate full of beer into the dirt.
Slugs flock to each other, get drunk on beer, and drown. Bad garden bugs generally hate fresh herbs. So, if you plant herbs such as parsley, fennel, lemon balm, sage, dill, basil, lavender, thyme, and coriander, you can prevent pests from invading your lawn and garden. Plants such as chives, garlic and onions do a great job of repelling all types of insects and even rabbits.
They are also delicious and versatile plants, so adding them to your garden is a win-win. Herbs with a strong scent can deter pests when planted between or near vegetables. This is a very easy way to support your efforts to prevent garden pests. A mild vinegar solution can help control garden pests.
To make a natural insect repellent for plants, combine 1 cup of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of liquid soap with 3 cups of water. While there are many different methods to eliminate vegetable pests in your garden, this list highlights quite a few ecological and organic pest control options. Homemade compost is a time investment, but it's the best natural garden pest control against bad garden bugs, while good garden bugs love it. No matter how small your garden or orchard is, you should have a self-regulating ecosystem to control pests and keep your plants healthy.
Pest problems can be disappointing when a hopeful garden season ends abruptly due to a pest infestation. Before you buy, make sure the label says “for organic gardening” and that it's approved by someone like the Organic Materials Review Institute. While many insects fall into the category of pests, some help and feed on bad insects and related pests. There are many ways to use nature's own organic pest controls to prevent your crops from being damaged in this way.
For example, lacewing and ladybug larvae can eat up to 150 aphids per day and produce new generations to control pests next year. Their new physical deterrent is natural controls of garden pests that are not harmful to the environment, pets or children.
