Various kinds of pests are one of the annoying drawbacks that every kind of garden suffers from. Organic gardens are unfortunately no exception to this rule!
In a conventional garden you fight these pests in a different way than in your organic garden. In an ordinary or non organic garden strong chemicals are regularly used to fight the pests. These chemicals harm every living thing, including plants, good bugs (yes there are plenty!), your soil and you and your family, as well as accumulating and trickling down into the ground water.
Organic Garden Pest Control 1: Manual removal This is by far the easiest and cheapest way, but not applicable to all kinds of pests. Go out into your garden in the early morning and in the evening, and pick by hand all the bugs you can see eating away on your precious plants, like for example aphids and lily beetles. Squash them or put them in a container with soapy water.
Step 2: Organic Garden Pest Control with solutions to spray A simple way to fight bugs is to suffocate them with soapy water. Just mix 1 dl of natural soap with 1 liter of water, then pour into a spray bottle and spray away at your plants. Make sure you cover the whole plant with the mixture, and repeat now and then to get rid of the bugs that subsequently hatch.
Aphids are easily removed by this, but sometimes spider mites are slightly harder to get rid off.
If you want to try a more efficient and stronger solution to spray on your plants, here is one: Mix well 2-3 garlic cloves, some large chili peppers and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in your blender. Strain, then add the fluid plus 1 tablespoon natural soap to 1 liter of water and make sure you mix the ingredients well together. This should be sprayed on your plants in the morning or in the afternoon/evening, and preferably when cloudy, to avoid damage on the leaves.
This scares away most animal pests in your garden, even mice and moles if you spray near their holes. There is one major back draw with both of these remedies though: They will get rid of the good insects as well, which leads us to
Step 3: Organic Garden Pest Control by establishing ecological balance This is an extremly environmentally friendly way to control the pests in your garden, using the "good" bugs to prevent the ones harmful to your plants from expanding. You can tempt for example ladybugs, lacewings and the praying mantis into your garden by growing plants that they like and are drawn to. These little fellows are all good at devouring aphids and to some extent spider mites (and are pretty to watch!), and can also be bought from firms delivering them as egg sacks or live.
Tips 4 for Your Organic Garden Pest Control: Growing plants that deter the pests Lavender, wormwood, marigolds, onions and garlic are all good plants to choose for scaring off some of the pests in your organic garden. Lavender are wonderful as border plants and as companions to roses or other flowering bushes. Wormwood is actually good for the same purposes, and of course in your herbal garden. When you plant onions amongst your carrots, you will scare off the carrot root fly!
Plants growing in rich and healthy soil are far more likely to grow well and stay beautiful and productive even if they are under attack from pests.
Organic Garden Pest Control 5: Killing ants, slugs, fleas, beetles and many other crawling insects Diatomaceous earth works through piercing the exoskeleton of these creatures, causing them to dry out. Lightly coat a thin layer on the ground where ever you have a problem, repeat when necessary, for example after watering or after heavy rain.
Hollyhock saviour! Many are the gardeners giving up on hollyhocks because of the fungus that makes the leaves turn reddish brown and eventually fall of. However, if you use this homemade solution your hollyhocks will be able to keep their leaves and look the way they should.
Boil a kettle full of horsetail and water to cover for 10 minutes at the least. Strain, and then dilute the solution 5 to 10 times with water. Use this diluted fluid to spray your hollyhocks, and don't forget to spray under the leaves.
Wishing you the best of luck with your organic garden!
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