How to Defend Your Garden From All Kinds Of Pests

It can be incredibly frustrating to spend hours preparing soil and lovingly nurturing your plants and vegetables only to find that a variety of pests have destroyed your hard work.

The most common response is to head to your local store and purchase some pest control chemicals. That’s why this market is worth $2 million in the US alone. Unfortunately this can have a negative effect on your health as well as that of your plants. The simple fact is that many of the pests are actually necessary. The ‘bad’ pests are generally food for the beneficial ones.

Even preventing weeds from appearing can be done with a great electric weed eater; like you’ll find at sproutabl.com. That’s the secret, using the right tool for the job makes your life much easier.

Here are several strategies to help you defend your garden from all kinds of pets:

Pick The Right Plants

Consider what plants or even vegetables are important for your garden. It is a good idea to choose plants that are less prone to pests.

A great example of this is choosing to plant butternut and Royal Acorn as they are both very resistant to bugs. This is a better option that the standard squash plant.

Get Physical

Using wires and hoops you can create a framework over your plants. You can then affix netting to this that still allows the light in but prevents pests from getting to your plants.

Of course, this only works for certain parts of the garden. You’ll also need to remove the mesh when the plants flower; this will ensure pollination occurs.

Diversify

Instead of planting large areas of one plant you need to mix up your plants. This will make the plants less appealing to pests and may even make it difficult for them to find the plants.

In effect the pest will land on a different plant every time and become confused regarding here its target plant is

Don’t Forget To Wash

If you’re serious about protecting your garden from pests then you need to be vigilant. Check your plants regularly and make sure you look on the underside of the leaves.

If you do spot pests you can brush them off the leave or even remove the offending leafs. However, it can also be surprisingly effective to simply hose your plants with water.

Attract The Bugs

One approach that you may not have considered is to add several plants that attract pests. By planting these on the edge of your other plants you’ll keep the pests away from the important ones.

Trap Them

Once you’re familiar with the different types of pests you’re likely to get in your garden you can set traps for them.

For instance, slugs and snails will go to beer. Put some in the bottom half of a bottle and then invert the top half of the bottle. The slugs will go in and then not be able to get out.

The QLD Fruit Fly trap attracts the the male fly with a female fly pheremone bait. Please be aware this is another tool in controlling fruit fly and this should be used in conjunction with the protein bait which we also sell. Reducing the number of male fly’s available to female fly’s is an important part of the control process.

Your Pet

You may also want to get a pet. The presence of a cat or a dog in your home will usually be enough to deter many four legged pests; even if your dog doesn’t like going in the garden!