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Comments (1)Sorry but the first rule of pest control is to - first, ID the pest. Not only are pest controls toxic, they are specific to the type of pest in many cases. Any sort of blanket pesticide, if one existed, is going to kill far more beneficial insects than it will detrimental ones. Killing all the beneficial insects in your garden can only guarantee yourself lots more pests and no garden. Each crop/food a a few pests specific to it and it is a simple thing to learn what those are. A Google search using "common pests of _______" (insert name of the vegetable) will give you all you need to know about them plus what is available to control them without harming the good guys. For example, the most common pest of cabbage is cabbage loopers and they are easy to control with Bt dust. Aphids can just be hosed off with a stream of water assuming you aren't inviting them in with excessive Nitrogen fertilizers. As to "brown beetles" - there are hundreds of them some good and some bad, so first you have to learn to know your bugs. Dave...See Moretoo early for May bugs... are there april bugs?
Comments (15)Wendy, It is hard to tell but I have been flipping through Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw and a very good contender might be one of many leafminers in particular Holly Leafminer "Overwinters as larva in the mine, pulpating in early spring. Adults are present for a period of about 6 weeks, and females insert eggs in the underside of newly developing leaves. The larvae feed in the leaf creating a gradually expanding mine that is blotch like at the end. Much of the mining occurs during late fall and winter. Usuallly leafminers associated with deciduous holly have several generations per year, whereas those associated with evergreen hollies have a single generation." There seem to be as many different leafminers as there are plants so I was thinking you might begin your search by determining what plants they seem to be hovering around....See MoreSquash bugs or (U)squash(/U) bugs or (S) use Ortho Bug Be Gone(/S
Comments (16)Granny, until recently I was totally organic in the garden. When I would have an infestation of some kind, the organic correction was only marginally successful. I do not know if it was just me or my location or what. I wish these various links would define what they mean when they say "control". I assume they mean that you bring the population down to an acceptable level. To me an acceptable level is one, either male or female but not both. I see my only options right now as being, use BBG or not growing squash for a couple of years. I am so upset over this that I am going to have an IT instead of a BM. Ok so I told one little lie. :o) John Here is a link that might be useful: Johns Journal...See MoreWhat are these? Bugs? Bug poopie-doopie? Bug eggies?
Comments (6)Sorry - dish soap and water will have NO effect on scale!! These are a type of armored scale and dish soap/insecticidal soap have little to no effect as they are primarily intended for soft bodied insects. Horticultural oil is the usual recommendation but you might need to pay attention to the timing of the spray. Oyster shell scale is not overly harmful to the tree itself so just washing off the fruit and peeling and eating as Jean suggested may be all that is necessary....See More- 6 years ago
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