Pests To Look Out For In Your Garden

No garden is ever without some kind of pest

No garden is ever without some kind of pest. If your garden is beautiful, if it is well cared for and lush, insects will obviously be drawn to it. There are many ways to control these pests and it is important to know exactly how to identify them so you will not ultimately get rid of insects that are actually beneficial to your garden. Identifying and controlling pests successfully will ensure your garden grows healthy and without interruption. You will have to look out for pests during summer, because this is when most insects reach their adult stages in their lifecycles and need food and a good habitat to lay eggs. Be especially on the look out for Japanese beetles, aphids, caterpillars and white butterflies. Look for damage on plants (bite marks or black spots) and then determine what you will do. The best way to go is the organic way, because this protects your plants and the environment immensely.An indicator that your plant may be an aphid casualty is when the leaves bend, when you observe lots of ants moving back and forth the stems or when the plant has tiny black spots around the flower heads or the stem. Particularly vegetables and fruits like tomatoes and strawberries are typically sufferers of these pests and they are effectively restricted if you plant nasturtiums close to the plants. You can hose the plants off to get rid of aphids and even use your hands to press these little bugs off. Utilize vinegar to scatter the ants and bring in ladybugs to your garden, because these beneficial bugs eat the aphids. Spraying highly diluted dish washing liquid on the plant also helps, but can harm the plant.The White Butterfly is particularly drawn to cabbages and lays yellow eggs beneath the leaves. The eggs hatch into caterpillars and symptoms are chewed, broken leaves, small green and brown worms on leaves, bad growth and leaves turning yellow or brown and falling off. Caterpillars eat on the majority of plants foliage, but go particularly for vegetables. The best way to prevent them from destroying your plants is to cover plants with mesh and to grow nasturtiums close to them. Further ways are to discover eggs below leaves and terminate them prior to them hatching into caterpillars and to water plants often. Try not to plant very colourful plants and flowers close to vegetables and attract birds to your garden to eat the pests.When removing insects and pests from a garden, it is very important to think about how Mother Nature would do it, because this will naturally be the most successful way. Attract insects to your garden that will eat other "bad" insects. You can also take some pots that are either broken or small and punch holes in them. Set them upside down where toads can get in - this will help control many problem insects.Praying mantis species are another to have, but they consume good insects as well, so limit them. Further worthy insects to be able to recognize and beware of are "assassin bugs", dragonflies and parasitic wasps.

Pests To Look Out For In Your Garden

By: Derek JJ

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