by californiagardening | Dec 22, 2017 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control |
Spider mite infestations are common in vegetable gardens. In today’s blog post we show you how to get rid of spider mites in your garden. Product used in this post: Dr Earth organic spider mite control This is how spidermites look like: Spidermites are tiny...
by californiagardening | Jul 3, 2016 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
Pest control is important in vegetable gardens to keep slugs, snails and hungry insects from feasting on your vegetables and fruits that you have toiled so hard to grow. Spraying your plants with pesticides that contain harsh toxins often leave chemical residue on...
by californiagardening | Apr 11, 2014 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
After our detailed article and video about How to use Neem Oil in the garden to organically control insects and pests, we now turn our attention towards Spinosad. Spinosad is another broad range insecticide which helps control a lot of pests like loopers...
by californiagardening | Apr 6, 2014 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
So let’s face it: Pests are a part of gardening. Whenever you grow something edible, its not only humans that eat it but there are also a lot of unwanted pests that are after your vegetable garden. Corn is a great example. The moment corn silks (the nice angel...
by californiagardening | Jul 9, 2013 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
Well, we all dream of a beautiful vegetable garden, full of fresh vegetables, rich and healthy, without poisonous chemicals sprayed on them. But most of us eventually realize that reality is all those slugs, pests, insects, worms, caterpillars destroying your plants....
by californiagardening | Sep 5, 2011 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
Ladybugs are also known as the gardener’s friend. They are voracious eaters of vegetation-destroying pests ike aphids and whiteflies. They can devor hundreds, if not thousands of whitefly larvae and aphids a day. Here’s a beautiful ladybug on a eggplant...
