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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2009 5:24:07 GMT
This is a legitimate subject, but I thought it might be good to start it off with this little tidbit about what can happen when the caterpillars leave the garden. Read it here.Okay, now tell us what is chewing up your garden or digging up your tubers.
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Post by spindrift on Jun 12, 2009 8:45:19 GMT
The most I have to contend with are greenfly on rosebuds. A quick blast of spray deals with this problem. I used to use a mixture of dishwashing liquid and water but this year I bought a chemical spray.
Slugs? I haven't many but in any case I only have one hosta and that's in a large terracotta pot. I sprinkled some slug pellets around the plant and it's fine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2009 11:40:08 GMT
One of the most effective pest controls( for the garden) is NEEM oil;extracted from the ancient neem tree, it has been used for centuries in India for a plethora of plagues and I believe is an active ingredient in some toothpastes. Anyway,I swear by it. My general rule of thumb is if a particular plant is that weak,susceptible and generally unhappy in my garden I get rid of the plant that's plagued before whatever it is spreads all over. Better to avert a plague then fuss and fret over the whole wretched garden. Once chemicals are introduced the whole ecosystem becomes weakened and out of whack. For what? The one "perfect" rose bush?
( I'm fairly passionate about this so, please pardon my "attitude")
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