Favorite organic pest control TIPS and TRICKS | Methods to protect the harvest
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- How do you deal with pests in the organic garden? How can you protect a harvest without destroying the ecosystem? Can you actually win the war against squash bugs? What are beneficial insects? What is Integrated Pest Management? How do you prevent grasshoppers from destroying plants? How do you prevent cucumber beetle populations? How do you manage squash bugs?
Join me as we walk through the pest management philosophy on our farm, and present you with lots of tips and tricks for a variety of pests that can be harmful to the yields of your garden.
Neem oil solution recipe:
1 gallon of warm water
1-2 tsp of Castile soap (or liquid dish soap like Dawn)
2 tbsp Neem oil, cold pressed
*To mix, first mix the water and soap. When well-combined, add Neem oil and shake to distribute Neem oil.
*Be careful not to add more Neem oil to the ratio, as it can cause sunburn plants if it is too concentrated.
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Awesome stuff
-Johnny
Great info... thanks for sharing! We've moved from the Denton County area tor New York Texas area... what a world of difference and different pest pressures.
Blessings ❤
Yes, certainly some different pest pressures! Happy growing and thank you for watching. 💚🌱
What a (beneficial) cuddlebug Luke can be! As for real pests, flea beetles decimated my eggplant seedlings in early spring. Neem oil plus succession planting was my remedy. Successions for all the cucurbits, too, to simply try to outlast the squash bugs and vine borers. Now I'm trying to stay ahead of the heat with shade cloth. It's exhausting, isn't it? But so worth it when it works. Thanks for the info!
Yes! Thank you sooo much for adding these! Great tips!!
I forgot to include flea beetles! They are certainly a menace - I have noticed that they don’t seem to travel far. They show up in the same 10x10 area for me each year...so crop rotation might be helpful, and this year the beneficial nematodes helped a bunch with them, too!
And Luke is my favorite little pest, for sure. ❤ Thank you for watching!
@@Joyfulfarmer Oh, good tip to try crop rotation. This was my first year dealing with an infestation of flea beetles; it occurred in a new bed I had made in the fall and let sit over winter. Oddly, the beetles didn't seem to care for the tomatoes in the same bed. New beds, new pests, new challenges, eh?
I grew up in the DFW area, moved to a small farm outside of Sherman, TX in 2004, and have lived the last 6 years in central Oklahoma. No spider mites here so far, but they were the WORST in Texas.
A little video trip around the rest of your farm would be fun!
If this stuff works for you congrats