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Organic Garden Pest Control
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Effective fight against pests in organic gardening – Fruit Trees In
Parasites are probably the most undesirable residents and intrusive your fruit trees. They feed on foliage and fruit that makes them look very unattractive and inedible. heavy infestations may even cause severe damage and destroy the trees. Some resort to the use of chemical pesticides to eradicate these parasites basis, but these types of pesticides can cause adverse effects on trees, especially on the flavor and fruit quality. But hope is not lost, because there are a number of biological to rid your fruit trees of these pests while ensuring that the fruits they are still toxic and totally safe.
Some The most common pest of fruit trees and organic ways to treat and control:
- Codling moth. adult codling moth control Potato by-sticky traps with pheromone traps. During winter, the young larvae are usually hidden in or under fallen fruit loose bark. Spray trees with horticultural oil in early spring before the leaves appear to kill the larvae. You can also use corrugated cardboard around the tree trunks to confuse and trap the larvae. Destroy the box once they have crawled inside and replaced regularly.
- Plum curculio. To control adults, shake the tree to knock out pests and collect insects which fell old sheet spread under the tree. Be sure to remove and destroy all infested fruit and plant debris that fell on the ground because they usually hide the overwintering larvae or adults. Cultivate the soil to help check and kill the pupae. Chickens eat the insects in order to encourage them to eat around the trees.
- Mite. During mid to late summer, randomly select ten to fifteen, it remains for each tree and check the presence of this mite. The leaves of lower shoots and seeds of water are those which are usually attacked. If there is an average of six to ten mites per leaf, it means that the tree is infected. Wash the leaves with a jet of water or, better yet, a solution soapy water will help control this pest. Use dormant oil in early spring, or use light horticultural oil or insecticidal soap in summer. A number of beneficial insects prey on this pest and to draw close to the trees is another good solution.
- Drillers. First, drillers may be prevented from infecting a tree. The trees become vulnerable once they are injured. Prevent the trunks of existing scars or wounds will protect young trees from borers. If prevention is not possible, then it is time for the control. Dead bark, wilted stems, sawdust piles are the usual signs of infection. If these signs are evident, check for larvae by cutting the stems with open and manually pulling the larvae and kill them. Beneficial nematodes can be injected into the stems to help kill the remaining larvae. For heavily infested stems, remove and destroy them immediately. If the infestation is severe, remove the tree to prevent other trees from being infected.
- Thrips. Spraying of neem oil, horticultural oil and organic soap solution during the evenings may help fight against thrips once they infested the trees. It will take several applications before the pest is finally eliminated. Lacewings and other beneficial insects feed of this pest and to encourage them in the trees can make the job easier.
- oriental fruit moth. Cultivate the soil around infested trees to expose larvae and kill them. Then, use traps to attract adult males and prevent them from mating with females. Introduce beneficial insects, such as parasitic wasps, and horticultural oil spray to eliminate this pest.
About the Author
Garden pests are inevitably part of every garden. If you want to know more about Organic Gardening Pest Control, you can check out Nova’s The Organic Home Gardening Secrets site: http://theorganicgardeningsecrets.com.
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