Regulating Greenhouse Pest Infestations Naturally

It usually is very difficult to control garden greenhouse pests when you are an organic gardener. In order to keep everything fully natural, many bug control methods won’t go with your game plan. The best organic ways of dealing with greenhouse pests are biological warfare, soap sprays, and horticultural oils.

Making Use Of Neem Oil To Manage Garden Pests

Although it definitely does deter pests, neem oil remains safe and secure for organic greenhouse gardening. It doesn’t kill parasitic insects, but instead behaves as a deterrent, trying to keep them from feasting on treated foliage. It will help halt insect infestations by disturbing the insect’s ability to reproduce.

In most cases, it is best to mix the oil with water and a small quantity of liquid dish soap, then add it to the plants. It is good at treating infestations of: aphids, armyworms, caterpillars, cockroaches, potato beetles, cutworms, flies, fungus gnats, gypsy moth caterpillars, leaf miners, leaf rollers, lily leaf beetles, locusts, mealy bugs, and mites.

Working With Beneficial Nematodes To Regulate Garden Insects

While it’s not as popular to use them, beneficial nematodes (microscopic parasitic round worms) can be used for bug control. The worm waits in the soil to attach itself to passing insects. These come in a suspended solution that may be applied to plants by using a garden hose or sprayer and cannot be applied in sunlight. It’s better to apply them on a cloudy day.

Beneficial Nematodes work well against army worms, billbugs, crickets, bark beetles, black vine weevils, corn earworms, crane flies, cucumber beetles, cutworms, fleas, flies, fungus gnats, grubs, Japanese Beetles, June Beetles, masked chaffers, May Beetles, mole crickets, mushroom flies, root weevils, scarab beetles, squash bugs, ticks, webworms, weevils, and wood borers.

Preventing Greenhouse Pests with Lady Bugs

Lady Bug Beetles are renowned aphid consumers. These beetles are mailed live and released near impacted plants after providing water. Adults will breed and lay eggs on the leaves of plants swarmed with Aphids. The larvae eat aphids as well as adults.

Using Insecticidal Soaps For Pest Control Management

You can absolutely use insecticidal soaps for greenhouse bug treatment. Nonetheless, remember that if you are using biological control methods, like the afore mentioned Lady Bug Beetles, insecticidal soaps do not differentiate between positive and negative bugs in the green house. These kinds of soaps are natural and organic and safe to use in the garden greenhouse, but you must monitor sensitive plants while using insecticidal soaps as some of your less-hardy plants may be burned by some soaps.

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