Safe Pest Control Tips
By Nicky Pilkington, Tue Jan 10th
Pest control must be done with utmost consideration to safety;safety in terms of the plants, animals and humans. This holdsespecially true for those with vegetable and organic gardens.
The main purpose of growing vegetables organically will bedefeated if they become tainted with pest control chemicals.
Here are a few long-term maintenance tips to make pest controlless damaging and more environmentally friendly.
1. Use the physical pest control process.
This may be accomplished through picking grubs off by hand,creating barriers and traps and plugging holes. Snails can befound hiding in damp places under rocks and towrds the base ofthose plants with straplike foliage.
2. Apply biological pest control.
Encourage predatory insects such as green lacewings anddragonflies to feed on aphids and other pests that attack yourplants. You can do this by placing a shallow bowl of water inthe garden. Dragonflies especially will hover around water.Bacterial insecticides such as B. thuringiensis could also beused against caterpillars.
3. Only as a last resort should we turn to chemical pest control.
Organic pest control methods can be successful and theingredients