There is no magic bullet for keeping your garden and indoor plants free from insect pests. Some tricks I have learned over the years provide ways to cope with bugs without resorting to nasty chemicals. Here are my tips for pest control, including homemade insecticidal sprays (soap sprays) and...
I like to useNeem oil for plants. Another favorite isDiatomaceous Earth. In Australia, they makewhite oil insecticides. Advantages of Garden Horticultural Soap When made and used correctly, organic insecticidal soap sprays are Eco-Friendly to people, plants, animals, and the environment. ...
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The use of commercial insecticides is net a solution for most farmers in PNG, as they lack financial resources and the necessary technical expertise to use insecticides economically and safely. Homemade water extracts of local plants can be a more appropriate form of pest control. This paper ...
Repeated use of insecticides and herbicides and other pesticides also encourages rapid natural selection of resistant insects, plants and other organisms, necessitating increased use, or requiring new, more powerful controls.There are also some general challenges with use of bio- pesticides. They tend ...
"Currently there are no in-home insecticides labeled for use against brown marmorated stink bugs, so that presented us with a challenge," Aigner said. The homemade trap is not only inexpensive, it is also pesticide-free. Unfortunately, the traps are only practical in homes. Farmers in the ...
Regarding “Organic” clays…I often think of “organic” relating to ingredients that have been grown without any man made fertilisers/herbicides/fungicides/insecticides. Clay is not grown, nor can it be made by people, so it can’t technically be correctly labelled as “organic” or otherwise...
The method of processing homemade botanical insecticides can impact their efficacy in numerous ways, yet this is not well documented. Boursier et al. (2011) showed that a neem seed aqueous extract whose active ingredient concentration is much higher than recommended for commercial products could be...
The method of processing homemade botanical insecticides can impact their efficacy in numerous ways, yet this is not well documented. Boursier et al. (2011) showed that a neem seed aqueous extract whose active ingredient concentration is much higher than recommended for commercial products could be...