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10/19/2023

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The Dirt Doctor, Howard Garrett, demonstrates how to control fire ants using the all natural Fire Ant Mound Drench mixture. More information on www.dirtdoct...

10/09/2023

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10/08/2023

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10/07/2023

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09/19/2023

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09/17/2023

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09/11/2023

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08/13/2023

How to Make and Use Aloe Vera Foliar Spray for Fertilizer Your Plants: Flowers

08/10/2023

Nakaangkon na jud ko og okra na maski dagko na makaon pa gihapon. Du ko mag cgi harvest kada adlaw.

07/19/2023

The longer I garden, and the lower maintenance I want my garden to be, the more flowering shrubs I plant. I find I would rather have seasonal color from them...

07/19/2023

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Okay, spoiler alert: It's herbs. Herbs rank amongst the top 10 veggies to grow to get the biggest bang for your gardening buck, according to gardener, engine...

07/19/2023

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🌿 If you have an area with dry soil or live in an arid climate, you may think you are limited in the landscape. This is simply not true. Many plants not o...

07/19/2023

There are 25 shade loving flowering plants can be planted in shade garden with success. You can grow colourful, beautiful plants and flowers in the shady cor...

07/19/2023

If you're looking for plants that will keep your garden looking beautiful for years to come, then check out this list of hard to kill perennials! These plant...

07/19/2023

Creating a beautiful front yard can be a daunting task, but one of the easiest ways to add curb appeal is by incorporating ground cover plants into your land...

07/19/2023

Bring your garden to life with the power of fast-growing ground cover plants! From accenting pathways to filling underdeveloped areas, these versatile plants...

07/19/2023

Welcome back to our channel, fellow garden enthusiasts! Today, we're taking a colorful journey into the world of long-blooming perennial flowers. These vibra...

07/19/2023

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I have a few favorite perrenials that I've come to love over the last few years in my garden. If you are just begginning a garden or redoing some beds, check...

03/07/2023

What a beautiful day to enjoy and take a break. Spring is here.

03/05/2023

Spring, spring, spring. Where the beautiful flowers come.

02/21/2023

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TOP GARDEN (CROP)PESTS--WHAT WORKED + DIDN'T-2023

Here is some good information from a survey that Mother Earth News did to learn more about what works, and doesn't, when it comes to limiting insect damage in organic vegetable gardens. They had 1300 gardeners from across the United States respond, so is pretty good. I've included 7 of the top garden pests and info:

1) SLUGS-- took top honors as the most bothersome pest in home gardens, with 55 percent of respondents saying the slimy critters give them trouble year after year. Handpicking was highly rated as a control measure (87 percent success rate), followed by iron phosphate baits (86 percent) and diatomaceous earth (84 percent). Opinion was divided on eggshell barriers (crushed eggshells sprinkled around plants), with a 33 percent failure rate among gardeners who had tried that slug control method. An easy home remedy that received widespread support was beer traps (80 percent success rate).

2) SQUASH BUGS-- had sabotaged summer and winter squash for 51 percent of respondents, and even ducks couldn’t solve a serious squash bug problem. Most gardeners reported using handpicking as their primary defense, along with cleaning up infested plants at season’s end to interrupt the squash bug life cycle. The value of companion planting for squash bug management was a point of disagreement for respondents, with 21 percent saying it’s the best control method and 34 percent saying it doesn’t help.

Of the gardeners who had tried it, 79 percent said spraying neem on egg clusters and juvenile squash bugs is helpful. About 74 percent of row cover users found them useful in managing squash bugs.

3) APHIDS-- were on the watch list of 50 percent of respondents, but the success rates of various control techniques were quite high. Active interventions, including pruning off the affected plant parts and applying insecticidal soap, were reported effective, but so were more passive methods, such as attracting beneficial insects by planting flowers and herbs. Several readers noted the ability of sweet alyssum and other flowers to attract hoverflies, which eat aphids. “We attract a lot of beneficials by planting carefree flowers in the vegetable garden, including calendula, borage, zinnias, cosmos and nasturtiums” (Midwest, more than 20 years of experience).

4) SQUASH VINE BORERS-- had caused problems for 47 percent of the survey respondents. The best reported control methods were crop rotation and growing resistant varieties ofCucurbita moschata, which includes butternut squash and a few varieties of pumpkin. TheC. moschata varieties are borer-resistant because they have solid stems. Interestingly, if you’re attempting to fend off squash vine borers, lanky, long-vined, open-pollinated varieties of summer squash (zucchini and yellow crookneck, for example) may fare better than hybrids, because OP varieties are more likely to develop supplemental roots where the vines touch the ground.

Many gardeners dump soil over these places, so if squash vine borers attack a plant’s main stem, the plant can keep on growing from its backup root system.

5) JAPANESE BEETLES-- Forty-six percent of respondents reported working in the unwelcome company of Japanese beetles, with handpicking being the most popular control method. Some gardeners grow trap crops of raspberries or other fruits to keep Japanese beetles away from plants. Several commonly used interventions — garlic-pepper spray, milky spore disease, pheromone traps and row covers — had high failure rates.

6) TOMATO HORNWORMS-- were of concern to 42 percent of our survey respondents. Bt and handpicking were the preferred control methods, and several folks commented that tomato hornworms are among the easiest garden pests to handpick (probably because they’re large, easy to spot and produce a telltale, pebbly trail). Many gardeners reported seeing tomato hornworms often covered with rice-like cocoons of parasitic braconid wasps. “I had a lot of tomato hornworms this year, but the wasps took them out! Just like in the photos online and in bug books!” (Mid-Atlantic, more than 20 years of experience). Gardeners named zinnias and borage as good companion plants for reducing hornworm problems.

7) CUTWORMS-- were a concern for 41 percent of respondents, and effectiveness ratings for using rigid collars (made from plastic drinking cups or cardboard tissue rolls) to protect young seedlings from damage were amazingly high (93 percent effectiveness rating). A common practice to reduce cutworm damage is to cultivate the soil’s surface once or twice before planting and hope robins and other bug-eating birds will swoop in to gather the juicy cutworms. Big, sturdy seedlings are naturally resistant to cutworms, so many gardeners said they set out seedlings a bit late to avoid cutworm damage.

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02/18/2023

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The tomato army worm and it’s management

Every year many gardeners and small farmers will report massive damage from a little culprit known as the tomato fruitworm. Also going by the tomato army worm, these little toasters can ruin what could be a great crop for you...

Their damage can often be seen as neat round little holes on your green tomatoes and sometimes partially ripe tomatoes. When the tomato finally ripens what usually found is that it has begun to rot from the inside out.
They are also known to target peppers, eggplant, and okra,

The damage is actually the larva of a moth who is related to the Corn Boers, another crop pest.

Fortunately, tomato fruitworms do have natural predators. Attracting these to your your garden can be a huge help in controlling these pesky things.

parasitic Trichogramma wasp
big-eyed bugs
minute pirate bugs
damsel bugs
lacewigs

Minimize their food source. Avoid planting near corn or cotton . If you are using the Trichogramma waspLike I do then you have no worry about planting them next to Corn. The wasp manages a laundry list of mouth species including the Corn borer and the dreaded squash vine borer, as well as many others. They are awesome !!!

If you haven’t used predatory insects then you can watch for eggs on both sides of the leaves – begin by looking closest to the bloom. Pick off any leaves found with eggs and destroy them.

You can use cover cloths to keep adult moth from laying eggs on your plants

How To Get Rid Of Tomato Fruitworms

Watch for larva which looks like a tiny worm and you can apply Bt- Bacillus thuringiensis – liquid- this does break down in UV light – so you will need to apply it every few days at the first sign of eggs

Use Neem Oil or Insecticidal soap once a week and after each rain

Apply Diatomacous Earth around the base of the stems to kill larva

And of course hand picking when you can find them

The worms can often create three or four generations within a single growing season. By killing the ones you have now you are preventing further infestations from getting out of hand.

In the upper left is what the parent moth looks like and in the upper right is one of the worms I found the other day.

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02/15/2023

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Miracle Garden Growing Guide for Moringa Oleifera from Seeds Buy our Moringa Seeds here. Soak seeds in water for 24-36 hours. Then, remove seeds from water and spread them across a plate or tray lined with wet paper towel. Cover seeds with another layer of damp paper towel. You can also use a sprout...

02/07/2023

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02/05/2023

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02/04/2023

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02/01/2023

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02/01/2023

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