Organic Garden Pest Control – Tips and Tricks

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 6:47 am

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Over the years people have begun to resort to chemical poisons more than ever before. This practice has created more harm than benefit and needs to be stopped. There is a demand to control the use of chemical poisons and spread awareness of alternatives like organic garden pest control.

Pests can do much of harm to a garden or a farm. It can be weeds, insects, birds or other creatures. A great instance of pest plague is the introduction of European rabbits in Australia. The hares multiplied into the thousands and created universal harm to farms. Likewise, aphids (plant lice) suck the liquids from plants utilizing their straw like mouth parts named stylets, hence stunting the development of plants.

Pests are the biggest enemies of farmers all over the planet. Farmers resort to chemical fertilizers to check the pest menace. Farmers are oblivious of the long term significance of chemical poisons. These pesticides cause wide damage to farms as well as humans. They start accumulating in the land thus making the soil unfit for cultivation. Extreme presence of pesticides and other chemical substances in our food chain is termed as ‘Biomagnification’ and this can lead to health disorder and hereditary problems that can result in genetic manipulation.

Also, these poisons kill not only the pests but also many good bugs, inflicting more injury to the normal ecological balance. Some beneficial bugs like bees and butterflies, which are the prime pollinators of our gardens are often killed by chemical “pest control” systems. Surveys have shown that pests begin to from a physical resistance to chemical pesticides. This leads to the evolution of “superbugs” that are resistant to standard chemical killers. Weeds that could formerly be obliterated easily by a rapid shot of Roundup or some different weed control product are today getting more resistant to Roundup. This makes the chemical substance ineffective for weed control.

The best choice is to resort to organic garden pest control. This is a dependable and a great choice as it does very little harm to the land. Pull out the weeds whenever and wherever they crop up. Try pouring some simmering water on weeds when you see them in the cracks of a sidewalk or drive where it may be more difficult to pull them out. It may take some time and elbow grease but boiling water does kill the weed without hurting the land. There are some tools accessible to help with pulling weeds. In order to get more info on organic pest control, find a gardening magazine (like Home and Garden) or an up-to-date website. You can also ask other avid gardeners for their advice. gardeners are a friendly group and are ordinarily prepared to share their successful systems of controlling damaging pests.