Identify vermin as such
There are only a few real pests in the garden, like Ticks or rats that transmit dangerous diseases. In contrast, useful animals are wrongly fought as vermin, although they make a valuable contribution to a healthy garden.
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Ants and moles are a bit annoying with their crawling and the mounds of earth. In fact, they loosen up the soil and devour vast numbers of insects. Weigh Therefore, please carefully check in advance whether you are actually dealing with vermin in the garden.
Collection reduces the pressure of infestation
If insatiable snails or Colorado potato beetles infest the garden, the manual control method works wonders. They take the pressure off the current infestation pressure so that ecological pesticides can subsequently develop their effectiveness. Early in the morning is the best time
Nudibranchs collect with the snail tongs and Colorado beetles or black weevils with your fingers.Water - the underestimated pesticide
A strong jet of water is enough to remove aphids, Spider mites and other vermin to put an end to it. If you add the following non-toxic additives to the water, the effectiveness increases:
- Against Aphids: Soft soap(€ 38.05 at Amazon *) or dissolve curd soap in hot water
- Against ticks: Simmer chopped citrus fruits with essential oils in water for 60 minutes
- Against Colorado beetles: let the horseradish ferment in water to make liquid manure or mint broth
Moist plant leaves are a welcome target for fungal spores. Use pest pesticides in the early morning hours before sunrise so that the foliage dries quickly during the day.
Tips
In the near-natural garden there are multitudes of Beneficial insects one that eat vermin in abundance. Therefore, do without a meticulously tidy area, because that scares off your gardening helpers. Instead, integrate a lifelike dry stone wall and mixed hedge into the design plan, leave piles of leaves and brushwood as inviting places to retreat and nest.