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Austin MN

What works best and is organic?

3/22/2016 1:32:36 PM

Upa Creek, MO

It won't work for Vine borers (need a systemic), but Organocide has worked as a spot spray for me a few years now. It also helps control disease as a plus. I also built a frog and toad breeding pond directly adjacent to the patch. I had at least 500 toad tadpoles morph out of there last year and they helped control various insects as well. Many have already showed back up this Spring and are already calling.

3/22/2016 4:07:01 PM

Austin MN

Awesome idea!

3/22/2016 7:39:03 PM

http://tinyurl.com/jr5x3tq

3/22/2016 9:50:03 PM

Home of happy lil plants

I'm with don on this one

3/22/2016 10:28:02 PM

Ireland

Some people use Neem Oil, its also systemic

3/23/2016 5:42:29 AM

Central Illinois

Kaolin Clay is a
particle film barrier that offers some
protection for the organic grower.
Kaolin clay is an anti-caking agent
used in toothpaste and other
ingredients. It was accepted onto
the OMRI list in 2000. It acts as a
barrier between the pest and the
plant by forming a film making it
difficult for the insect to get to the
plant. The insects do not like to lay
eggs or feed on the surface. Kaolin
clay has a white color and that is not
what the pests are looking for so it
makes it hard to find their host
plant. Then the clay sticks to them
and they get so busy cleaning it off
they forget why they were there in
the first place! Kaolin is marketed as
Surround for the garden.

There ia also a common thing to use but I cant think of it

3/23/2016 7:41:34 AM

Ontario

Guinea hens

3/23/2016 8:49:13 AM

Santa Rosa, CA.

Garlic Barrier sparyed a couple times a week works for me.

3/23/2016 9:27:25 AM

The North Coast

Pyganic is tremendously leathal if your a bug and very effective if you're a grower. The Amish use it around here to grow their organic stuff.

3/23/2016 10:11:21 PM

Seattle, WA

Really depends on the pest. Neem oil is a great one. My favorite brand is Ahimsa because it's higher in azadirachtin. FYI, neem is not systemic though. No organic pesticide is, to my knowledge. Green cleaner, karanja oil, sluggo, diatomaceous earth, actinovate, etc....

3/25/2016 3:12:52 PM