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Monday, May 19, 2014

No Seeums Include Vegetable Pests

Insect pests are out there. If you know where to look you will see them. Next, you know how to take care of them.
People can be dumb sometimes but insects usually aren't. They have to put themselves in places where the sun doesn't dry them out or overheat them. They have to hide from predators like birds and other insects.
Aphids and other pests are under the leaves feeding and hiding out from predators and getting away from the direct sun.

The problem is that many of the predators looking for these guys are on TOP of the leaves doing their vacuuming.
Here a ladybug juvenile is on top of eggplant leaves looking for food...namely aphids. But wait! They are on the bottom, weren't they?

Eventually that ladybud young will find the aphids but it may take awhile. By the way, this eggplant is at our vegetable garden raised beds plots at our compost yard. We like to try what we make so we are
sure it will work for you. You would not see all these ladybugs if we sprayed indiscriminately. We use many different techniques to control pests, not just chemicals.

All that was sprayed on our vegetables has been Neem, Bt and insecticidal soap. We carry all three....because...drumroll please....VIRAGROW DELIVERS!






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