![]() ![]() Let the experts– the good critters– do that job. ![]() ![]() By using chemicals, YOU become the main predator. You can’t have more predators than food supply. Pests are food for other predator insects and birds. Intervention with chemicals sets into motion a cycle in which you need to keep using chemicals, some quite toxic, in order to control ever-increasing pest populations. Not only have many popular chemicals been linked to lymphoma and hormonal disruptions in humans, innocent bystanders that are killed by these chemicals include earthworms, spiders, ladybugs, ground beetles, centipedes and all the other “good” critters that keep chomping pests in check and your soil‘s ecosystem healthy. Pesticides don’t discriminate in their insect-destroying mission. If you spray an insecticide, you may do more harm than good. It’s no coincidence that insect traps are yellow. Insect pests are attracted to yellow, which is the color of stressed plant leaves. Whatever the problem, insects will be attracted to a stressed plant. Your plant might need more sunlight, or less sunlight, more– or less– water, or a different soil pH. Most infestations are a signal that your plant is not happy. A client told me, “I buy organic fruit for my family, try not to keep anything in plastic because of the chemicals it leaches, but when I saw my shrubs being devoured by insects, I was ready to get out the DDT!” It’s a common feeling to go into attack mode when your landscape is being chomped on. When it comes to pest control, often the best thing to do is. ![]()
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