What pests do you encourage in organic gardening?
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I took this pic of the (organic) garden I started in my backyard. This is the very beginning of it, so all of the plants are pretty small.
The plants in this picture are all pepper plants – Jalapeno, Green Bell Pepper, Orange Bell Pepper and Red Bell Pepper
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Lady bugs, praying mantises, bees, dragonflies.
Deb
January 27, 2012 at 8:26 pm
spiders, toads, some caterpillars, worms (ok, they’re a pest to me), bats
domhuntset
January 27, 2012 at 9:04 pm
If you are encouraging them to your yard, they are not pests. Pests are things you DON’T want in your yard.
In organic gardening, chemical pesticides and fertilizers are not used.
Pesticides kill ALL insects, beneficials too, not just the ‘bad’ ones.
rmbrruffian
January 27, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Ladybugs, lacewings, hover Flies and tachinid Flies, wasps, spiders, ground beetles, and many other predatory bugs. Happy gardening.
http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-2-9-92,00.html
Ron
January 27, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Whitefly, spiders, pirate, Ladybug, aphid, etc…
Nail
January 27, 2012 at 10:29 pm