Ivydene Gardens Bedding Plant Gallery: |
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LOAM, SAND, CLAY. Bidens 'Golden Eye' |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Cosmos sulph-ureus |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Moon-fire' |
LOAM, SAND, CLAY. Gypso-phila 'Covent Garden' |
LOAM, SAND, CLAY. Osteosp-ermum 'Sunny Cecil' |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
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Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
CLAY, LOAM, SAND. Argyrant-hemum 'Petite Pink' |
LOAM, SAND, CLAY. Argyran-hemum 'Chelsea Girl' |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
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Acidic Sand or Erica-ceous Compost for Pots. |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Agast-ache 'Bolero' |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Agast-ache 'Rose Mint |
CHALK, SAND. |
CHALK, SAND. |
CHALK, SAND. |
LOAM, SAND, CLAY. Osteosp-ermum 'Sunny Cecil' |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Tana-cetum coccin-eum 'Duro' Summer Bedding |
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CHALK, LOAM, SAND, CLAY. Rud-beckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy' Summer Bedding |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Zinnia 'Zahara Star-light Rose' |
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CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia Twyn-ing's After Eight' |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Cosmos bipinn-atus 'Purity' |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Cosmos bipinn-atus 'Ruben-za' Summer Bedding |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Cosmos x dahlia 'Mexican Black' Summer Bedding |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Abacus Sol' |
CHALK, CLAY, SAND. Dahlia 'Arabian Night' Summer Bedding |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Blue Wish' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Blyton Royal Velvet' |
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CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'David Howard' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Fascin-ation' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Jessica' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Josie Gott' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Knock-out' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Tess-brooke Audrey' |
CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia 'Tiptoe' |
ACIDIC SAND OR SANDY CLAY |
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CHALK, SAND, SANDY-CLAY. Dahlia Twyn-ing's After Eight' |
CHALK, LOAM, SAND. Pyre-thrum roseum 'Duro' |
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Stars - Stellate (Star-shaped) is a flower with many narrow petals arising separately from a central point (Anthericum liliago).
Another example is Sisyrinchium bermudianum album. |
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I have inserted links to the plants or plant families named in the following information from Wildflower.org.uk:- "Certain plant families generally have a specific number of nominal petals, be it 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 12. But just like the 3-leaved clovers can sometimes have 4 leaves, flowers too can have variable number of petals. Thus nominally 6-petalled flowers can sometimes have 5 or 7 or 8, maybe even 9 petals. The Stonecrop Family perhaps exhibits the family with the greatest variation, with some members having 4, 5, 6, 7 or 12 nominal petals, but most Stonecrops have but 5 petals. NO PETALS There are some flowers without petals. For example, those belonging to the Pondweed Family, which have no petals but 4 cupped green sepals, which look like petals, but are not. Plants like these are being categorised as if they have petals, however many it may seem. Sea Buckthorn has tiny petal-less green flowers. There are other plants lacking flowers, for example Ferns - Adder's Tongue Family, Filmy Fern Family, Pillwort Family, Polypody Family, Royal Fern's Family and Water Fern Family in the Wildflower Ferns with Fern Gallery in cultivated Ferns. ONE PETAL - COWL These flowers may have the appearance of having only one petal, but looked at closely enough, it may have an opening which is slightly cut, such as the five triangular teeth at the end of the bell of Cowberry, or it may have a curving 'snout' as in Common Broomrape which has one lip at the opening. It may otherwise have a curving, slightly twisted cowl, like that of Lords and Ladies, which is not a petal at all, but the plants overall appearance is that of having one 'petal'. TWO PETALS The aquatic Cape Pondweed (Water Hawthorn)seems to be highly unusual in having but two petals. There are extremely few flowers with only two petals arranged openly at 180 degrees. The aquatic Bladderworts (in the Butterwort Family) have but two-lipped flowers. There are also a great many flowers belonging to the Mint family (Mint Family - part of Thyme Family) which have vertically symmetric two-lipped flowers, flowers such as Red Dead-nettle. Also many saprophytes such as Red Bartsia (in the Figwort - Speedwell Family) and orchids (in the Orchid Family Part 1, 2, 3, 4) have two vertically-symmetric lips. THREE PETALS It seems that many plants with three petals (but not all) are aquatic. Furthermore no plant that is not aquatic has three petals. Among those aquatic plants that are three-petalled are Flowering-rush (in the Flowering-Rush Family), the Water-plantains (in the Water Plantain Family), the Frogbit Family (in the Frog-bit Family), the Waterweed Family (in the Frog-bit Family), and of course Yellow Iris (in the Iris Family) has three very large petals. A major exception are flowers of the Pondweed Family (in the Pondweed Family), which have no petals but 4 cupped green sepals, which look like petals, and New Zealand Pigmyweed which anomalously has 4 petals and yet belongs to the Stonecrop Family (Stonecrop Family) which usually have 5 petals but some stonecrops have 6 or 7 petals petals. Marsh Cinquefoil (in Part 2 of Rose Family), which likes a watery habitat, also has 3 petals (intersected by 3 bracts). FIVE PETALS Five is a rather strange number. It could be argued that pentagons have less symmetry than do squares, hexagons and octagons. Pentagonal symmetry does not occur readily in the natural world; for many hundreds of years it was thought impossible that any mineral crystal would be found with pentagonal symmetry, simply because unlike triangles, squares and hexagons they do not pack together in an orderly manner. But a few minerals are now known with pentagonal symmetry. They are very rare, and they possess a random structure rather than being in a regular repetitive array. Not so with petals however; possessing five is a very popular number, for they do not need to pack together orderly. But some with five petals do have one peculiar property. Many flowers (but not all) with five petals have asymmetrically shaped petals, rather like propeller blades where the leading edge is of a different shape to the trailing edge. The Periwinkle Family (in the Periwinkle Family) are such flowers, another is some members of the Mallow Family (in the Mallow Family). Soapwort (in Part 2 of the Pink Family) and Bouncing Bett also exhibit this property which seems to be peculiarly restricted to those having 5 petals at 72 degree intervals around a circle. However, not all those which have five petals separated at 72 degrees have this asymmetric characteristic. Some are totally symmetric. Of those that are totally and rotationally symmetric at 72 degrees (1/5 of a circle), members of the Rose, Borage, Bellflower, Flax, Wood-Sorrel, Cranesbill (in the Geranium Family), Buttercup, Pink & Carnation, Saxifrage, Primrose, Rockrose, Nightshade, Thrift, Wintergreen, and Saint Johns Wort Families are prominent. Plus some, but not all, members of the Stonecrop, Figwort (Figwort - Mulleins and Figwort - Speedwells ) and Gentian Families. Members of the Bindweed Family, although having only a single trumpet-shaped flower, have 5-fold symmetry markings on the flowers. Minor Families with five petals are the Bogbean, Jacobs Ladder and Verbena Families, with the Figwort - Mulleins. But there are some with five petals, although symmetrical about a centre line, are not rotationally symmetric. The Violet, Bladderwort (in the Butterwort Family) and Balsam Families. Some members of the Dead-Nettle Family (in the Thyme 1 and Thyme 2 Family) appears to be 5-petalled but some are joined and reminiscent of orchids. Toadflaxes (in the Figwort - Mulleins Family), Valerian and Monkey Flowers (in the Figwort - Mulleins Family) also appear to have 5 petals, but symmetric about a centre line. TWELVE PETALS Houseleek is the only member of the Stonecrop Family to have 12 petals; most Stonecrops have but 5. DEEPLY CLEFT If the petals are deeply cleft, to over half-way, then the flower can appear to have twice as many petals than what it does. In Ragged Robin the petals are cleft once, then once again to a slightly shallower depth, giving the appearance of four times as many petals." |
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Coleus Bedding Trial Index . These Solenostemon are used as bedding for their multi-coloured foliage, and some annuals for bedding:-
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The Garden Style Gallery with its subsidiary galleries provide more bedding plants
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Stars Simple ShapeSingle Flowers provide honeybees with pollen to collect for the protein in a bee's diet, whereas double flowers do not provide this pollen. |
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"The archetypal flower reads from outside in – sepals (often green), then petals, male stamen and finally the central female parts. In the single dahlia stamens with their yellow pollen which is available for honeybees to collect, can be seen clearly. Pollen provides most of the protein in a bee’s diet. Double flowers, stamens have been transformed into extra petals for a fuller, showier bloom. The lack of pollen means pollination cannot occur and the flower remains open for longer, waiting. Both of these features have made double flowers attractive to horticulturists and much energy has been put into breeding double varieties. Highly bred cultivars are much more likely to be doubles than their species (natural) counterparts. Plants with the name ‘flore pleno’ should ring warning bells as it means ‘with a full flower’ and will almost certainly mean it is a double. Nectaries (rarely visible) store nectar which provides the carbohydrate part of a bee’s diet. They are easier to access in single flowers than in doubles. Some plant species are good honey bee plants in their single form but not when bred as doubles: Hawthorn (Crataegus ‘Paul’s Scarlet‘), Japanese anemones (Anemone x hybrida), Geums – semi-double cultivars ‘Miss Bradshaw’ and ‘Lady Stratheden’, Cinquefoil (Potentilla), Clematis (such as the strange ‘Viennetta’) and Hollyhock (Alcea rosea). For rose fans you may want to learn that only the species roses (Dog rose Rosa canina and R. rugosa) offer food (pollen only) for honeybees. It is understandable that having as much colour, for as long as possible, has been a priority in British gardens prone as they are to the blanketing green of a wet summer. The fact that plant breeding has followed the demand of gardeners makes simple economic sense. It is nature that is beginning to suffer however. Breeding away pollen serves neither the plant species, as it can’t reproduce itself, nor the insects whose main source of protein it is. The question is, can designers influence public taste sufficiently for nurseries to change their ways or would it put the breeders out of a job?" from Beeginner Beekeeper.
Anagallis monellii 'Skylover Blue' has Single Flowers
whereas Dahlia 'Blue Wish' has Double Flowers (details about Double Flowers in row further down), which has many more petals:-
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The following details come from Cactus Art:- "A flower is the the complex sexual reproductive structure of Angiosperms, typically consisting of an axis bearing perianth parts, androecium (male) and gynoecium (female). Bisexual flower show four distinctive parts arranged in rings inside each other which are technically modified leaves: Sepal, petal, stamen & pistil. This flower is referred to as complete (with all four parts) and perfect (with "male" stamens and "female" pistil). The ovary ripens into a fruit and the ovules inside develop into seeds. Incomplete flowers are lacking one or more of the four main parts. Imperfect (unisexual) flowers contain a pistil or stamens, but not both. The colourful parts of a flower and its scent attract pollinators and guide them to the nectary, usually at the base of the flower tube.
Androecium (male Parts or stamens) Gynoecium (female Parts or carpels or pistil) It is made up of the stigma, style, and ovary. Each pistil is constructed of one to many rolled leaflike structures. Stigma This is the part of the pistil which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate. Style This is the long stalk that the stigma sits on top of. Ovary The part of the plant that contains the ovules. Ovule The part of the ovary that becomes the seeds. Petal The colorful, often bright part of the flower (corolla). Sepal The parts that look like little green leaves that cover the outside of a flower bud (calix). (Undifferentiated "Perianth segment" that are not clearly differentiated into sepals and petals, take the names of tepals.)"
The following details come from Nectary Genomics:- "NECTAR. Many flowering plants attract potential pollinators by offering a reward of floral nectar. The primary solutes found in most nectars are varying ratios of sucrose, glucose and fructose, which can range from as little a 8% (w/w) in some species to as high as 80% in others. This abundance of simple sugars has resulted in the general perception that nectar consists of little more than sugar-water; however, numerous studies indicate that it is actually a complex mixture of components. Additional compounds found in a variety of nectars include other sugars, all 20 standard amino acids, phenolics, alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenes, vitamins, organic acids, oils, free fatty acids, metal ions and proteins. NECTARIES. An organ known as the floral nectary is responsible for producing the complex mixture of compounds found in nectar. Nectaries can occur in different areas of flowers, and often take on diverse forms in different species, even to the point of being used for taxonomic purposes. Nectaries undergo remarkable morphological and metabolic changes during the course of floral development. For example, it is known that pre-secretory nectaries in a number of species accumulate large amounts of starch, which is followed by a rapid degradation of amyloplast granules just prior to anthesis and nectar secretion. These sugars presumably serve as a source of nectar carbohydrate. WHY STUDY NECTAR? Nearly one-third of all worldwide crops are dependent on animals to achieve efficient pollination. In addition, U.S. pollinator-dependent crops have been estimated to have an annual value of up to $15 billion. Many crop species are largely self-incompatible (not self-fertile) and almost entirely on animal pollinators to achieve full fecundity; poor pollinator visitation has been reported to reduce yields of certain species by up to 50%." |
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Bee-Pollinated Bloom Plant Index. Click on the OOO in the Index below to link to those bee-pollinated plants of that flower colour in that month or any of Enumber indicates Empty Index Page. |
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"Soils vary enormously in characteristics, but the size of the particles that make up a soil defines its gardening characteristics:
The dominating particle size gives soil its characteristics and because the tiny clay particles have a huge surface area for a given volume of clay they dominate the other particles: Clay soils have over 25 percent clay. Also known as heavy soils, these are potentially fertile as they hold nutrients bound to the clay minerals in the soil. But they also hold a high proportion of water due to the capillary attraction of the tiny spaces between the numerous clay particles. They drain slowly and take longer to warm up in spring than sandy soils. Clay soils are easily compacted when trodden on while wet and they bake hard in summer, often cracking noticeably. Sandy soils have high proportion of sand and little clay. Also known as light soils, these soils drain quickly after rain or watering, are easy to cultivate and work. They warm up more quickly in spring than clay soils. But on the downside, they dry out quickly and are low in plant nutrients, which are quickly washed out by rain. Sandy soils are often very acidic. Silt soils, comprised mainly of intermediate sized particles, are fertile, fairly well drained and hold more moisture than sandy soils, but are easily compacted Loams are comprised of a mixture of clay, sand and silt that avoid the extremes of clay or sandy soils and are fertile, well-drained and easily worked. They can be clay-loam or sandy-loam depending on their predominant composition and cultivation characteristics. Peat soils are mainly organic matter and are usually very fertile and hold much moisture. They are seldom found in gardens. Chalky or lime-rich soils may be light or heavy but are largely made up of calcium carbonate and are very alkaline." from Royal Horticultural Society . |
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The following details about DOUBLE FLOWERS comes from Wikipedia:- "Double-flowered" describes varieties of flowers with extra petals, often containing flowers within flowers. The double-flowered trait is often noted alongside the scientific name with the abbreviation fl. pl. (flore pleno, a Latin ablative form meaning "with full flower"). The first abnormality to be documented in flowers, double flowers are popular varieties of many commercial flower types, including roses, camellias and carnations. In some double-flowered varieties all of the reproductive organs are converted to petals — as a result, they are sexually sterile and must be propagated through cuttings. Many double-flowered plants have little wildlife value as access to the nectaries is typically blocked by the mutation.
There is further photographic, diagramatic and text about Double Flowers from an education department - dept.ca.uky.edu - in the University of Kentucky in America.
"Meet the plant hunter obsessed with double-flowering blooms" - an article from The Telegraph. |
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"From elaborate public garden designs and street planters to the smallest front garden, bedding plants provide a temporary decorative seasonal display for beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets. Bedding can be grown from seed, bought as young seedlings (plug plants) or purchased as pot-grown specimens, often in multi-packs and cellular trays, ready for planting." from Bedding plants and displays page by the Royal Horticultural Society. Some of the Mail-order suppliers of bedding plants:-
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BEDDING PLANT GALLERY PAGES Site Map of pages with content (o) Introduction BEDS WITH PICTURES
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Bedding Plant INDEX . See also the Bedding Plant INDEX of the Bedding in the Mixed Borders of the Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley in 2013. This gallery also compares the Flower Colours, Foliage Colours, Bedding Use and Flower Shape of the bedding plants in those Mixed Borders. |
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The following details about BEDDING comes from Wikipedia:- Some bedding plants are also referred to as "patio plants" because they are widely used in pots and other containers positioned on patios, terraces, decking and other areas around houses. Larger tender "conservatory plants" may also be moved out from greenhouses or conservatories and planted out in borders (or stood in their pots in sheltered positions) for the warmer months, then returned to shelter for the winter. The modern bedding plant industry breeds and produces plants with a neat, dwarf habit, which flower uniformly and reliably. They are bred primarily for use in large-scale bedding schemes where uniformity and predictability is of paramount importance, but this is often achieved by losing the plants' individual character, and has been criticised by such notable plantsmen as the late Christopher Lloyd, who championed an informal style of bedding.
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Site design and content copyright ©March 2008. Page structure amended December 2012. Added RHS Mixed Border Bedding Plants February-March 2014. Feet changed to inches (cms) July 2015. Bedding Index updated December 2015. Chris Garnons-Williams. DISCLAIMER: Links to external sites are provided as a courtesy to visitors. Ivydene Horticultural Services are not responsible for the content and/or quality of external web sites linked from this site. |
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Plant Colour Wheel Uses Uses of Bedding |
Nursery of Nursery of Damage by Plants in Chilham Village - Pages Pavements of Funchal, Madeira Identity of Plants Ron and Christine Foord - 1036 photos only inserted so far - Garden Flowers - Start Page of each Gallery |
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There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
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Every year worldwide erosion, loss of organic matter, desertification, salination, and loss to marshlands takes an area of almost 20 million acres ( See reference 11 ). This is largely caused by man's interference, with some of it being due to the practice of monoculture cultivation techniques with subsequent failure to replenish the soil regularly with organic material. In this case, an unnecessary use of land as a driveway is to be reclaimed as a vegetable garden. The author's aim is not to use man-made fertilisers, insecticides or herbicides, and so what system is likely to produce food and deter the non-human life from eating it before my family? From academic research, Companion Planting with Organic Gardening may help. Companion Planting Companion planting cultivation is concerned with which plants will respond well to a certain environment, and in which environment, pests can be discouraged and diseases prevented. In order to make such mixed vegetable cultivation possible, monoculture in beds is replaced by row-crop cultivation, in which the right plants will be properly spaced.
The companion-planted garden has to be considered not only in relation to its plant material above ground, but also the affects on the soil and the biomass of that plant's roots. Ten ways that companion planting works is provided in the garden design section. Provision is then made for the continuous nourishment of plant life, via chopped organic plant matter covering the surface where there are no plants growing ( sheet surface composting ). Companion Planting can also be used for pest control rather than chemicals. Gertrude Franck's Companion Planting Method. The selection of suitable beneficial plants, the seasonable preparation of suitable beds as well as soil composition and organic pest control to provide healthy food for yourself or a family in a way that will be helpful to the environment and the animals therein, is shown by this book:- "Companion Planting - successful gardening the organic way" by Gertrude Franck (based on her 35 years of practical experience in Germany) Thorsons Publishing Group 1983, ISBN 0-7225-0695-3 . |
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Spinach is sown in spring in rows 50cm apart over the whole vegetable garden area for the following purposes:
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Control of Pests/Disease by Companion Planting Centipedes, which have one pair of legs to every body segment, are useful because they live on decaying garden material, not growing plants. The Mole (Talpa europaea) eats their own body weight of earthworms and beetle-grubs under lawns and slugs, snails, birds, lizards, frogs and snakes above ground, but not plants. The mole can starve to death in several hours without food at any time of the year. The chief pairing season is at the end of March and beginning of April, and the young are born about 6 weeks later. Newborn female moles will mate the following spring and the cycle begins anew. They excavate 2 different types of tunnel:-
Moles prefer loose, moist loam and avoid dry, sandy, or heavy clay soils in which they can dig up to 200 feet of tunnel every day, so they are too extensive to fumigate. Moles do not eat the roots and bulbs of flowers and vegetables. Its sense of smell and hearing are very acute. On the average, one acre of land will support about two or three moles at one time. But areas next to large tracts or forested areas may be subject to continual invasions by moles because such areas may support many moles. Attack methods:-
See useful data for non-plant control of cats and rodents. Useful booklists on growing conditions and pest control after this table . |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Ant |
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Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |
7-10 |
Ant |
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Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
3-10 |
Ant |
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Lavender (Lavandula) |
5-10 |
Ant |
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Mint (Mentha). Fresh or dried mint in the pantry to deter house ants. |
3-7 |
Ant |
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Oak leaf smoke (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
Ant |
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) Sprays either fresh or dried, placed on larder shelves deter ants. |
7-9 |
Ant |
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Peppermint (Mentha piperita) |
3-7 |
Ant |
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Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Ant |
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Southernwood or Lad's Love (Artemesia abrotanum). Sprays either fresh or dried, placed on larder shelves deter ants. |
4-10 |
Ant |
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Spearmint (Mentha spicata) |
3-7 |
Ant |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Sprays either fresh or dried, placed on larder shelves deter ants. |
4-9 |
Ant |
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Anise or Aniseed (Pimpenella anisum) |
4-8 |
Aphid |
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Annual Delphinium (Consolida ambigua) |
9-11 |
Aphid |
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Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) |
7-11 |
Aphid |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Aphid |
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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) |
5-10 |
Aphid |
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Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) |
6-9 |
Aphid |
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Dill (Anethum graveolens) |
8-10 |
Aphid |
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Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) |
5-10 |
Aphid |
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Garlic (Allium sativum). Pick young leaves of Garlic, Nettle (Urtica dioica), Basil (Ocimum |
8-10 |
Aphid. Ladybirds prefer to eat up to 400 aphids per week. Damsel-fly catch aphids and dispose of insect larvae. |
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Lavender (Lavandula) |
5-10 |
Aphid |
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Milkweed (Asclepias) |
7 |
Aphid |
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Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus). Grow border of orange nasturtiums round plants to be protected. |
9-11 |
Aphid |
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Oak leaf smoke (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
Aphid |
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Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Aphid |
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Southernwood or Lad's Love (Artemesia abrotanum) |
4-10 |
Aphid |
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Spearmint (Mentha spicata) |
3-7 |
Aphid |
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Spindle tree (Euonymus europeus) - this tree is the host to the Black Bean Fly |
3-9 |
Aphid |
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Spurrey (Spergula arvensis) |
7 |
Aphid |
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Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) |
3-9 |
Aphid |
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Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis) |
5-9 |
Aphid |
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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) |
5-10 |
Apple tree scab |
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Marigold (Calendula officinalis) |
6-10 |
Aspagus beetle |
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Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) |
6-11 |
Bean beetle |
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Summer savory (Satureja hortensis) |
5-9 |
Bean beetle |
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Petunia |
9-11 |
Beetle |
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Mint (Mentha) |
3-7 |
Black Flea beetle |
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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) |
5-10 |
Black spot |
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Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) |
3-9 |
Blackfly |
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Summer savory (Satureja hortensis) |
5-9 |
Blackfly |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Blackfly beetle |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Borer |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Borer |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Butterfly |
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Celery (Apium graveolens dulce) |
5-8 |
Cabbage butterfly |
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Mint (Mentha) |
3-7 |
Cabbage White Butterfly |
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Common Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Cabbage moth |
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Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
3-10 |
Cabbage moth |
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Southernwood or Lad's Love (Artemesia abrotanum) |
4-10 |
Cabbage moth |
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Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) |
6-11 |
Cabbage moths |
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French Marigold (Tagetes patula) |
11-12 |
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Clover (Trifolium repens) |
4-10 |
Cabbage root fly |
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Anise or Aniseed (Pimpenella anisum) |
4-8 |
Cabbage worm |
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Common Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Cabbage worm |
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Garden Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) |
7-10 |
Cabbage worm |
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Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus) |
9-11 |
Cabbage worm |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Cabbage worm |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Cabbage worm |
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Allium |
8-10 |
Carrot fly |
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Common Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Carrot fly |
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Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) |
6-11 |
Carrot fly |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Carrot fly |
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Viper's grass (Scorzonera hispanica) |
6 |
Carrot fly |
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Wild Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) |
6-9 |
Carrot fly |
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Common Rue (Ruta graveolens) |
5-9 |
Cat |
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Hyssop (Hysoppus officinalis), Sage (Salvia officinalis) and Thyme (Thymus vulgaris). Plant mixture round edge of vegetable area. |
3-10 |
Caterpillar |
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Spurrey (Spergula arvensis) |
7 |
Caterpillar |
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Celeriac (Apium graveolens rapaceum) |
5-8 |
Caterpillars in brassicas |
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Celery (Apium graveolens dulce) |
5-8 |
Caterpillars in cabbages |
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Mint (Mentha). Sachets of dried mint in the wardrobe. |
3-7 |
Clothes Moth |
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Chinaberry or Indian lilac (Melia azedarach) |
8-12 |
Cockroach (Blatella) |
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Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) |
8-11 |
Colorado beetle |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Colorado beetle |
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Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) |
6-9 |
Colorado beetle |
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Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
3-10 |
Colorado beetle |
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Eggplant or Aubergine (Solanum melongena) |
9-12 |
Colorado beetle |
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Horse-radish (Armoracia rusticana) |
5-9 |
Colorado beetle |
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Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus) |
9-11 |
Colorado beetle |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Colorado beetle |
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Thorn Apple (Datura stramontium) |
7-11 |
Colorado beetle |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Colorado beetle |
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Bean (Phaseolus) |
8-10 |
Corn armyworms |
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Soybean (Glycine max) |
7-8 |
Corn borer |
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Soybean (Glycine max) |
7-8 |
Corn earworm |
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) |
4-8 |
Corn wireworms |
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Lavender cotton or Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) |
7-10 |
Corn wireworms |
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African Marigold (Tagetes minuta) |
10 |
Couch Grass |
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Radish (Raphanus sativus) |
6-9 |
Cucumber beetle |
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Sweetcorn (Zea mays) |
8-10 |
Cucumber beetle |
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Elder (Sambucus ebulus) |
5-10 |
Cutworm |
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Oak leaf mulch (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
Cutworm |
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Oak Tanbark (Lithocarpus densiflorus) |
7-9 |
Cutworm |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Cutworm |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Darkling beetle |
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Castor beans (Ricinus communis) and Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) |
9-12 |
Deer |
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Fennel (Foeniculum officinalis) planted alongside dog kennels and sprays inside the kennel |
5-10 |
Dog Fleas |
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French Marigold (Tagetes patula) |
11-12 |
Eelworm |
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Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus grandiflorus ) |
6-10 |
Field Mouse |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Flea beetle |
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Common Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) |
6-11 |
Flea beetle |
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Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
3-10 |
Flea beetle |
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Radish (Raphanus sativus) |
6-9 |
Flea beetle |
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Celery (Apium graveolens dulce) |
5-8 |
Flea beetle in cabbages |
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Anise or Aniseed (Pimpenella anisum) |
4-8 |
Fleas |
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Amur Corktree (Phellodendron amurense) |
3-9 |
Fly |
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum) |
10-12 |
Fly |
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Common Rue (Ruta graveolens) |
5-9 |
Fly |
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Hazelnut (Corylus avallana) |
4-8 |
Fly |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Flying insect |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), |
4-9 |
Fruit Fly of Peach and Apricot trees |
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Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Fruit Tree Borers |
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Southernwood or Lad's Love (Artemesia abrotanum) |
4-10 |
Fruit Tree Moth |
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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) |
5-10 |
Fungus |
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Squill (Scilla bifolia) |
4-8 |
Gopher (Geomyidae) |
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Chinaberry or Indian lilac (Melia azedarach) |
8-12 |
Grasshopper |
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Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |
7-10 |
Greenfly from lettuces |
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African Marigold (Tagetas minuta) |
9 |
Ground Elder |
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Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris lactiflora) |
3-10 |
Growth retardant for nearby plants |
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Oak leaf mulch (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
Grub |
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Oak Tanbark (Lithocarpus densiflorus) |
7-9 |
Grub |
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Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) |
7-11 |
Harlequin bug |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Houseflies |
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum), Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) or Eau-de-cologne Mint (Mentha) in pots by the house-entrance doors and the barbeque area |
4-9 |
Houseflies |
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Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolate) |
3-9 |
Insect |
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Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
3-10 |
Insect larvae |
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Annual Delphinium (Consolida ambigua) |
9-11 |
Japanese beetle |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Japanese beetle |
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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) |
5-10 |
Japanese beetle |
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Common Rue (Ruta graveolens) |
5-9 |
Japanese beetle |
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Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Japanese beetle |
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French Marigold (Tagetes patula) |
11-12 |
Japanese beetle |
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Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) |
7 |
Japanese beetle |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Japanese beetle |
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Thorn Apple (Datura stramontium) |
7-11 |
Japanese beetle |
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White Geranium (Geranium versicolor) |
6-9 |
Japanese beetle |
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White rose (Rosa alba semi-plena) |
4-10 |
Japanese beetle |
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Zinnia |
9-11 |
Japanese beetle |
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Borage (Borage officinalis) |
5-10 |
Japanese beetle and pests of Brassicas |
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Cranesbill (Geranium) |
6-9 |
Leafhopper |
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Petunia |
9-11 |
Leafhopper |
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Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris lactiflora) |
3-10 |
Lice |
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Chinaberry or Indian lilac (Melia azedarach) |
8-12 |
Locust |
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) |
4-8 |
Lygus bugs |
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Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) |
6-11 |
Malaria mosquito |
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Southernwood or Lad's Love (Artemesia abrotanum) |
4-10 |
Malaria mosquito |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Malaria mosquito |
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French Marigold (Tagetes patula) |
11-12 |
Mexican bean beetle |
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Petunia |
9-11 |
Mexican bean beetle |
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) |
7-11 |
Mexican bean beetle |
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Winter Savory (Satureja montana) |
4-8 |
Mexican bean beetle |
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Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris) |
6-10 |
Mice |
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Daffodil or Daffy Down Dilly (Narcissus) |
5-10 |
Mice |
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Daffodil or Daffy Down Dilly (Narcissus) |
5-10 |
Mice |
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Elder (Sambucus ebulus) |
5-10 |
Mice |
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Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Mice |
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Grape hyacinth (Muscari aucheri) |
6-9 |
Mice |
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Mint (Mentha) |
3-7 |
Mice |
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Spurge (Euphorbia lactea) |
8-11 |
Mice |
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Squill (Scilla bifolia) |
4-8 |
Mice |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Mice |
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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) |
5-10 |
Mite |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Mite |
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Allium |
8-10 |
Mole |
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Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris) |
6-10 |
Mole |
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Elder (Sambucus ebulus). Put twigs into molehill or make into a liquid and pour it onto the molehill. |
5-10 |
Mole |
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Spurge (Euphorbia lactea) Sow in late autumn for best effect |
8-11 |
Mole |
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Striped Squill (Puschkinia scilloides) |
4-6 |
Mole |
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum) |
10-12 |
Mosquito |
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Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Mosquito |
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) |
7-9 |
Mosquito |
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Sassafras albidum |
5-9 |
Mosquito |
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Artemesia family |
4-10 |
Moth |
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Clover (Trifolium repens) |
4-10 |
Moth |
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Common Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) |
5-10 |
Moth |
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Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium) |
4-9 |
Moth |
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Lavender cotton or Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) |
7-10 |
Moth |
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Oil of cade (Juniperus oxycedrus) |
5-9 |
Moth |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Moth |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Moth |
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Asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius) |
4-8 |
Nematode |
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Chrysanthemum or Persian Insect Flower (Chrysanthemum coccineum) |
5-9 |
Nematode |
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Dahlia |
9-11 |
Nematode |
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Marigold (Calendula officinalis) |
6-10 |
Nematode |
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French Marigold (Tagetes patula) |
11-12 |
Nematode |
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White Mustard (Sinapis alba) |
7-11 |
Nematode |
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Rattle-box (Crotalaria spectabilis) – poisonous to livestock |
9-11 |
Nematode |
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Rye (Secale cereale) |
3 |
Nematode |
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Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea) |
9-12 |
Nematode |
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Carrot (Daucus carota) |
3-9 |
Onion Fly |
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Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Onion Fly |
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Peanut, Groundnut or Monkey Nut (Arachis hypogaea) |
8-12 |
Ostrinia furnacalis |
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) |
7-9 |
Plant lice |
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Sassafras albidum |
5-9 |
Plant lice |
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Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) |
3-9 |
Plant lice |
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Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Plum curculio |
|||
Eggplant or Aubergine (Solanum melongena) |
9-12 |
Potato beetle |
|||
Eggplant or Aubergine (Solanum melongena) |
9-12 |
Potato bug |
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Flax (Linum) |
9 |
Potato bug |
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Petunia |
9-11 |
Potato bug |
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White Dead Nettle (Lamium maculatum album) |
4-10 |
Potato bug |
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Horse-radish (Armoracia rusticana) |
5-9 |
Potato bug |
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Allium. Plant at corners of plot. |
8-10 |
Rabbit |
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Dusty Miller or Sea Ragwort (Senecio cineraria). |
7-10 |
Rabbit |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Rabbit |
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Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris) |
6-10 |
Rat |
|||
Peppermint (Mentha piperita) |
3-7 |
Rat |
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Spurge (Euphorbia lactea) |
8-11 |
Rat |
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Radish (Raphanus sativus) |
6-9 |
Root fly |
|||
Common Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Root maggots |
|||
Spurrey (Spergula arvensis) |
7 |
Root worm |
|||
Cranesbill (Geranium) |
6-9 |
Rose chafer |
|||
Petunia |
9-11 |
Rose chafer |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Rose chafer |
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Tree Onion (Allium cepa) |
5-10 |
Rust |
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Oak leaf mulch (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
Slug. Persuade a hedgehog or toad to live in your garden so that they eat the slugs. See further info at end of this table. |
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Oak Tanbark (Lithocarpus densiflorus) |
7-9 |
Slug |
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Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) |
6-11 |
Slug |
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White hellebore (Helleborus niger) |
3-9 |
Slug |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Slug |
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Borage (Borago officinalis) |
5-10 |
Snail |
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Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) |
7-10 |
Snail |
|||
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
3-10 |
Snail |
|||
Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis) |
6-11 |
Snail |
|||
Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Snail |
|||
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). Lay flat round affected plants as sheet mulch. Snails discouraged by its stinging hairs |
3-9 |
Snail |
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Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) |
7-10 |
Snail |
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White hellebore (Helleborus niger) |
3-9 |
Snail |
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Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum and Artemesia frigida) |
4-10 |
Snail |
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Lavender cotton or Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) |
7-10 |
Southern rootworm |
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Dill (Anethum graveolens) |
8-10 |
Spider mite |
|||
Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Spider mite |
|||
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Squash bug |
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Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus) |
9-11 |
Squash bug |
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Petunia |
9-11 |
Squash bug |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Squash bug |
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Radish (Raphanus sativus) |
6-9 |
Squash insects |
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Egyptian potato (Allium cepa) with conifers. When planting bulbs in pots, put a 1" deep layer of horticultural grit to the surface of the compost. You can do the same when planting bulbs in the ground, or cover them with chicken wire hidden under a layer of soil. |
5-10 |
Squirrel |
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Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) |
8-11 |
Striped cucumber beetle |
|||
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Striped cucumber beetle |
|||
Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus) |
9-11 |
Striped pumpkin beetle |
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Chinaberry or Indian lilac (Melia azedarach) |
8-12 |
Termite |
|||
Oak leaf smoke (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
Termite |
|||
Annual Delphinium (Consolida ambigua) |
9-11 |
Thrips |
|||
Common Sage (Salvia officinalis) |
5-10 |
Ticks |
|||
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) |
10-12 |
Tomato hornworm |
|||
Borage (Borage officinalis) |
5-10 |
Tomato hornworm |
|||
Marigold (Calendula officinalis) |
6-10 |
Tomato hornworm |
|||
Dill (Anethum graveolens) |
8-10 |
Tomato worm |
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Radish (Raphanus sativus) |
6-9 |
Vine borer |
|||
Elder (Sambucus ebulus) |
5-10 |
Vole |
|||
Bay (Laurus nobilis). Bay leaves stored with wheat, rye, beans, or oats repel weevils. |
8-11 |
Weevil |
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Catnip (Nepeta cataria) |
3-10 |
Weevil |
|||
Garlic (Allium sativum) |
8-10 |
Weevil |
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Peppermint (Mentha piperita) |
3-7 |
White Cabbage butterfly |
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Mint (Mentha) |
3-7 |
White Cabbage Moth |
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Apple-Of-Peru or Shoofly (Nicandra physalodes) |
8-11 |
White fly |
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum) |
10-12 |
White Fly |
|||
Garden Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) |
7-10 |
White fly |
|||
French Marigold (Tagetes patula) |
11-12 |
White fly |
|||
Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus) |
9-11 |
White fly |
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Oak leaf smoke (Quercus robur) |
3-10 |
White fly in greenhouses |
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Johnson grass (Sorghum halapense) |
9-12 |
Willamette mites on vines |
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Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) |
10 |
Wireworm |
|||
White mustard (Brassica campestris) |
9-11 |
Wireworm |
|||
Woad (Isatis tinctoria) |
6-8 |
Wireworm |
|||
Nasturtium (Trapaeolum majus) |
9-11 |
Woolly aphid |
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Carrot (Daucus carota) |
3-9 |
Worms in goats |
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Mulberry leaves (Morus indica) |
4-6 |
Worms in horses |
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) |
4-9 |
Worms -Tansy leaves for worms in horses |
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The following book and its cd from the Garden Planting Design section of the Library will help with the growing conditions etc of the above plants:- |
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Title |
Author |
Pictures of |
Content |
IBSN Number |
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Flora the gardener's bible |
tony lord |
12000 plant photos |
20,000 good descriptions of garden plants, some 12,000 with colour photographs. There is also an interactive CD with it which has all 20,000 plants on it. The plant chooser part of it can break up the list into plant groups, uses, hardiness zones, height, position (sun, half-sun, shade), flower colour and flowering season (spring, summer, autumn or winter). Extremely useful for getting plant lists. |
0-304-36435-5 |
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The following books from the Library will provide more data on pest control:- |
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Title |
Author |
Pictures of |
Content |
IBSN Number |
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Bugs, slugs & other thugs Controlling garden pests organically |
Rhinda massingham hart |
Line drawings |
Very useful essay on organic pest control of bad birds, rodent warriors, big game, friends and neighbours, lowlifes, what bugs you and acquiring and managing beneficials |
0-88266- 664-9 |
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Gardening with the Enemy. A guide to Rabbit-proof Gardening |
Janet Thomson |
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Rabbit-proof plants list with description. Thin book |
0-9530013 0 X |
|
Organic Pest & Disease Management Practical guides to growing organically |
Magi brown |
23 black and white illustrations |
Describes cultural methods of control -biological pest control - barriers, traps and deterrents- along with commercial products suitable for organic gardens Thin Booklet |
HDRA Publishing, Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry. CV8 3LG |
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Legumes planted in a rotation will protect grain crops and grasses from white grubs and corn rootworm. Chinch bug on corn and flea beetles are controlled by growing soybeans to shade the bases of the plants. |
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Sadly, despite being the third most popular pets in Britain, rabbits are still one of the most neglected domestic animals. A huge proportion of rabbits live out their days in a small hutch with little or no exercise, or are unwanted and discarded onto rescue centres that are already bursting at the seams. Most cases of cruelty and neglect towards rabbits are out of ignorance; people often don't realise they are doing anything wrong because they haven’t done enough research into rabbit care and wellbeing before choosing to buy a pet rabbit. As well as being an animal welfare agency, the RWAF also offers members the support needed to give their rabbits the best lives possible and have a huge wealth of experience to share with you. |
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Most pet owners (94 percent) say their pet makes them smile more than once a day. Dogs can distinguish between blue, yellow, and gray, but probably do not see red and green. This is much like our vision at twilight. A cat can jump as much as seven times its height. A cat's tail held high means happiness. A twitching tail is a warning sign, and a tail tucked in close to the body is a sure sign of insecurity. Many cats are unable to properly digest cow's milk. Milk and milk products give them diarrhea. |
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What we do about slugs from Guy's News For the last month, our irrigation reservoirs have been rimmed by a black mass of writhing tadpoles. I reckon there are over a million in the one I swim in, even after the carp have feasted. Last week they got their legs and this week they are off; the ground around the ponds is heaving as they go in search of their first terrestial meal. Facing this hungry biblical plague, slugs have no chance. It will be 2 years before the toads return to breed, by which time they'll have made a home on the waterless hill half a mile away. "What do we do about slugs" is always the visiting gardener's top question on our organic farms. The answer, with the occasional exception of out polytunnels, is nothing; they aren't a problem for our field crops. I know you will find the occasional slimy surprise in our lettuces and our sprouts are often scarred (which we hope and assume you can live with), but I cannot remember ever seeing any organic crops suffering significantly. Most conventional potato growers will routinely apply vast quantities of slug pellets and still have substantial damage. Likewise, slugs can be a huge problem in winter wheat and barley even after applying pellets, but almost never when the ground has been organic for 3 years or more. The reason is undoubtedly that our soils, free from pesticides and synthetic fertilisers, are teeming with life looking for a meal; toads, frogs and carabid beetles like to munch on slugs, nematodes will paratize them, and there are almost certainly many other predators and pathogens. No one makes money from their activity, so this unglamorous part of ecology hasn't been studied much. The principle of organic farming is to find balance; the population of every indigenous pest (except Homo sapiens) is regulated by predators and pathogens. It doesn't always work; sometimes you have to encourage them a little (e.g. flowering plants to foster the lacewings and hoverflies that control aphids), but with slugs all you have to do is spare the soil those toxic chemicals, and soil ecology will do the rest. Annoyingly I know this approach does not work in a garden; I suspect there is just too much cover for the slugs to retreat to. If you can handle the poo and keep the foxes away, get a duck.
In my own front, back and vegetable area, I have not used any chemicals on or in the ground for 30 years and my mixture of wildlife seems to keep the slugs down. |
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