Can you recommend a home remedy for pests on cucumber plants?
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Mogie on May 27, 2018
- Select resistant varieties whenever possible.
- Inspect plants frequently for beetles and handpick any that are discovered.
- Floating row covers are extremely effective when placed on seedlings and left in place until plants are old enough to tolerate beetle damage.
- Commercially available beneficial insects, such as ladybugs, green lacewing and the spined soldier bug, will feed on pest eggs.
- Beneficial nematodes work well to curtail immature stages developing in the soil.
- When applied to plants, Surround WP (kaolin clay) leaves a fine powdery film that insects find unattractive for feeding and egg-laying.
- Spinosad, the active ingredient in Monterey Garden Insect Spray is approved for organic use and works on a long list of insects found on vegetable crops.
- BotaniGard ES is a highly effective biological insecticide containing Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus that attacks a long-list of troublesome crop pests – even resistant strains! Weekly applications can prevent insect population explosions and provide protection equal to or better than conventional chemical pesticides.
- If pest levels become intolerable, spot treat with a fast-acting organic insecticide. For best results, apply to the undersides of leaves and deep into the plant canopy where insects hide.
- Remove garden trash and other debris shortly after harvest to reduce overwintering sites.
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