Right before the new season really kicks off, I thought I would make a video outlining my strategy for natural pest control in the garden and provide plenty of tips and actionable steps for you to start implementing too. The best thing about this method of organic pest control is that you don’t sacrifice space for edible crops and you don’t need to use any chemicals at all!
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Introduction 0:00
The Goal of the Garden 0:13
Attitude to Nature 0:47
Supply & Demand Principle 1:20
Minimal Intervention Pest Control 1:50
The Trick to Reduce Pests 2:59
Two prime examples 3:45
What Pests & Diseases Really Are 4:35
8 Fantastic Plants 5:38
Why it’s so simple 9:09
Slugs 9:25
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I’ve always believed that vegetable gardeners should grow a few more flowers and flower gardeners should grow some vegetables too! Biodiversity is our greatest asset!
I wish I knew a solution for fire ants. They get into every garden bed I build. I can't think of any predators they have in the US. Nasty little things. They ate my peanut seedlings, they infested my Okra last year, they'll eat melon and cucumber seedlings, and my yard is covered in their mounds.
Классные видео , я их постоянно смотрю. Вот если бы субтитры на русском , было бы совсем здорово !!! Удачи !!!
1:10 fedex me some of that moss for my terarriums Huw…cheers
One of the most beautiful flowers that i grow to attract parasitic wasps is the Sweet Alyssum. Parasitic wasps such as the Aphid Wasp and Braconid Wasp love the small sweet flowers, and then lay their eggs in the pest larva.
Thank you!
Wonderful video!! Appreciate your insight greatly!!!!!
Can confirm this approach really works, and takes the pest pressure off. And the more you mix up your plants the better. But one problem I am at a loss to solve is stinkbugs. They are an Asian import and have become invasive in many parts of Europe and the US and they are just awful, with no natural predators right now. Hoping for nature to find a solution soon because they are everywhere, they stink (unsurprisingly) and they really doa number on soft fruits and tomatoes :(.
I continue to watch all your videos. Your insights on this video are great. I have focused on increasing the flowers in my vegetable over the last year. I was doing it for the pollinators, but I love the idea of this helping with past management too. Do you have thoughts on how we get these plants? I have heard that nursery bred plants and many hybridized seeds are bred for beauty and are not ideal for pollinators. Is this the case? If so, should we look for heirloom seeds?
I've been planting mostly native flowers for years now, along with some proven flowers for the food garden, and knock on wood, my pest problem has been minimal. What a good video – thanks for sharing!
Great video very interesting some of the plants u mention am growing.
Good. This actually starts as a frame of mind. I have been chemical/spray free for over a decade now. It takes about 3 years interference free before the garden pretty much takes care of itself. I just have to make sure the base food plants are there. I actually find that having a few areas od mixed plants, flowers, weeds is very good. I do use a bit of barrier, such as meshing fruit trees as the fruit ripens. I find these days I so not get much caterpillar damage. My predators are very good at hunting them and eating them. There are beautiful flies and wasps out there. Saw some hummingbird moths recently. I really enjoy the life in the garden.
Funny thing is that last year nettle appeared only in one bed. The same one which I needed ladybirds in. Seems like I received help from nature ☺️
Love your tips but m an urban container vegetable Gardner and my biggest pest issue are ants, they are the Bain of my fruit trees and soft fruit every year – what natural method can you recommend
Love this Huw 🙂 it resonates with my own way of doing things 🙂 Nature always knows best 🙂 I don't use the word "pests" as to me all Life Is Sacred & created for a purpose 🙂 I never use the word "weeds" either. They are just pretty wild flowers growing where most humans don't want them to grow 😉 I always let lots of my herbs flower too and I let the nettles grow wherever they choose to 🙂 I have created my own little ecosystem in my small back garden and I love it! 🙂
I am so inspired by this channel!! I'm out in the garden, even on chilly mornings, creating a beautiful garden in my wee suburban yard. I'm excited to see how things develop!
Venus Fly Traps and Pitcher plants are great for pest control….
Nope! I'm netting everything and setting beer traps all over the show!
What if snow is your pest? 50cm blizzard today ☹️
I have lots of different flowers but I find that cabbage whites come earlier in the season than the population of predators (which seem to take longer to breed up after winter). I've never had any 'decoy' success with nasturtiums I've resorted to Bt spray a couple of times
I'm so happy to hear you promoting biodiversity as a gardening strategy. Truly, this is where stewardship starts to come into play.
Can you store potatoes in a portabble cooler? I have an apartment and I buy in bulk. I have a dry dark place to store my potatoes, but the temperature is still too warm. Any suggestions?
I love that way to fight pests. However last year I had literally thousands of earwigs. Birds and frogs didn't cut down the numbers a bit. They decimated so much of my garden. I had 40 basil plants totally destroyed overnight. I put out the traps with oil and soy sauce and caught hundreds every night, but still had so much destroyed the next morning. I tried the rolled up paper, rubbing alcohol and water spray, boric acid, dish soap and water spray, and diatomaceous earth. Still lost so many plants. I even went out at night and caught them one by one, but still the ground would be almost covered with them an hour later. I've never seen so many earwigs in my many years of gardening. I spoke to several others in my area and they had the same problem last year. One woman had to call an exterminator because her whole house was overrun with them.
The thing I’ve noticed with nettles is they’re the first plants in the garden aphids go for. As for cabbage whites, they’re relentless here (Tasmania) and will completely wipe out an entire crop in a couple of days. I cover seedlings with $2 wire waste baskets from Kmart when I plant them in late March. Normally this protects the seedlings as they’e impenetrable, but not this year. I’ve lost about half of each crop. Bane of my life!
Any suggestions for treating the soil before planting? We noticed some beetle type insects in our garden soil. Thank you for taking the time to spread your knowledge.
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