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rganic pest control can seem impossible if
you have suffered time and time again with
a particular pest that affects the overall yield or
quality of your crop. You may have tried every
pesticide out there, from the ridiculously cheap
to the eye-wateringly expensive. Well sometimes
there is a simple answer to a problem, a natural
answer that may work just as well, if not better,
than a man-made chemical pesticide, which can do
untold damage to your plant, the environment, and
whoever you are producing your crop for.
There are three main paths to organic pest control:
• Predators to pests.
• Sacrificial plants to attract and deter pests.
• Homemade organic oils and sprays
to control pests.
PREDATORS TO PESTS
First, you need to have a “predators to pests”
attitude towards infestation. Keep it natural—
there is a balance in the world, a cycle that
takes and gives. The introduction of a
natural predator of the pests that are
blighting your plants is sometimes
a very effective natural way to
control damage to your crop.
One example of this is with
the caterpillar problem I
had in my own garden.