Pest control is done with the utmost attention to safety, security of the plants, animals and people. This is especially true for those with vegetable and organic gardens.

The main purpose of growing vegetables organically will be defeated if they are contaminated with the pest control chemicals.

Here are a few long-term maintenance tips to make pest control are less harmful and more environmentally friendly.

1. Use the physical pest control process.

This can be carried out by picking larvae by hand, making obstacles and traps and stuff. Snails can be found hiding in damp places under stones and towrds the basis of these plants with straplike foliage.

2. Apply biological pest control.

Encourage predatory insects like lacewings and dragonflies to feed on aphids and other pests that attack your plants. You can do this by making a shallow bowl with water in the garden. Dragonflies especially will hover around water. Bacterial insecticides such as B. thuringiensis are used against caterpillars.

3. Only as a last resort should we turn to chemical pest control.

Biological pest control methods can be successful and the ingredients for many of the recipes can be found in the kitchen cabinets. If chemical sprays are really necessary, try the least toxic. These include insecticides, soaps, horticultural oils, dehydrating dusts, etc.

4. Consider the use of safer pest control substitutes.

Recipes for alternative pest control include the following:

Green against aphids and mites – 1 tablespoon liquid soap and a cup of vegetable oil. Dilute a teaspoon of this solution in a beaker of water and spray on aphids and mites.

Against Cockroaches – Dusts of boric acid can lead to cracks or entry points of these insects are applied. Bay leaves on pantry shelves could also help in warding off these critters too.

Make sure that the chemicals you use specifically for the insects you seek to be made.

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