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How to Control Aphids: Chemical, Organic, and Biological Methods for Effective Pest Management

Let’s see first how they look and what they do. They are around 2 mm in length and are inhabiting plants in big colonies. They also suck the liquids out of the leaves and disturb the plant’s growth, with the viruses they transfer into them. They secrete sticky honeydew, which inhibits black sooty mold. These …

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Protect Your Plants from Whitefly Infestation and Virus with These Tips!

Although they may seem harmless, whiteflies can actually be very dangerous to your plants. They are a type of pest that is difficult to eradicate and only about 2mm in length. Whiteflies suck liquids out of plant leaves and secrete a sticky substance called honeydew, which causes black mold to grow on the plant. While this slows down the photosynthesis process of the plant, the real damage is done by the 100 different kinds of viruses whiteflies can carry and transfer into plants. These viruses can cause growth disorders and distort plants and fruits, eventually causing them to stop yielding fruits and stop growing altogether.

Once the virus is inside the plant, it is virtually impossible to fix. Uprooting and disposing of the infected plant is often the only solution as the virus will multiply inside the plant and infect other plants. One solution to this problem is to grow plants inside greenhouses with 50 mesh type nets. These types of nets are impenetrable to whiteflies.

Don’t let whiteflies damage your plants! Keep them healthy and strong with these helpful tips.

The Ultimate Guide to Eradicating Spider Mites

Learn how to eliminate spider mites from your crops using chemical, organic and biological methods. Spider mites can infest all vegetable crops and develop tolerance to many designated pesticides, so it’s important to use at least three different pesticides and alternate between them every three days in order to fully eradicate them. Chemical pesticides like Bifenazate and Neem oil, organic solutions like Sulfur and Pyrethrin, and biological methods like the Phytoseiulus persimillis mite are all effective ways to eliminate spider mites from your crops. This post provides a comprehensive guide to help you effectively eradicate spider mites from your plants.

How to Combat Pests During Growing Season: The Importance of Using Multiple Pesticides to Prevent Resistance and Maximize Yield

During the growing season, at least 2 to 5 different insects and fungus, which I will specify later, will attack your plants, in different stages of the plant’s growth. Some attack in early stages when the plant has only flowers, and some attack when it’s already mature with fruits. In some cases, one spray cycle …

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Pests and us

Most of the insects and fungus that attack vegetable plants are the same all over the world. These pests appear every year, year by year, in different amounts, and in different stages of the crop season, and damage the plants, thus resulting in yield loss. The Knowledge of how to identify and eradicate them, will …

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Prolog

Whether you are growing for personal consumption, on a balcony, whether you have a small vegetable garden, or even if you are a big farmer owning commercial high-tech greenhouses, you can find this website, helpful. Growers all over the world, who want to know how to cope against pests efficiently, and understand the principles of …

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