9780761114017: Pests: The Organic Management of Pests
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ISBN 10: 0761114017 ISBN 13: 9780761114017
Casa editrice: Workman Pub Co, 2000

Sinossi

A practical gardener's guide to pest management using an organic approach offers helpful advice on how keep soil healthy and opportunistic pests at bay with the aid of soil amendments and organtic fertilizers and discusses the use of timed planting, interplanting, homeopathic sprays, and beneficial insects. Original.

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A commonsense approach to controlling pests the organic way

Beginning with the soil, where 80 percent of insect problems originate, this environmentally enlightened book shows how to prevent, manage, and combat pests in the garden.

Healthy, Balanced Soil

The first and best defense. Humus, minerals, green manure, and compost. The foliar feeding program for stronger plants.

Prevention, Prevention, Prevention

Crop rotation. Protective herbs and companion planting. Organic sprays and dusts, including rotenone, sabadilla, pyrethrin, neem, ryania, and quassin.

Good Bugs, Bad Bugs

Ant lions, ladybugs, predatory thrips, and ichneumon wasps vs. aphids. Cabbage loppers and cutworms. How to identify and employ beneficial bugs.

Other Wildlife

Attracting birds and bats. Repelling rabbits and deer. Moles and voles, and why snakes really are your friends.

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Editore
Workman Pub Co
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0761114017
ISBN 13 
9780761114017
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Disegnatore
Anderson Jim
Numero di pagine
106
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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