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Pest Control
- Avoid using pesticides and
herbicides as far as possible.
- Slug pellets can kill thrushes
and hedgehogs as well as slugs.
- All pest species have natural
predators - let nature solve your pest problems!
- Say ‘no’ to creosote: use
pressure-treated timber or less-toxic chemical treatments.
- Work with nature - lavender or
marigolds near roses may help to deter aphids.
- By removing pests from your own
garden you may simply attract more from nearby.
- Kill unwanted weeds such as
docks by inverting a clay plant-pot, with the hole covered, over the
shoots.
- Holes in your apples? Use
codling moth pheromone traps rather than pesticide sprays.
- Paint something sticky around
the trunks of trees to reduce winter moth damage - the females cannot
fly.
- Throw waste soapy water over
garden plants and gain the added benefit of destroying aphids.
- Hoverflies are beneficial
predators of garden pests and are especially attracted to poached-egg
plant and Echinacea.
- Create a 'slug pub' ! Dig a
small hole, insert a pot with the lip just above ground height and part
fill with beer - a great humane way to keep your cabbages and dahlias
slug free.
- Plastic bottles with the tops
and bottoms removed can protect young plants from slugs and snails.
- Seek expert advice if you need
to control rats in the garden. Remember that rodenticides are harmful to
wildlife.
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