Naturally Bug-Free: Controlling Pest Insects Without Chemicals (Permaculture Gardener) by Hess Anna

Author:Hess, Anna [Hess, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wetknee Books
Published: 2014-02-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4: Letting nature take its course

This beetle defoliated my asparagus plantings during our first couple of gardening years.

When trying to build a balanced garden ecosystem, there are times when you simply have to wait and hope. The hypothesis underlying this strategy is that nearly every pest insect has several predators just waiting to eat them up. But the predators don't have any reason to head to your yard until the pest insects reach a certain level—who wants to comb through an entire orchard in search of one colony of aphids? As a result, you sometimes have to hold onto your temper and let pest insect populations reach critical mass in hopes of attracting their predators. My experience with asparagus beetles taught me the importance of this often-overlooked pest-insect remedy.

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