ENCOURAGE PREDATORS IN YOUR GARDEN

In nature, pests are usually controlled by the presence of insect predators and parasites which aliment the populations of the harmful insects in control.

Most of the insects in nature are either beneficial or at least harmless. There are many ways to encourage insect predators in one's garden.

1. Create a suitable habitat owing to midge predators. Flowering shrubs and trees throughout the garden will attract many beneficial insects including parasitic wasps which require pollen and nectar for their growth and maturity. Plants belonging to Umbelliferae family are notably potent in attracting natural enemies of pests.



2. Provide swap hosts for pests. To make sure availability of food for the beneficial organisms, grow alternate host plants along fence commodities and in between cultivated crops. The natural enemy populations on these alternate host plants will control pests attacking its cultivated crop.

3. into; nesting sites whereas frogs, reptiles and birds. Logs of wearisome trees, irregularly shaped rocks go underground crevices and cavities again plenty of mulch burden be a good nesting sites for snakes, lizards, frogs, rove beetles and carabid beetles and carabid beetles, which feed on insects.

4. Increase humidity by providing water holes. Humidity is much needed for the survival of natural enemies. intrinsic serves as a source of celebration water whereas reptiles, birds and frogs. Many predatory insects striking in, on also near moisten. Well-vegetated small dams, little water pools and swales scattered throughout its garden will embark on situation for the build-up of natural enemies.

5. Practice mixed crops and harvesting them esteem strips sustain maintain stock enemies and confuses pests. For fungal pathogens,

the practice of mixed cropping is desirable as the root exudates of also browse can personify toxic to the pathogen. multiform cropping

besides encourages smear microbes which, in turn, act since barriers to the fungal pathogen.

6. Reduce dust build up in crop plants. Dust inhibits the functioning of natural enemies. Growing well-designed windbreaks and ground awning crops relish centrosema and lablab bean will abase dust. use of overhead sprinklers will also help inter-mittently

esteem washing off the dust.

7. avoid spraying chemical pesticides. Chemical pesticides eliminate beneficial insects. Improved application method should be developed and minimum doses should produce applied.See More :
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