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Includes garlic, cloves, cinnamon, and mint. They can be found online, at gardening centers, and in gardening catalogs. Made from a member of the Chrysanthemum family also found in powder form for use as plant dust. Made from a member of the Chrysanthemum family and can be found in a powder form to dust your plants with. The detergent is a degreaser and may burn your plants.Īsk your local garden center about which urine is recommended to ward off your particular pest. Do not make your own from dish detergent. For bunnies, squirrels or raccoons, use only metal/wire fencing where the size of the holes are small enough to keep them out. Only use the DE that can be found at garden centers ! May harm your health, so do not breath it in.įor deer use fencing that is tall enough to keep them out. Important! Do not use the DE used for swimming pools. Create barriers and use hot pepper wax sprays.Ĭan be found at some garden centers, in gardening catalogs, and online gardening sites. Eat plant roots, and may girdle trees and shrubs.Ĭut grasses short in fall. Make water and food available elsewhere.ĭig holes and tunnels in soil. Use barriers (fencing on ground and/or over plants). Use “smelly” products like garlic, cloves or cinnamon. Use slug traps, copper barriers, clear back some of the mulch, sluggo (iron phosphate), or diatomaceous earth.ĭig and uproot newly planted plants. Put up barriers.Įat holes in leaves and leave “slime trails.” Use “smelly” sprays or fox or coyote urine products, or “scarecrow” water spray. Use fox urine products, ho pepper sprays, blood meal, or “smelly” products like garlic, clove, or bar soap.ĭig in gardens and eat fruits and vegetables. Avoid being out at dusk.Įat or nip off buds, flowers, and plants. Clear away breeding areas and brush areas. Use castor oil, garlic, or other “smelly” sprays, or set traps and properly relocate the moles. Use milky spore, pyrethrin sprays, and beneficial nematodes.ĭig holes and tunnels in soil, which disturb plant roots and create surface soil mounds. Pick off by hand and toss them into water (soapy or not) in order to drown the beetles. Use milky spore, beneficial nematodes, or garlic spray. Use fencing wolf/coyote urine products “smelly” products like garlic/cloves hot pepper sprays blood meal “scarecrow” water spray.Įat turf grass roots and may attract moles. Use fencing, wolf/coyote urine products, “smelly” products like garlic or cloves, hot pepper sprays, blood meal, or “scarecrow” water spray. Make loud noises.Įat, pull out, or nip off buds and plants. Kill songbirds, flatten newly planted plants, and use garden as a litterbox. Use pyrethrins spray or insecticidal soap on young plants. Spray with insecticidal soap, lady bug larvae, pyrethrins spray, or hot pepper wax spray. Use a strong stream of water to wash off insects. The “sticky” stuff on plant is honeydew and may attract other insects and/or allow fungus or mold to grow. Use “smelly” products to disturb scent trails. Use diatomaceous earth and pyrethrins sprays. Use this grid to control any invaders naturally, preserving the environment and your plants!Īnt hills in garden or lawn garden soil may be moved to build ant hills, ant hills are often indicators of dry or open earth. These methods can save you money while being gentler on the environment. Fences can be used year after year and are very cost effective. Protecting your plants from pests by using barriers like fences or “hiding” the plants by using smelly products and inter-planting, rather than planting all the same kind of plant in one area, is one way of saving your plants. Using stronger chemicals can often kill more than the “bad” bugs and the insect pest population will rebound more quickly than the insect predator population, which can cause a worse problem later on. In general, using a more natural option to control pests lasts longer and only affects the targeted insect or animal. Mother Nature has a mind of her own…as do the insects and animals, especially when it comes to our own backyard.