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Although there are pests in the garden that
devour and spoil our precious plants, nature has
provided her own control with other bugs that eat
many of the pests we wish to eliminate.
For this reason it is not necessary to kill every
bug in sight as many of them our our friends.
Ladybirds consume up to 60 aphids per day and the
lavae consume up to 30 aphids per day.
Also Lace-wing flies, praying mantis, small wasps
and many birds consume a variety of pests and
contribute to a natural balance in the insect
world.
Many of the chemicals available to control these
pests are as toxic to humans, birds and other
wild life, as they are to these insects and bugs.
There is an equal number of natural remedies
which have proven effective, in some cases more
effective, in controlling pests and without
poisoning our enviroment.
For this reason I do not intend to list the
chemical controls available to eliminate all the
unwanted pests from our gardens. These chemicals
are available from most garden centres and
nurserys, some less toxic than others, and some
so toxic as to be devastating to our enviroment,
to wild life and to us.
The choice is entirely yours, the remedies I have
outlined are all natural and non-toxic. Should
you wish you use chemicals, please read the
instructions that come with these products, and
be ever careful to the harm you may inadvertently
cause to yourselves, your children and the wild
life.
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The main diseases you will come across will be
fungus diseases. In most cases it will only
require you to remove the infected leaves and
burn them. Should you wish to use chemicals to
treat the problem then the following treatments
are provided. There is no treatment for virus
infections, although there are some chemical
treatments that can be used to help avoid viral
infections. These are also listed.
POWDERY MILDEW
Powdery mildew appears with an ash-like growth
over the foliage. It deforms young shoots
including those of melons, cucumbers, marrows,
crepe myrtles and roses and may also cause
premature leaf fall.
Spray with Bordeaux or copper Oxychloride.
DOWNY MILDEW
Downy mildew is evident by the tufts of whitish
mycelium under the foliage of grapes, melons,
onions etc. Leaves go brown and crimp downwards
and sometimes wither at the tips.
Spray with Zineb, Maneb, or Bordeaux.
BLACK SPOT ON ROSES
Obvious black spots on the leaves which later are
surrounded by yellow, often causing the leaves to
fall prematurely.
Spray with Zineb, Captan or combination sprays.
RUST
There is no cure for rust on snapdragons or
calendulas but spraying with Zineb may prevent
this happening. For Roses, geraniums, beans etc
remove the infected leaves and spray with Zineb.
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CONTAINERS
CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AS IF YOUR
LIFE DEPENDED ON IT (AND IT MAY WELL DO)
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