WHY WON'T THEY LEAVE HER ALONE? - DESPERATE MEASURES

in #life5 years ago

Honestly, I'm getting pretty sick of this.


Anyone who's ever tried to grow a garden may be all too familiar with the absolute war that it can become once the pests show up, especially if you're trying to grow an organic garden. This year Sweet-Pepper hopes to grow some Tommy Apple Melons from Baker Creek, but so far the pests just won't stop killing her plants.

She's already planted them twice, and each time pests have killed her tiny plants. This caused me to have a brainstorm and craft a barrier system to protect them. I think it'll certainly help, so here's to hoping it works.

"DESPERATE MEASURES" VIDEO

Until next time…

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We have started using Neem Oil this year and it has helped us greatly. We mix 1 oz 100% neem oil (cold pressed) , 1 oz Dawn dish liquid and 1 gallon water. I spray this directly on the leaves of the plants once a week. I still see grasshoppers and bugs but they are eating so much less and somehow they move much slower so I can catch them much easier. Supposedly, the neem oil makes them forget to eat and procreate. We purchased ours on e-Bay. I did read that you have to start spraying the plants before the bugs really get going, so perhaps it might be too late for you this year, but I would still give it a try.

It is so frustrating to get a plant going and come back and find it half eaten or dead.

Wikipedia says "Neem oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of the neem, an evergreen tree which is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced to many other areas in the tropics. It is the most important of the commercially available products of neem for organic farming and medicines."

Excellent idea on the boxes! If I have the same issue I probably will try it as well! How many boxes did you end up building?

Maybe about 20 boxes so far.....

Had to trap a raccoon and a woodchuck in my garden so far... Haven't got to the bugs yet....

Wow, then you've got BIGGER problems than I!

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