Thursday, June 18, 2009

Garden Plants as Natural Pesticides

The following plants act as natural pesticides:

Ants - mint, pansy, pennyroyal
Aphids - mint, garlic, chives, coriander, anise
Bean Leaf Beetle - potato, onion,turnip
Codling Moth - common oleander
Colorado Potato Bug - green beans, coriander, nasturtium
Cucumber Beetle - radish, pansy
Flea Beetle - garlic, onion, mint
Imported Cabbage Worm - mint, sage, rosemary, hyssop
Japanese Beetle - garlic, larkspur, tansy, rue, geranium
Leaf Hopper - geranium, petunia
Mice - onion
Root Knot Nematodes - French marigolds
Slugs prostrate - rosemary, wormwood
Spider Mites - garlic, cloves, chives
Squash Bug - radish, marigolds
Stink Bug - radish
Thrips - marigolds
Whitefly - marigolds, nasturtium

1 comments:

Lucy said...

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