2 Natural Insecticides Every Organic Gardener Should Have
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- In today's 2 Minute Garden Tip, I show you 2 insecticides every organic gardener should have. These natural insecticides can be sourced organic, offer broad spectrum garden insect control, and when used properly, pose little risk to humans, beneficial insects, and pollinators.
In this video, we feature spinosad, one of the broadest spectrum, lowest toxicity organic insecticides for garden insects, and pyrethrin, the broadest spectrum natural garden insect killer naturally derived from pyrethrum extract from the chrysanthemum flower.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Natural Garden Insecticide Products
0:21 Spinosad Organic Insecticide
1:26 Pyrethrin Insecticide
2:32 How To Safely Organic Insecticide For Plants In Your Garden
If you have questions about organic pesticides for vegetables and fruit trees, are looking for other garden pest control methods, want to know about the things I grow in my garden, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and "garden hacks" like this, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!
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I never get tired of your videos. You are my go to channel for gardening 🧑🌾
Thank you! I really appreciate that.
I told my wife that there has to be something that is organic that kills bugs. Thanks for the info. Great job!
Nothing but info. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Thank you for the information 👍
Thank you for watching!
Good information as always! ✌
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching.
I had aphids that were resistant to Neem oil as well as spinosad and they were after my cabbages something fierce.
Great content keep it up all is good pray your success 🌷
Thank you so much! I appreciate that!
It's like you're reading my mind! I'm a new gardener and I've been looking for an organic way to get rid of cucumber beetles. I hope this stuff works with squash bugs too.
Glad I could be timely. Pyrethrin works like lightning on cucumber beetles as a contact killer. As for prevention, the spinosad dust on the leaves is helpful for prevention. If you can keep the leaves lightly dusted (be sure to keep the dust out of the flowers so bees don't contact the dust), and spray every 7 days with pyrethrin, you'll do wonders to control the population. Just be sure to spray after sunset to protect pollinators.
Thanks for the info. My garden is hard-hit with white flies and flea beetles right now.
Thanks too for all the fig info. My container grown figs had an amazing yield this year thanks to your fertilizer schedule.
Pyrethin will get ahold of things quickly. Glad to hear the fertilizer schedule is helping!
hi i have. plum curculio problem do this work for minimize them thank you for that info
Such a small world. I recently found you and I live in Mississippi at the moment but am a 3rd generation Floridian, from Palmetto to be specific. Southern Ag, which makes the pyrethrin and copper fungicide you have in your storefront, is in Palmetto :)
I didn't know they were a Florida-based company, but I'm not surprised given the name and the products they produce since Florida is rampant with pests and blight 😂
Man I just love this channel the stuff that you tell us about is so informative and well put across thanks for all the hard work you do in researching everything that is the stuff I hate doing thanks again 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I'm glad you're finding it helpful. I enjoy doing some of this research. It's been really hard for me to manage pests using relatively safe products here on the NC coast where I live, because the insect populations are crazy. I've been able to mostly get a handle on things, so I believe if I can control the pests here naturally, anyone can!
@@2MinuteGardenTips ya I’m from ny and I know u know what we have up here if I remember from an old video I think u said you were from nj ??
Agreed, this man is awesome and a life saver for newbies like myself. My wife and I follow him and are dedicated to learning. He's one of the best garden teachers out here!
Wow thanks for the warning about cats, never using that stuff.
Can I use Spinosad on my grass if I suspect the yard may have fleas? Presently I’m using Spinosad on my trees, but wondered about a different application.
Hello 😊 where can we buy the same fogger you have
On Bonide's brand, they say to use 3-5 tablespoons per gallon of water. This is way too much and destroys your leaves.
Can you use them both within days of each other?
yup
Thanks for watching!
Thank you, this was exactly what I needed. Now just need to figure out how to stop the rabbits and deer from destroying my garden
That's a challenge, for sure. My solution has always been fence. I had to add chicken wire around my current fence, because a baby bunny squeezed in and ate my string bean seedlings. Now, they can't get through.
Can they be mixed together?
Hi, can you teach us how to use Natural Pyrethrin on organic garden please?
I really hate to be so needy but was hoping you could answer just one more question. I genuinely appreciate your time and advice. I think I've messed up with the pyrethrin, I must have added too much of the concentrate. I believe I've burned a bunch of leaves on the cucurbits! Ack! Do you happen to know if they will grow back? It's pretty typical when I try something new lol!
You have to read the instructions very carefully. They have different instructions for treating gardens versus other things, like flea baths and lawn control. What brand did you buy? If it is SouthernAG, the concentration necessary is only around half a tablespoon per gallon. It is very low, and it is very potent. If you misread, the plants may or may not come back. If they aren’t dead, you may be able to use some high nitrogen soluble fertilize like MiracleGro 24-8-16 to help encourage leafy growth. If the plants are seedlings, overdosing on concentrations can be fatal.
@@2MinuteGardenTips Thank you!! It was Bonide and said 1.5oz or 3 tablespoons per gallon. I measured the concentrate but don't think I used enough water. It finally stopped raining yesterday and I was able to actually work in the garden. I lost all of my the younger cucumbers, a few squash and a lot of leaves and the tiny vines shooting off the pumpkin plants. It definitely killed everything on contact LOL! I'm looking into high nitrogen fertilizer now. I've got a pantry full of pickles and relish from spring so I'm not super sad about the cucumbers but if I have to start the pumpkins again, I doubt I'll have them for Thanksgiving. Bummer! I did find a Greenie bone our puppy buried in the squash, so that's something 🤣🤣
Can you use neem oil in the fogger? My fogger comes in tomorrow and I'm excited to try it out. Thanks again for the video on it
Yes, as long as you mix it in water. You can only spray water-based solutions out of the fogger. However, it can tolerate 1 tbsp of an oil-based concentrate per gallon. Many concentrates designed to be mixed in water have an oil-based carrier. Let me know how you like the fogger.
Pondering, not sure I would use either. I'm with evening neem oil and homemade insecticidal soap. (Cant eat the super hot peppers I grow, but I steep them in water and add ti insecticidal doap,)
I've never had any success with neem oil. I tried using it for years and it did nothing but burn up my leaves (since it's so reactive with sunlight) and stink up the entire yard. And that was the expensive, 100% cold pressed stuff, too. I don't think it's appropriate for any environment with a significant pest product, and I don't think it's really any better than a horticultural oil spray (basically vegetable oil+water). These are actual insecticides and not home remedies, and they work very quickly and effectively.
Is there a good organic solution for fungus such as powdery mildew and others? I typically water the base in the mornings but occasionally gets out of hand due to humidity
Yes. You can purchase either an organic copper fungicide, or a wettable sulfur powder designed to be mixed in water. If you use sulfur, you cannot use in tandem with anything oil-based. Sulfur+oil = you'll burn up your plants. If you use any kind of oil sprays, you have to use the copper product. I have them all linked in my Amazon Storefront.
You can also try spraying hydrogen peroxide every 48 hours for 1-2 weeks and see if that improves the situation: czcams.com/video/PdFe4KHPKl4/video.html
Any tips for crickets coming out at night eating your seedlings? It's pretty bad here in San Diego.
Yes. Wait until they emerge, then spray your garden when they're out at night. It's a bit of work, because you'll have to wait until the sun sets, but it's worth it to control the problem. Something like the ULV fogger that I feature makes it incredibly easy if you don't mind the expense. It's made my life 100x easier, and the coverage is outstanding.
@@2MinuteGardenTips I've tried spot spraying them directly at night but it's a lot of work. It's also kind of fun like you're sniping crickets. We have a bunch crawling on our concrete walls. I've also used more potent stuff in the non garden area for crickets and mosquitos but they always come back. I think from neighboring houses.
I have a fogger/ mister that I can try when the seeds emerge. I'll try it with the pyrethrin. Thanks
What’s the difference btw pyrethrum and permethrin found in Eight by Bonicide?
Permethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid. It is man-made and is designed to be resistant to breakdown. Permethrin is typically used to spray as a barrier around your home, because it resists breakdown from sun and rain. I would not use this in my garden, because the toxicity will linger for weeks and can be deadly to pollinators, earthworms, etc. Pyrethrum is natural, so it degrades rapidly. If you spray pyrethrum after sunset, it is mostly broken down by sunrise, so it won't be harmful to pollinators anymore, and it doesn't linger in the soil to harm worms.
For viewers here in Canada, the Southern AG pyrethrin is nearly impossible to get, but another product "Green Earth Bio-Mist Insect Killer" is available, and appears to be identical.
But it appears Spinosad is not approved by the government.
That’s funny considering Spinosad is actually gentler. But, it is newer. Pyrethrin’s been around for a long time.
I want to try using pyrethrin as an insecticide to my plants. I just want to make sure how I should dilute it. It said in the instructions for surface spray, 1 part in 9 parts of water/oil, which seems to be quite a lot. I don't want to kill my plants, so please advise and save them with your recipe 🙏🏻
I don't think you're reading the correct instructions. Look for the Tablespoon per gallon application rates for applying to garden vegetables and trees. You're probably reading the instructions for broadcast spraying lawns. Different brands require different application rates, because it's based on the concentration of the active ingredient. Be sure to read the entire instruction packet.
Are either of these good for grasshoppers?
Pyrethrin will kill grasshoppers on contact. They are harder to kill, so use the full recommended strength. The instructions provide a range.
@@2MinuteGardenTips thank you!
Do you use these regularly all year?? I'm new to gardening n just bought 6 fruit plants there 3 years old.
Yes, except during winter, because there are no active pests outdoors.
How is Spinicid with polinators?
Spinosad has to be ingested to kill the pest, so spinosad is considered to be lower risk than pyrethrin to pollinators, since pollinators don’t eat the plants. However, it you were to coat the flowers in it, it can harm them. Regardless, it is pretty simple to avoid pollinators altogether by simply spraying after sunset. Bees aren’t out at night, so you can use either after the sun sets with little to no effect. By AM, both spinosad and pyrethrin have broken down.
@@2MinuteGardenTips good info. I'm going to look into it.
Spinosad
It would be helpful to have links directly to the product instead of your storefront. I understand it’s good income for you but sometimes is hard for us older millennials to find the actual product in a video. 😂
4:31 minutes video in 2 minutes channel...! Ohh, one more: ur vest is 👌. But goggles is 😠.
There was too much info that needed to be shared. Consider it 2 minutes per insecticide: 2 minutes about spinosad, and 2 minutes for pyrethrin. It's too sunny here to not wear sunglasses.