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Medicinal Herb Plants - Beneficial Insects & Insect Control
control, they won’t stay around and reproduce without pollen
and nectar from their favorite plants.
The inclusion of very small flowers in your garden plan is the
best way to attract and encourage these insects. Start with as
many plants of the "composite" family as you can (such as
Sun flowers, Cone Flowers, Chamomile, Cosmos, etc). Make
sure you provide a shallow source of water.
The LAST consideration is pesticides. If you want to make
use of the insect predators, then pesticide use (whether
modern chemical or more benign natural materials), must be
kept to the lowest level possible or eliminated altogether. Any
"general use" pesticide will kill pests and Beneficials alike.
This problem is far more insidious than it might first appear,
because Beneficial insects reproduce more slowly than the
pests that they depend on for food. When the chemical wears
off you will find that you have a population explosion of the
Pest Insects. By the time the Beneficial insects have had time
to re-establish themselves, you will have had done
considerable damage done to your garden. Our advice is: "DO
NOT USE CHEMICALS."
Now come on ....
How can you NOT love an insect that helps you
grow good tomatoes???
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