Guide to Organic Pest Control

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Learn about 11 products to help fend off pests in our guide to organic pest control. One of the not so good bugs, a two-striped grasshopper.
Learn about 11 products to help fend off pests in our guide to organic pest control. One of the not so good bugs, a two-striped grasshopper.
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A ladybeetle, one of the good guys.
A ladybeetle, one of the good guys.
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Colorado potato beetle larva, eggs and adults.
Colorado potato beetle larva, eggs and adults.
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Cabbage worms can make quick work of cabbage leaves.
Cabbage worms can make quick work of cabbage leaves.
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Lace wing larvae prey on aphids and leafhoppers. 
Lace wing larvae prey on aphids and leafhoppers. 
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Yikes! This praying mantis is clutching its prey, a garden-gobbling grasshopper.
Yikes! This praying mantis is clutching its prey, a garden-gobbling grasshopper.
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Lacewings prey on aphids and leafhoppers.
Lacewings prey on aphids and leafhoppers.
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Yellow sticky traps can attract and immobilize some garden pests.
Yellow sticky traps can attract and immobilize some garden pests.

This guide to organic pest control shares 11 products that are guaranteed to fend off the 26 most common garden pests, including Japanese Beetles, Squash Bugs and Hornworms. Garden insects that damage your vegetable crops can be controlled.

Guide to Organic Pest Control

Sharp-eyed handpicking and trapping can control many garden pests, but not every insect battle can be won with hand-to-hand combat. Instead, you may need an intervention plan that affects the pest, yet causes little or no harm to natural predators and beneficial life-forms that live in your garden. This is where organic pest control products can come to the rescue. To help you match the best products with each pest, we’ve organized our guide in two ways — by pest and by remedy. Read through the Organic Remedies for Garden Pests table and then bring yourself up to date on cures with “Top 11 Organic Pest Control Products” on the next few pages. The information in the table and the text is based on current recommendations from sustainable agricultural research centers throughout North America.

In the last few years, much has been learned about the secret world of garden insects. Spraying is not your only option. Growing flowers to provide nectar and pollen for beneficial insects, and excluding pests with row covers are both remarkably effective preventive measures. You can learn more about these two options by searching for “beneficial insects” and “row covers” on our website. And don’t forget our feathered friends — wild birds, ducks and chickens feast on all kinds of garden pests (see “Poultry Pest Patrol”).

Top 11 Organic Pest Control Products

  • Published on Jul 8, 2008
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