A customer has a question and I hope we can get some opinions on it, thanks
My question is about pesticides. There was an ant and a lady bug crawling around on them. Do you recommend any type of pesticides?
A customer has a question and I hope we can get some opinions on it, thanks
My question is about pesticides. There was an ant and a lady bug crawling around on them. Do you recommend any type of pesticides?
No!!! Ladybugs are beneficial insects and ants won’t really hurt it unless they are forming a colony under the soil. Use 3-6 drops of Melaleuca essential oil, 3 drops of peppermint essential oil, and 3 drops of lavender essential oil in about 24oz of pH water and mix in a spray bottle, add a drop or two of pure Castile soap as a wetting agent and apply to plants before sun(or lights) come up or just before they shut off(or go down). Organic pesticide and fungicide from our mother Gaia. Namaste
If you need a bit of oomf and have some other pests show up,
Safer Brand 5110-6 Insect Killing Soap, 32 oz.
Chevyswish is right they’re not hurting anything. Ladybugs are good. Nothing to worry about
Keep an eye on the ants as they have a relationship with aphids and 50/50 if you got ants aphids aren’t far off and they can devastate a garden
Happy to hear about the lady bug that’s great
They can eat like 1500 aphids a day!!
Ants farm aphids and aphids do a lot of damage. Spinosad (like Monterry Insect Garden Spray) is instantly effective and so non-toxic to humans FDA lets farmers use it on organic veggies and tobacco. I would not use it if you bought a container of ladybugs, but a single ladybug is not going to do much before it flies away. Works GREAT for caterpillars if you are growing outside.