Garden advice, tips & tricks for the home gardener

Sooner or later, you will find pests on your garden plants, and some of those pests will actually be beneficial to the garden, like Lady Bugs.
But if the ‘bad’ pests are taking over your garden and you must apply insecticide, the best time to apply it is in the late evening, and only apply the insecticide to the affected garden plants.
In the morning is when the beneficial garden pests and pollinators are active, if you apply insecticide in the morning, you will kill the ‘good bugs’.
Healthy garden plants are more able to resist any attack by pests, so focus on growing healthy plants by providing good soil conditions. Plant companion plants in your garden that will naturally deter pests, like marigolds and nasturtiums, and if must use insecticide, remember to only apply in in the late evening.

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