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Main > Gardening > Fruit and vegetables Using urine as fertiliser: Dilute 1:8 (urine:water) and pour on the soil around plants only when the urine is fresh. Don't use on plants with edible raw leaves or ground-lying berries.   kellyjones00 (593)

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Main > Gardening > Pests > Organic pest / disease control A - Z of products: Aeration: prune plants to allow air flow through them to prevent build-up of diseases Baking soda: often used in diluted form to control diseases Beer traps: stale beer attracts slugs and snails Bordeaux: mixture of copper sulphate and lime that mainly controls bacterial diseases Beat-a-Bug: a product combining pyrethrum, garlic and capsicum, useful for controlling most insects Basal watering: water around the base of plants instead of on stem or foliage to prevent fungal and bacterial diseases Copper tape: around plants to stop slug and snail attack Crop rotation: planting different plant family groups in individual garden plots each year for four years in a crop rotation system to avoid build-up of pests and diseases specific to one plant family group Derris dust: dust made from plant material; controls several insects Dipel: biological bacteria that attack larvae of several insect species including cabbage white butterfly and light brown apple moth Enviromat mulch collars: placed around plants for weed control Fruit fly traps: attract and kill fruit fly adults to prevent them breeding Hydronurture igloo: water-filled cellular ribbed igloo used to protect plants and give extra warmth to boost growth, especially during cooler conditions Insect predators (including mites, wasps, and eelworms): can be purchased and released in the garden Jiffy pots: compressed peat moss plugs suitable for seed germination and propagation Liquid seaweed: provides minute quantities of nutrients for plants and seems to help build-up of pest and disease resistance in plants; used as soil drench and foliar spray Lime dust / powder: used for making Bordeaux and mixed with water, used to control apple scab disease; dust puffed on leaves will also control apple and pear slug Lime sulphur: corrosive liquid used as a fungicide; will control some bacterial and fungal diseases Milk: as a spray on leaves, can control powdery mildew infections Mineral oil: controls insects and their eggs Mulch: organic material that attracts worms and suppresses weeds Multiguard Slug and Snail Pellets: contains an iron compound that breaks down into harmless organic products and is non-polluting Neem: plant extract acting on insects by making them starve Netting: prevents bird and animal predation Citrus oil: controls some insects and their eggs Paper bags: placed over fruits before ripe, to prevent birds and insects from eating them Pestoil: a useful oil product that controls many insects like scale, citrus leaf miner and aphids Pheromone traps: attracts male codling moth insects to prevent them breeding Pyrethrum: broad spectrum spray that will kill all insects, so use with care and read the label Quassia chips: steep in boiling water and use on plants to discourage possums Soapy water: smothers insects and scale Sticky traps: glue on the trap's surface traps insects like white fly Tea tree oil: an antiseptic, cleaning agent and disease control Vitec fish food emulsion: fertiliser used as a foliar spray or liquid root drench; seems to build up disease resistance in some plants — Tips from Allen Gilbert's "All About Apples"    kellyjones00 (593)

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Main > Gardening Always hire some working class person to do your gardening. The last thing any self-respecting person would want is for the neighbours to spy you doing something like gardening.   Diogenes (25)

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