Modern pest control has changed radically in the past decade with the availability of many biological pest control agents that we can use in our Integrated Pest Management - IPM system.
Controlling pests takes a leap of faith. When you drench a crop with garlic you can smell it all over the farm but you can’t see the insects being repelled from feeding on the flowers.
I like this new video that shows the nematodes in action and how to make them more effective.
On the Becker Underwood Blog you can see boicontrols in action
There are nematodes available for your home garden. Contact your local County Agent for more details on biocontrols in the garden. It takes some knowledge just as with any pesticide to get the right control agent for the right pest. For worm larvae that eat your veggies and mosquito larvae in your pond and bromeliad cups you still want to use Bt – Bacillus thuringiensis, a safe bacteria toxin that attacks the gut of the larval stage of the target pest.
