Elm leaf beetle is a serious defoliator of elms. Insect predators, such as predacious stink bugs and plant bugs, may feed on various stages of the elm leaf beetle. Pupae may be killed by a small wasp that develops in the insects. Small numbers of pupae also may be killed by fungus disease. Weather probably [...]
Jul 12, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: control, Elm leaf beetle., elm tree, get rid of, kill, pest, plants, roots, technique | Leave A Comment »
The Colorado potato beetle, a yellow insect with ten black stripes down its back is probably one of the best known insects in the United States today. The insect overwinters in the adult stage a few inches beneath the soil surface. In the spring the one-half inch beetle emerges from the soil and searches for [...]
Jul 12, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: beetle, colorado, Colorado potato beetle, control, get rid of, kill, manage, natural, pest, plants, potato, scarab beetles, soil, technique, vegetable | Leave A Comment »
Chinch bugs are a complex of three different species within the Lygaeidae family. They have piercing-sucking mouthparts and they feed on the sap of grass plants. They reside in the thatch area of the turfgrass stand and prefer to feed on the lower leaf sheath and crown area of the plant. The chinch bug can [...]
Jul 12, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: area, Chinch, control, grass, kill, natural, pest, remove, technique, Winter | Leave A Comment »
Testing your won soil with a microscope is fun, but there is a large learning curve. It is simple to make the samples, but identifying the animals on the slides takes a lot of practice. Here is a list of items you need for basic microscope soil analysis. These items can be used for analyzing compost, [...]
Jul 04, 2011 | Categories: Preparing Microscope Samples, Testing Soil Using a Microscope | Tags: A jar with a lid, A measuring spoon, Bacillus, bacteria, bacteria/protists, Binoculor, Binoculor microscope, Bowl, Bowl of water for cleaning, Cleaning, Compost, Compost Extrations, cover', establishing, Extract, extracted organisms, extracts, Eyedropper, for, Fungi to Bacteria, gardening, Grape Compost Extractions, jar, lid, mearure, measuring, microscope, Microscope cover slips, Microscope Slides, of, Slides, slips, soil, spoon, Teas, technique, video, water | 2 Comments »
Compost Tea is the easiest and safest way to control blight, leave curl and most fungi problems in trees. The process is very simple. Spray compost tea on the leaves and tree branches. Yes, this does not go into the ground, but on the upper canopy of the tree. About 4 weeks before buds open [...]
Jun 21, 2011 | Categories: Bacterium Control, Beginning Composting, Creating Compost Teas, Pest Control | Tags: Bacillus, bacteria, bacteria/protists, blight, CA Native Plants, Compost, Compost Extrations, control, disease, extracted organisms, Foliar, Fungi to Bacteria, gardening, Grape Compost Extractions, hydroponic, leave, leave curl, leaves, micro-organisms, monthly applications, mostly bacteria, nitrogen, pathogens, perennial, pest, photos, Plant, soil, spray, spraying, supplements, Suppression, tea, technique, using, Using Compost Tea for Pest and Disease Suppression, video | 5 Comments »
Usefull for controlling Spider Mites – Two Spotted, Pacific, Strawberry, European Red, Citrus Red, Clover, Southern Red, Spruce and Bamboo – Use as directed: Spider Mites on all types of ornamental plants 4 oz – 8 oz per 100 gallons of water. Bifenazate has a solubility in water of 3.8 mg/L at 20°C, and [...]
Jun 21, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bifenazate, Compost, Compost Extrations, Florakill Miticide, Grape Compost Extractions, Ground, miticide, monthly applications, mostly bacteria, organisms, Plant, plants, rhythms, soil, supplements, technique, vegetable, video | 1 Comment »
What to use to Control: Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA and/or Bacillus thuringiensis and/or San diego/tenebrionis For more Information on Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA and how to use it, Click Here
Jun 20, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bacillus thuringiensis, Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA, beetle, CA Native Plants, colorado, Colorado potato beetle, Compost Extrations, hydroponic, potato, rhythms, roots, San diego/tenebrionis, soil, technique, vegetable, video | Leave A Comment »
What to use to Control: Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA For more Information on Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA and how to use it, Click Here
Jun 20, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bacillus, Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA, Chinch, Compost, roots, soil, supplements, technique, video, water | Leave A Comment »
What to use to Control: Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA For Identifying pests by pictures or by names (this also includes solutions), Click here For more Information on other Natural Pest Controls, Click here Where to buy this, Click here For more Information on Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA and how to use it, Click Here
Jun 20, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: bacteria/protists, Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA, Borers, micro-organisms, monthly applications, pest, Plant, roots, soil, technique, vegetable, video, water | Leave A Comment »
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Jun 20, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: Aphids, bacteria, Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA, Compost Extrations, control, Grape Compost Extractions, organisms, perennial, pest, Plant, plants, soil, technique, vegetable, water | Leave A Comment »
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Jun 17, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures, Natural Pesticides, Pest Control | Tags: CA Native Plants, control, extracted organisms, Grape Compost Extractions, lawn, lawns, monthly applications, perennial, pest, Plant, rhythms, roots, soil, supplements, technique, vegetable, videos | Leave A Comment »
Snails are a wet weather pest for most vegetable gardens. They can destroy your whole garden in a few nights. If you do not look to eat Escargot, then here are a couple of methods to control this pest. What to use to Control: Diatomaceous Earth, Copper Strips, Chickens For more information on use, [...]
Jun 17, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: CA Native Plants, Compost Extrations, control, eat, Escargot, garden, gardens, monthly applications, night, pest, Plant, plants, roots, snail, snails, soil, technique, vegetable, veggies, water | Leave A Comment »
Slugs are a wet weather pest for most vegetable gardens. They can destroy your whole garden in a few nights. If you do not look to eat Escargot, then here are a couple of methods to control this pest. What to use to Control: Diatomaceous Earth, Copper Strips, Chickens For more information on use, availability [...]
Jun 17, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures | Tags: control, damage, eat, Escargot, extracted organisms, Grape Compost Extractions, monthly applications, organisms, pest, Plant, plants, slug, slugs, soil, supplements, technique, vegetable, water | Leave A Comment »
Here are some simple How To Vidoes to Make Compost Teas. For more information on Compost Tea Application schedules for preventing diseases see, For more Information on applications schedules for Tea Applications, Click Here For more Information on Disease and Pest Suppression using Compost Teas, Click Here Compost Teas/Extracts Foods, Click Here Making Compost Teas [...]
Jun 14, 2011 | Categories: Creating Compost Teas | Tags: Application, Bacillus, bacteria/protists, Compost, Compost Extractions, Compost Extrations, disease, Extract, Extraction, Food, Fungi to Bacteria, fungus, Grape Compost Extractions, hydroponic, lawns, material, micro-organisms, microscope, monthly applications, mostly bacteria, prevention, roots, schedules, soil, supplements, tea, Teas, technique, video, water | 2 Comments »
Also called Pierce’s disease, California vine disease, Anaheim disease (grapevine), leaf scorch (almond), dwarf (lucerne), phony disease (peach), leaf scald (plum), leaf scorch (elm, oak, plane, mulberry, maple), variegated chlorosis (citrus) Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium is carried by the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter. For More Information on the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, click here. Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium proliferates only in [...]
Jun 02, 2011 | Categories: Bacterium Control | Tags: almond, Anaheim disease, Bacillus, bacteria/protists, bacterium, California vine disease, chlorosis, Compost Extrations, control, dwarf, elm, extracted organisms, Extraction, fastidiosa, grapevine, grapevines, leaf scald, leaf scorch, lucerne, maple, monthly applications, mulberry, oak, organisms, peach, perennial, pest, phony disease, Pierce's disease, plane, plants, plum, roots, soil, symptom, technique, water, Xylella, Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium | 1 Comment »
Azotobacteraceae’s purpose is to take food from the plant through the roots, eat it, change it to a protein. Once the protean is released, nitrifying bacteria covert it to a Nitrate. Nitrate is fixed nitrogen. It is the same thing as chemical fertilizer but made by the soil ecosystem. You can buy Azotobacter from any [...]
Jun 02, 2011 | Categories: Nitrogen Cycles | Tags: Azotobacter, Azotobacter chroococum, Bacillus, chroococum, Compost, Compost Extrations, cycle, extracted organisms, material, nitrogen, perennial, plants, roots, soil, supplements, technique, video, water | Leave A Comment »
Caterpillars Use: Spinosad Where to buy this, Click here Videos on Natural Ways to Control Insects. Click here if you want to learn more. More Insect Control. Click here if you want to see more.
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures, Insect Control | Tags: Bacillus, bacteria/protists, Caterpillars, establishing, extracted organisms, Grape Compost Extractions, holes, insect, insects, leaf, leaves, material, micro-organisms, mostly bacteria, pest, Spinosad, technique, vegetable, video, water | Leave A Comment »
Cabbage worm Use: Bacillus thuringiensis, Kurstaki(This product is produced by: Biobit, Dipel, MVP, Steward, Thuricide) This can be purchased at any hydroponic store. Where to buy this, Click here Videos on Natural Ways to Control Insects. Click here if you want to learn more. More Insect Control. Click here if you want to see more.
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures, Insect Control | Tags: Bacillus, Cabbage, Cabbage worm, catarpiller, Compost, eggs, gardening, holes, insect, lawn, lawns, micro-organisms, organisms, perennial, pest, plants, supplements, technique, vegetable, veggies, water, worm | Leave A Comment »
Cabbage looper Use:Bacillus thuringiensis, Kurstaki(This product is produced by: Biobit, Dipel, MVP, Steward, Thuricide) This can be purchased at any hydroponic store. Where to buy this, Click here Videos on Natural Ways to Control Insects. Click here if you want to learn more. More Insect Control. Click here if you want to see more.
Jun 01, 2011 | Categories: Identify Pest by Pictures, Insect Control | Tags: Bacillus, bacteria/protists, Cabbage, Cabbage looper, control, extracted organisms, gardening, grass, Ground, hydroponic, insect, looper, pest, Plant, technique, water | Leave A Comment »
Here is an interesting way to grow potatoes in a small area like a small back yard, balcony or porch. With just a few pounds of starting potatoes you can buy in the local grocery store, you can have up to 100 lbs of potatoes at the end of the summer. Potatoes grow from the [...]
May 31, 2011 | Categories: Bulbs, Perennial Vegetable, Planting | Tags: Box, CA Native Plants, childern, groceery, Ground, growing, Growing Potatoes in a Stacked Box, kids, local, material, monthly applications, perennial, plants, Potatoes Stacked, pounds, roots, soil, straw, summer, supplements, technique, vegetable, water | Leave A Comment »
It is not the size that matters but the shape. It is important to have the highest capacity for water to be absorbed by the soil to prevent flooding up the drain pipe or house. In this case we bury a catchment system about 18 to 20 inches below the surface. It is important to [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Roof Catchement Calculations, Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: CA Native Plants, Calculations, capacity, catchment, Compost Extrations, drain, extracted organisms, flooding, gardening, Grape Compost Extractions, grass, harvesting, house, hydroponic, lawn, lawns, maximize, pipe, Plant, rain, rain harvesting, roof, Shapes, Sizes, soil, succession, summer, technique, water, Water Catchment Sizes and Shapes, Winter | Leave A Comment »
The calculation for rain harvesting is simple and straight forward. There are two places where rain water can be caught. Rain is caught off the roof or channeled into a holding area once it hits the ground. The amount of water harvested off a roof is calculated by this formula. Maximum water (gallons) = 7.48 [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Roof Catchement Calculations, Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: Calculations, Ground, harvesting, hydroponic, lawn, lawns, material, monthly applications, perennial, rain, rain harvesting, rhythms, roof, Roof Rain Water Calculations, roots, soil, supplements, technique, water | 1 Comment »
How disease suppression on leaves works is no secret. On the leave surface, each leave cell has many ports where fungi and bacteria can connect to. This is a normal process for plants. Good and bad fungi can connect. Good and bad bacteria can connect. Each micro organism takes up a connecting ”portal” on the leave [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Ecology, Foiloir Layer Biology, Gardening Biology, Hydroponics/Aquaponics, Pest Control, Soil Building, Using Bacterial & Mycorrhiza Inoculants | Tags: Applications, bacteria/protists, CA Native Plants, chemical, Compost Extrations, Extraction, fungicides, fungus, growth, lawns, leave curl, micro-organisms, Microbiology, microscope, monthly applications, mostly bacteria, organisms, peaches, pest control, pesticide, pesticides, Plant, plants, pump, supplements, technique, tomatos, trees, video | 1 Comment »
Latin Name: Allium ampeloprasum, perennial sweet leek; (Spanish allium) Water Equipments: Medium, Dry locations will need irrigation. Light Requirements: Afternoon sun (greater than 6 hours a day) Rich, well-drained soil in full sun Harvesting: Stems are pulled when the stems are pencil thick, or left until leek-sized, and used fresh or quickly cooked. Cut as [...]
May 10, 2011 | Categories: Perennial Vegetable | Tags: Allium ampeloprasum, Elephant garlic, leek, perennial, perennial sweet leek, Spanish allium, sweet, technique, vegetable | 2 Comments »