It is after a long time I noticed a rose flower in our garden which escaped the attack from spittle bugs.
With no respite from them, we sprayed neem oil on the rose plants which would not kill spittle bugs but scare them away by the odour of neem oil.
But they are still around!
We kept postponing using pesticides, but our patience is running out!
This is the moral biology of gardening! To kill the pests or chase them away!
The earlier approach is to have plants by virtue of their medicinal value would guard vegetables and fruits from attacks from predators and pests.
I know that Tulsi plants would to some extent keep the snakes and rodents away.
We have cats who visit the house premises, which gives us some protection from rodents.
Many farmers protect fruits from birds and squirrels by covering them in net!
The nature would be poorer without insects!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
No comments:
Post a Comment