Plant Pest and Disease Interventions                                                                http://www.plantsthatproduce.com

R. Frost                                                                                                                                            07/25/2008

 

Situation

Intervention

Cert. Organic*

Deterrent

Eradicate

Fruits and Vegetables

common

insect pests

Safer Insecticide

Spinosadê

 

Bayer PowerForce

Green Light Fruit Tree Sprayê

common

mildew, fungus

Safer Fungicide

Lilly Miller Polysulê

Monterey Liqui-Cop

Ortho Garden Fungicide

spider mites,

leaf miners

Spinosadê

Green Light Fruit Tree Sprayê

 

slugs and snails

 

Beer in Snail Trap

Monterey Sluggo (pet safe)ê

peach-leaf curl,

other fungi

Safer Fungicide

Lilly Miller Polysulê

Green Light Fruit Tree Sprayê

 

fireblight

Remove Blight

Monterey Liqui-Copê

Remove flowering/orn. pearê

 

Ground Cover, Lawns

common lawn weeds, crabgrass

Hoeê

Portrait Crabgrass Preventer w/ Pre-emergent

Bayer All-In-One

Ortho Weed-B-Gone

grubs, insect pests

 

 

Bayer Grub Control

Bayer Complete Insect Killerê

bermuda in fescue

 

 

Turflon Ester

oxalis

 

 

Oxalis X

Ortho Weed-B-Gone

fungus

Safer Fungicideê

 

Spectracide Immunox

Bayer Fungus Control

Ornamentals

common

insect pests

Safer Insecticide

 

Bayer PowerForce w/Cyfluthrinê

Spectracide Insect & Disease

Ortho Systemic (Isotox)

common

mildew, fungus

Safer Fungicideê

Lilly Miller Polysulê

Spectracide Immunox

Ortho Garden Fungicide

spider mites,

leaf miners

Safer 3-in-1

Spinosadê

Green Light Fruit Tree Sprayê

Ortho Systemic (Isotox)

 

slugs and snails

 

Beer in Snail Trap

Monterey Sluggo (pet safe)ê

Snarol, Deadline (metaldehyde)

fireblight

Remove Blight

Monterey Liqui-Copê

Remove flowering/orn. pearê

 

weed abatement

Hoeê

blow-torch

 

Glyphosate (generic Round-Up)

Animal Pests

gophers

½ inch chicken wire

vibrators,

cats

Strychnine bait

rats, possum

½ inch chicken wire

ground cayenneê

(add it to your bird seed)

LiphaTech “Maki” Baitê,

Farnum “Just One Bite”ê

skunks, raccoon

½ inch chicken wire

Critter Ridder, Deer Off, Liquid Fence, Shake-Away

Havahart Trapê

Pellet Gun

cottontail rabbits

2-foot fenceê

Havahart Trap,

Coyotes, Pellet Gun

jackrabbits

8-foot fence

deer

12-foot fenceê

Hunting license

Mountain lions

cats

4-foot non-climbable fence

or cocoa mulch

Havahart Trap

crows, ravens, jays, orioles

½ inch chicken wire or strong netting enclosure

cats,

netting enclosure,

robotic water cannonsê

Hunting license (crows, ravens)ê

 

ê Recommended for effectiveness and low-impact both humans and environment.

*   Certified Organic means that no significant change to the environment will occur.  It does not indicate whether the product is natural, synthetic, organic, poisonous, or otherwise.  See http://www.pesticideinfo.org for details on specific product.