organic pesticide?
 

Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)

organic pesticide?
 

andr0meda wrote:
Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?

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(I myself use Ivory dish detergent).


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organic pesticide?
 

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andr0meda wrote:

Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)


Anything you could possibly use is a chemical. Water is a chemical.
Organic just means it is derived from natural sources.
There are many pesticides derived from plants. Pyrethrin which is made
from a type of chrysanthemum is quite common and should work on your
beetles but will kill beneficial insects too. BT which is a bacterial
spore in a liquid carrier, is usually usually best for caterpillars and
generally less likely to hurt beneficials. There are different varieties
of BT for different bugs.
See http://www.ghorganics.com/Page44.html for a list of organic
pesticides. Remember that just because it's organic, it won't poison you
if you misuse it. Follow directions and you will be fine.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Cicero

organic pesticide?
 

Lorenzo L. Love wrote:

andr0meda wrote:

Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat
on were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really
don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)


Anything you could possibly use is a chemical. Water is a chemical.
Organic just means it is derived from natural sources.
There are many pesticides derived from plants. Pyrethrin which is made
from a type of chrysanthemum is quite common and should work on your
beetles but will kill beneficial insects too. BT which is a bacterial
spore in a liquid carrier, is usually usually best for caterpillars and
generally less likely to hurt beneficials. There are different varieties
of BT for different bugs.
See http://www.ghorganics.com/Page44.html for a list of organic
pesticides. Remember that just because it's organic, it won't poison you
if you misuse it. Follow directions and you will be fine.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Cicero


That should be "just because it's organic, it won't NOT poison you if
you misuse it" Anything can be misused.

organic pesticide?
 

uh...can't you just pick them off? What am I missing? Then no usage of
anything except your time.
"andr0meda" wrote in message
...
Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on
were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really
don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)

organic pesticide?
 

Thanks!
I have, last night. I also think this might be best, but I work all waking
hours (almost) but, Hey!
Tonight I ate my very first own tomato!!!!!!! split and spotty, but nothing
wrong with it.
Yuppee!!!!!!
Andr0

"Thomas" wrote in message
...
uh...can't you just pick them off? What am I missing? Then no usage of
anything except your time.
"andr0meda" wrote in message
...
Does anyone now if there is something like organic pesticide?
This evening I've found a nasty caterpillar emerging from one of my
tomatoes, and drilling into it again! how dreadful! And something
looking
like a false lady bug eating of the leaves, except the leaves it sat on
were
drying and almost dead. With tomatoes just beginning to ripen I really
don't
want to use chemicals. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Andr0 (a new gardener)

organic pesticide?
 

Thank you all for your sound advice! It starts making sense to me after
reading it all, and a few websites that I found as well. Like this one:
http://wiwi.essortment.com/homemadeorgani_renu.htm
I will keep an eye on those dreadful bugs,
Regards,
Andr0