@StrawberryFieldsNIR
Cabbage butterfly is my main one, always have at least one or two flying around even when no brassicas to eat - and I live on farmland, so no idea where they are laying to keep up numbers. Cabbage butterfly is the white one, cabbage moth is grey. Whilst companion planting and decoys might work if your problem is light, exclusion netting is the only guaranteed method. Very fine netting (like about 5mm aperture) held firmly in place on a frame, and not touching any leaves (they will lay through the net, unbelievably) - I found that out in Year 2. These days I do not have any problem with slugs and snails, I have chickens. Who can access the garden beds when nothing is planted in them, over time, it works. But don't let the chickens into a planted bed, because they will eat or overturn everything!
@anniecree5242
We are fortunate enough to have three blue tongue lizards each patrolling their own area of the garden and you can see their effectiveness by all the snail shells they collect by their hidey holes. This is why it's important not to pollute their food chain with pesticides as well.
@dmk_games
Suffocant is the oil that suffocates little bugs, like oil. Surfactants help a liquid cover a surface, like the soap you added to the neem oil.
@barrybridgeford530
Castile soap (made from vegetable oils) works well .. 1 tbsp. diluted in a quart of water.
@Nancy-zk9dj
The 2 cabbage butterflies flying around behind you in the beginning awating the challenge!
@GrandmaSandy
Thank you so much, my dear friend for sharing another great post always enjoy watching your
@stubbysidwell
I'm in America, and I'm going to try to add stakes near my plants to encourage dragonflies to hang out and stalk bugs. I've heard that helps with bug prevention.
@elizabethbriggs492
BTI is otherwise known as mosquito dunks or bits, and is fantastic because it doesn't harm beneficial bugs like Neem does. You can also plant sacrificial plants, eg pansies for aphids, then rip the whole plant out and toss it. But you still get flowers 🥹
@thefarmingnurse
18:30 use an empty, dirty tuna or canned fish can with a little bit of cooking oil in it, just enough to keep them from climbing out
@AlexandravanEden
Great video, especially appreciated all the organic options. BTW surfactant comes from the word surface, as its job is to stick another substance to the surface we are spraying it on. So, (at least in beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand) its pronounced surf-act-ant.
@kerrytaylor939
You should have shown the lady beetle larvae (a lot of people think they look bad)they eat more aphids and white fly eggs than the adults. The cabbage white butterfly is a butterfly. The cabbage moth is a brown moth. Lemon trees, they once said prune in June, but this meant lots of new growth in summer, which is when the gall wasp emerges and what they like to lay their eggs in.
@RichM-ij8vr
A surFACKtant lessens the surface tension between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid to allow them to mix together better or a liquid and a solid to cling together better. Solids include leaves and insects. The soap you used with the neem oil is a surfactant.
@veneceweeks3730
Saying hello from Townsville North Queensland 😀
@ImaFreakinNarwhal
Love your vids! For my first garden you’ve been an amazing resource. I’m not even in your hemisphere!
@dmk_games
My main pests: Brush turkeys, rats, possums, magpies, cockatoos... The only insect pest I get to a problematic level is the 28-spotted ladybird. I keep my lacewings, ladybugs and other predator bugs happy. Neem oil is typically not allowed for edible plants in Australia. Most other countries say it is fine.
@Listenclearly1979
I saw someone use a dustbuster on aphids years ago. Worked well.
@stephenpeatling5918
G’day mate, I’ve just discovered your page and have watched quite a few of your videos which I’ve found interesting and educational! You did a video where you listed what to plant in November and I thought you said in that video that you’ll do one every month, but I can’t find any more videos like this from you. Am I mistaken? I quite possibly am so please don’t hesitate to tell me that I have made a mistake. Cheers, Peter
@user-rl5nd3ys8p
I maintained very high end gardens on the Mornington Peninsula for about 40 years. One of my clients had lovely ladybirds on her roses which the neighbours could use but she "wanted them back" afterwards.😂😂😂
@jenduke9740
Whenever i see aphids, i have ants too. I sprinkle food grade diatenacious earth all around base raised beds. I use a parmasean shaker to dispense. Helps with pincher bugs too.
@FatcatandFriends