← The vegetable garden
H10-06 · Module 6 of 7 · Pages: 20 · Worksheets: 5
Pests and diseases without chemicals
How to recognise the most common vegetable pests and diseases and protect the garden with prevention, netting, natural allies and proven home remedies
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In short
- Prevention first: crop rotation, spacing, healthy soil, dry leaves, resistant varieties.
- Walk the garden every day for 10 minutes and look under the leaves: a problem caught early is dealt with by hand.
- Insect mesh and fleece stop root flies, flea beetles and cabbage whites better than any spray.
- Beneficial insects, birds, hedgehogs and toads eat more pests than you do — don't poison them.
- Home remedies are not harmless: test on a few leaves first, never spray in strong sun or on flowers.
What's inside
Chapters
- The protection pyramid
- A healthy garden defends itself
- Diagnosis: what you see, what causes it
- The most common diseases
- The most common pests
- Physical barriers
- Natural allies
- Home remedies: what and how
- Garden hygiene
- Common mistakes
- Printable checklist
Worksheets
- Risk calendar
- The ten-minute walk round
- Problem log
- Remedy and netting calculator
- Garden first-aid kit and contacts
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