NATURAL BORN PEST KILLERS

NATURAL BORN PEST KILLERSHome Remedies for Natural Pest ControlBy Eric Vinje, Planet NaturalNot everybody likes cucumbers. You may be interested to learn that ants hate cucumbers, especially cucumber peels. You'll especially appreciate that fact if you want to get rid of them. Just spread some cucumber peels - the more bitter, the better - where ants enter your home and they should get the message. Consider cucumber the "anti-welcome" mat...

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Mealybug Destroyer

Mealybug Destroyer First used as a biological control agent in the late 1800's, both the adult and larval stages of this beneficial insect attack and feed on all stages of mealybugs. The mealybug destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) is a small (1/5 inch long), redish-brown lady beetle with dark-brown wing covers. A voracious feeder, "crypts" as they are often called, will also eat aphids and soft scales making them ideal for use in greenhouses,...

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Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis The fascinating praying mantis (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis) gets its name from its motionless raised front legs, which it uses to hold its prey. A ferocious general predator, it will attack just about any insect in its path, which unfortunately includes other beneficial insects.The praying mantis will only complete one life cycle per season. It usually takes two to three weeks of warm temperatures for the mantis egg cases...

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Five food suggestions for healing the gut

(NaturalNews) The root of good and bad health resides in the gut. This is a centuries old maxim of both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and India's Ayurvedic medical practices.Over the last few decades, renegade MD's, holistic practitioners, chiropractors, and alternative health nutritionists have realized this basic truth as well. This ancient health maxim has even been determined to affect mental health, where the gut is tagged as a second...

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Benefits from poultry manure — no chicken feed

Benefits from poultry manure — no chicken feed M. J. PRABU Cheap, effective: At present India produces about 6.25 to 8 million tonnes of poultry manure annually.   A GOOD and fertile soil is often compared to a womb. Often farmers do not realize that a soil with poor fertility and poor yield are directly linked. “Except a few, there are many farmers in the country who do not show interest in testing their soil for micronutrient deficiencies. In...

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Farmers can save and earn more through vermi technology

Farmers can save and earn more through vermi technology M. J. Prabu   “group of farmers from different villages were selected and given training” Whatever be the crops, after harvesting the residue left in the field poses a major problem as removing it requires manpower and money.  In some places farmers simply burn the dried leaves, stalk in the field itself as it is an easy option. But over time this practice makes the land...

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