No gardener likes it when pests take over their organic tomato plants. Like many gardeners, you’ve likely wondered how to eliminate tomato pests.
It’s time you evaluated your tomato pest control practices.
Know Your Pests
You can’t protect your tomatoes from pests if you don’t know what they are. Some common tomato pests are Flea beetle, Cutworm, Fruitworms, Colorado potato beetle, Pinworm, Hornworm, Armyworm, Blister beetle, Stink bug, Aphid, Whitefly. Diseases can be considered tomato pests as well. So what can you do?
If you are dealing with insects you can start with the soil. Try adding organic mulch in order to strengthen the organic matter of the base. You can also add Phosphorus to the seedlings to give your tomato plant a fighting chance.
Natural Tomato Pest Control
If you want to control pests naturally, then there a slew of homemade insect repellants and natural pesticides that can be utilized in your organic tomato garden. Common things like garlic; tomato leaves (yes, you can actually repel pests from tomatoes with tomatoes); milk (for fungus); onion and mint; and even Boric Acid can be used.
With a little homework, the tomato pests in your garden will be running from your plants in no time!
