There are many recipes for 'cooking' at home, with few resources and very little money, an effective pesticide DIY useful for most insect pests.

In this case we will have a product that does not damage the plants and that can be used up to the time of the harvest why do not toxic. The ingredients are considered available without any effort, but it is certainly possible to replace them with others.

It would even be interesting to know the mixtures custom readers: if you want to share your recipe feel free to do so in the comments and we'll add it to this article.

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Maintain a strict maintenance schedule and cleaning is essential to get good results and avoid diseases.
Other workarounds to keep the plants in good health are:
-Moderate humidity, 60-70%.
-Water of origin secure. If the water comes from a well or a lake to be sterilized before use. In any case, you should not store more than a few days (put it in a cool dark place).
-Substrate and attention to draining standing water
-Constant maintenance of environmental factors to prevent shock to the plant (temperature, humidity, ventilation, pH, EC, light, nutrients)
-Sterile equipment. Seeds and cuttings must come from some source, keeping in mind that many pathogens have relatively long incubation period. And 'so essential a thorough inspection of the parent plant.

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Of icecreamterror

Here's a handy guide to quickly and easily build a house for insects.

Someone may ask: why should we put ourselves in the house of insects, and in that sense would be helpful?

Well, first of all your garden is an important refuge for wildlife and a great place to see it close.

Imagine the scene: the herbivores that graze peacefully, some cleverly camouflaged to avoid being seen, and the predators who prowl looking for an opportunity to pounce on sventuarata dinner.

Suddenly, the carnivore leaps and grabs the prey that struggles. What a scene!
Are we in the Serengeti?

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of Noucetta Kedhi

The roots usually do not receive the attention they deserve.
This happens in almost all the techniques of cultivation, but it is a problem particularly relevant where hydroponics is very exposed and vulnerable to the health of plants and the success of the crop depends largely devoted attention to the roots.

The plants generally know look after 'themselves and have a certain factor of self-sufficiency in optimal conditions. If the environment degrades as every living creature plants become subject to attack.

The good grower will do so of the whole to maintain the parameters surrounding ideals: this happens by ensuring a rigorous cleaning of the growroom, to oxygenation of the water, to a setting constant temperature and humidity, to a optimal drainage of the substrate, and to a efficient ventilation. Read more ...