Bring Home These Chosen Insect Confidantes To Keep Pests Far Away From Your Organic Garden

If you have been trying too hard to keep the pests away from your organic garden using chemical insecticides, but always ended up spoiling your garden, then you should definitely take the organic route. There are certain plants that naturally deter pests and the best part is that they are safe and add to the beauty of your garden. This type of planting is called companion planting. Here are some insect-repelling plants that you can use in your garden, brought to you by TheOrganic.Life-the best online platform to buy organic products, such as organic seeds, organic pots, and organic fertilizers in India.

Bay Leaf

Bay leaf has been used for a long time both in various dishes and traditional medicines. Known for its bitter taste, it serves as an extremely effective repellent for roaches, moths, earwigs and mosquitoes.

Lavender

Lavender not just adds a pleasantly sweet fragrance to your home, but also repels moths, fleas, flies and mosquitoes. Plant it in sunny areas of the garden or near entryways to your house to help keep those areas pest free. In your garden, it is very effective against coddling moths and white flies. We do so many things to keep our organic garden healthy, like using bio organic fertilizer, adding soil conditioners etc, but most of us make the mistake of using chemicals to deter the pests. Try lavender and other plants mentioned in this article and make your garden healthy and happy.

Catnip

Catnip serves as a great natural pest repellent that free from DEET and other toxic chemicals. It works very well against aphids, beetles, caterpillars and shield bugs.

Rue

A rare woody plant, rue has also been widely used in the Ayurvedic and traditional medicine due to its advanced disinfectant and antibacterial properties. It is a natural pest repellent that keeps away flies, Japanese beetles, slugs and fleas.

Mint

Mint is a popular kitchen herb that adds flavour to many dishes. The aromatic properties of this herb make it suitable for many applications, including pest deterrant. Containers of mint strategically placed in the garden or on the patio will help keep nearby plants insect free. Some of the pests deterred by mint includes-deters beetles, fleas, moths, chiggers, mice, ants.

Rosemary

Rosemary plants can be grown in containers, or can be used in herb gardens. It looks very beautiful and serves as a very effective repellent against mosquitoes, cabbage moths and carrot flies.

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums are not just famous for their beauty but also famous for repelling Japanese beetles, ants, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, spider mites, harlequin bugs and root-knot nematodes.

Marigolds

The beautiful flower producing plant can help repel many garden pests, like-aphids, mosquitoes, nematodes. They look very beautiful when interspersed throughout your vegetable garden.

It is very important to understand the plant’s benefits and possible hazards, before choosing a plant for your garden. For instance, while rue may be effective at deterring insects it’s actually toxic to cats and dogs. So, consider all the options and for the safest and best quality organic fertilizers and other organic gardening products, visit TheOrganic.Life at- http://www.theorganic.life/

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