in today's episode we look at some common pests that can damage your vegetable garden
Aphids are soft-bodied insects that are found on many plants
you can see here they are found in cabbage in a gray color and this is a kohlrabi
plant that has the same gray aphid infestation and this can be very
damaging to your plants to control aphids just spray with soapy water and they
should be gone
Rinse the plant after you're done
the cabbage looper is a soft bodied chewing insect
that can cause a lot of damage to your leaves its found not only in
cabbages but also almost all other vegetables to get rid of them just
hand-picked them and eliminate
the corn earworm is a very damaging insect
that starts eating your corn and other vegetables right from its larval stage
once it grows into these worms that you can see here they will totally devastate
your crop to eliminate corn earworm just hand-picke them or use neem oil as
a preventive measure to control
cutworms cause major damage with
young seedlings you can see here this is the cutworm they just cut along the
base of the plant especially young seedlings and the seedlings are gone .
cutworms can cause extensive damage because they do not give an opportunity for your
plan to grow like you can see here this carrot seedling has been totally killed
by this cutworm and as soon as you see any kind of damage from the cutworm
just look around the base of the seedlings and you can find and eliminate them
Earwigs are small insects crawling insects that you can see here
they're very hard to spot so you need to set a trap for them
just take some vegetable oil i used canola oil here to set this trap at the
surface of the soil within about a week all the earwigs will be attracted
towards your trap and you've got all your earwigs and you can eliminate them you
you can generally find grubs when you're digging your raised beds or your soil
they cause a lot of damage by eating your plant roots and when these form
into their adult flies which is the Japanese beetle the Japanese beetles
will cause even more damage so just hand-pick them and throw them
the tomato hornworm or just the horn worm is one of the most commonly found garden
insects you can just hand pick these insects and throw them the tomato
hornworm will cause a lot of damage on eggplant tomatoes and a lot of other
plants and they might not even be easy to spot as you can see here this plant
looks pretty normal but there's a tomato hornworm hiding right there between the
branches so just remove the branch or just cut the branch away you can you can
see a lot of damage that is done by the tomato hornworm and you need to
eliminate this pest as soon as you can it's a very damaging insect
the keeled tree hopper is one of the stem damaging plants it will feed on your
eggplant stems and stems of some other vegetables and they're very small but
you can easily see them because they attack in colonies as you can see here
and the easiest way to get rid of these keeled tree hoppers is just wear gloves
and just remove them with your hand and once all of them are gone
just rinse your plant with water and you're good
the three lined potato beetle is a very damaging insect not only on potatoes
but all plants in the nightshade family like tomatoes eggplants peppers their
larvae are soft and grub like and they do a lot of damage as you can see here
on the tomatillo plants they've eaten all the leaves and stems around the area of
feeding and to eliminate them you can just hand pick them and just cut off the
damaged leaves and stems
whiteflies are soft-bodied insects that do a lot of
damage to leaves and stems and they can occur in all plants edibles or not
the easiest way to get rid of them is to just spray with soapy water or just take
a garden hose and just wash your plants once they get eliminated they will not
come back
never use chemical pesticides in your garden i always recommend that you go
with organic solutions there are a lot of solutions available you can handpick
your pests you can use soap sprays you can just use water hose to wash your
plants and get rid of the insects you can use neem oil which is an organic
pesticide which is also good for your health
so with all these options i highly recommend that you do not try any of
this chemical options that are available in your garden stores just stick to
natural ways and your garden will be healthy and full of life
we'll see you again soon, happy gardening