{"id":949,"date":"2010-09-02T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2018-02-05T11:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:45:25","slug":"dealing-with-pests-organically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/dealing-with-pests-organically\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Pests Organically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the time of year for aphids and other pests to be causing problems with roses, annuals and perennial plants. Rather than spray a chemical pesticide we have been using Fish Oil based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Organocide-Insecticide-Fungicide\/dp\/B001CJ6764\/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top\">Organocide<\/a>. It carries no restrictions on the label (caution, warning, danger, indications) and is suitable for organic production of fruits and vegetables. You may have to apply it a bit more frequently, and it may smell a bit fishy, but it works quite well. It has it&#8217;s limitations, but works quite well if properly applied (always read and follow application instructions). Safer Soap is another good option for a less toxic option for pest control.<\/p>\n<p>For More: See Harmony Farm Supply&#8217;s Website of Pest Control Options<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-950\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Organocide.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[949]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-950\" title=\"Organocide\" src=\"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Organocide-450x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Organocide-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Organocide-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Organocide.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Amazon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the time of year for aphids and other pests to be causing problems with roses, annuals and perennial plants. Rather than spray a chemical pesticide we have been using Fish Oil based Organocide. It carries no restrictions on the label (caution, warning, danger, indications) and is suitable for organic production of fruits and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/dealing-with-pests-organically\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dealing with Pests Organically<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}