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Growing Organic
Vegetables: The Basics Techniques for Veggie Success
March 21, 2015
Lanark County Grows MMPL Seed Library
Neighbourhood Tomato
Presenter - Gerda Franssen - Master Gardener
Get an early
start
• Plant kale, broccoli, lettuce,
indoors mid April so you will
have healthy seedlings to plant
in the garden mid May. Also
tomatoes, egg plant and
peppers
Row Covers
• provides extra heat for the
transplanted seedlings in the
spring.
• lets in sun, rain and protects
plants from the wind
• also keeps insects at bay such
as cucumber beetle and the
cabbage butterfly
• it also stops deer from eating
your plants
Save space in your garden
• train your cucumbers
to grow vertically by
tying them to a trellis
• this can also be done
with squash and
pumpkins
• cut your t-shirt into
strips and use them to
tie your plants to the
trellis
Attract Beneficial
Insects
• by planting flowering herbs
such as dill and summer
savoury
• bachelor’s button, amaranth
and borage also attract good
bugs such as ladybugs,
lacewings and wasps
plant a
decoy
• nasturtiums attract aphids so
will act as a decoy and keep
them from attacking your
garden
• control by squeezing or
spraying with a strong stream
of water
Plants that
repeal pests
• a row of marigolds around
the perimeter of you
garden will deter bugs
• place pots of mint and basil
through out the garden to
deter cabbage pests and
aphids
• tansy keeps cucumber
beetles, japanese beetles
and squash bugs at bay
• plant tansy in a container
Pests and Diseases • cabbage butterfly
• attacks the brassica family
• adults are common white butterflies
and the larvae are pale green
• eggs are yellow bullet shaped and laid
singly on the leaf
• hand pick -predators are the parasitic
wasp and yellow jackets
• flea beetles emerge
early spring
• horseradish is a
host plant
Stripped
Cucumber Beetle • Attacks cucumbers, melons and
squash
• Adults are 1/4 in.[6.4mm] long
• larvae are white up to 3/4
in.[19mm] long
• eggs are orange and laid in the soil
at the base of the plant
• adults chew on the leaves and
flowers and transmit bacterial wilt
and cucumber mosaic virus
• larvae eat the roots which kills
seedlings and stunts larger plants
• hand pick or use row cover
Japanese beetle • are attracted to the
rose family which
includes apples
• eat the foliage and
damage the fruit
• suck juice of the
tomato fruit and
makes them soft
• hand pick to control
and put in bucket with
soapy water or
squeeze with your
fingers
Colorado
Potato Beetle • be there for the first generation
• hand pick and put in a jar or
bucket with soapy water to
control
leek moth
larvae squash bug
• hand pick to control these
pests
• very important to control the
first generation bugs so they
do not get out of control
• stroll through your garden
every few days with your
favorite beverage and have
a close look at your plants
• if a plant is infected with a disease remove from the
garden so it will not spread to the healthy plants
• put in a dark garbage bag and leave in the sun for a
few days
• then put in the garbage not your compost
the end