I always put out tomato plant and such. I've never had to spray the plants, I just put them in the ground and let them grow. Loosing a few items never bothered me because I didn't put a lot of effort into it. This year we want to do a little more canning and I want to get all I can out of each plant. What do you guys use to keep down the bug bites on your tomatoes, peppers, and beans? Keep in mind I have a small garden. It can be sprayed by hand and I don't need a tractor and huge amount of insecticide. Thanks in advance for the anwsers.
I dust with a product called sevin. I believe that's the correct spelling. but my tomatoes didn't do crap last year. worked on the pepper plants tho.
I never put anything on my tomatoes. For some reason, the bugs don't seem to bother them much. I will spray my beans with liquid Sevin if the bean beetles get bad, but I never spray after the beans start to develop. I don't like using pesticides and try to keep it to a minimum. Never spray my peppers either. I'm getting some guineas tomorrow evening. I have heard they will eat a lot of bugs out of garden. We will see.
Sevin. Dust in morning when the dew is on so the dust will stick good.
Notice they said nothing ever bothered their peppers? I know that chemical free gardners use cayenne pepper on their tomato plants. Bugs don't seem to like it much. Probably the same reason they don't like these gentleman's peppers.