Pesticide Companies Don't Want You To Know How To Use TRAP CROPS To Repel Garden Pests!

In this video, I'll show you how to use trap crops to repel garden pests! This is a secret garden tip pesticide companies don't want you to know, because trap cropping is a simple, effective, natural and organic way to keep garden pests off your favorite plants!
For the studies and detailed information referenced in this video:
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2. gms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/gs/handl...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 What Are Trap Crops? Trap Cropping Explained!
1:47 Companion Planting / Interplanting VS Trap Crops
3:36 Trap Crop For Leaf Footed Bugs, Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, Japanese Beetles
7:34 Trap Crop For Cucumber Beetles
8:49 Trap Crop For Cabbage Worms, Caterpillars, Moths
11:14 Adventures With Dale
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[@Howwerelivingfishing]

As a restaurant employee I have virtually unlimited green onions because I am allowed to keep the root ends and I replant them. I use them all over my garden as a repellent plant, spaced in between almost every section of crops.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's outstanding! They do work to a significant degree, I've found.

[@joepro66]

Awesome

[@jonathanb.9150]

Here in Kansas, my father in law has used a habanero tea he made using habanero peppers and boiling water - then sprays it on his plants before they fruit. The spice of the spray keeps bugs off the plants and doesn't harm or impact taste of the other plants

[@tamimosher9368]

Great idea! It sounds like that would also work to repel rabbits and squirrels. They are my #1 pests! How does he make the tea?

[@jonathanb.9150]

@@tamimosher9368 I believe he just stews the habanero pepper in with hot water after cutting the pepper (to release the juice and seeds). Then pours into a spray bottle or a chemical sprayer. Be careful not to inhale it or get it in your eyes.

[@karinchristensen220]

I love this idea of trap and inter-cropping. Last year I grew some Ethiopian kale thinking it was kale but it was instead a type of small leafed mustard. In my area we don't have much of a spring causing the mustard to bolt pretty fast. The flowers were pretty so I left them in. I noticed one day that they were covered in Harlequin bugs. It was easy to knock the bugs off into a bowl of soapy water. The bunch of mustard was close to my real kale which were not touched by the bugs. I am growing this mustard again. Another trap crop I discovered by accident is Morning Glory. I love them so let them grow almost any place where they aren't a problem. They are a magnet for the type of leaf miner I have here. The leaves are a mess but they still bloom. The leaf miners are on the morning glories and nothing else. I have trouble with flea beetles on my young turnips and beets so this year I plan to use the multi-sowing technique that Charles Dowding uses starting them in modules rather than in the ground since the flea beetle mostly attacks the young seedlings. I discovered small tan bumps on top of the leaves of my peppers late in the year last year. I thought something was laying eggs on the leaves. When I looked closer with a magnifying glass it turned out that the tan bumps were mummified aphids with a little hole in the abdomen .Turns out that I had a native wasp that lays its eggs in aphids. The wasp larvae must turn the aphids into zombies causing them to sit on top of the leaf. I didn't even know the peppers had aphids. This tiny wasp was taking care of them. If I had used insecticide I would have killed the wasps.

[@steveunderhill5935]

This might be the type of wasp where the infected hosts are commandeered to the top of the branch to get eaten by a bird to continue the wasp life cycle…

[@larsfinlay7325]

yo thanks for the info Karin, and thanks for not using pesticides

[@karinchristensen220]

@@steveunderhill5935 The wasp larvae eat the aphid from the inside then when mature exits through the hole in the abdomen. I could see some of the mummified aphids had holes in their abdomen. I read that when the wasp emerges the rest of the uninfected aphids panic and often fall off the leaves and die. You can buy parasitic wasp eggs but you have to get the right ones for the type of aphid you have. I'm not sure why the infected aphid sits on top of the leaf. Maybe the wasp larvae likes the warmth of the sun. Even though I saw a few aphid mummies underneath the leaf, most were on top and very visible.

[@laattardo]

I love finding ways to work with, rather than against nature. All of the things he is pointing out with the trap plants are methods my great grandparents used on their giant farms. Love we are rediscovering what kept us going for eons before the chemical movement.

[@tesswagner895]

Pyrethrin spray works great on flea beetles. They almost killed my tomatoes one year til my neighbor told me about this . Spray every other day for about a week.

[@PackRatManiac]

I grew Lemon Queen sunflowers last year and learned by accident the leaf footed bugs loved them. They did stay away from my tomatoes.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's great to hear! These studies were limited to Peredovik, but I imagine other sunflowers will have similar effects. I recommend trying Peredovik if you have a serious problem like I do.

[@davidschmidt270]

What's a leaf footed bug?

[@davidschmidt270]

@@TheMillennialGardener what's perodovak?

[@Traxnrax]

@@davidschmidt270 did you even watch the video?

[@davidschmidt270]

@@Traxnrax not yet! Put it into my watch later videos....I take it from your response that the answer lies there!!! Oooops!

[@Car-jy8pw]

I don’t know what kinds of weeds are growing in between my rows. I used to pull them all out as best I could through the season, but I eventually realized the bugs preferred 2 specific weeds over my plants. Now I leave a few in between each row of those 2 types… I only keep them while they’re small (since the bugs like them better at that stage) and sprinkle diatomaceous earth on them occasionally. I let a few go to seed at the end of the season. Works better than any other method I’ve tried before. Thanks for the Hubbard squash tip.

[@steveunderhill5935]

Take a pic w your phone and google will tell you what the weeds are.

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Yeah what weeds? I use iNaturalist it works really well to ID

[@KatherineKoroluk]

Trap crops are totally underused! I need to plant more blue Hubbards to attract the relentless cucumber beetles in my garden. I grew a northern Georgia candy roaster last year and it did a similar job- just don’t expect any squash! Instead of mustard greens you should try upland cress, it’s what’s called a “dead end trap crop”. It not only attracts the cabbage moths but it also liquifies the caterpillars from the inside out when they eat them and kills them off. Works like a charm!

[@skully6223]

Do you know if that would work for slugs as well (the stuff that liquifies the caterpillars?) I have an insane amount of slugs & have tried everything!

[@KarenHernandez-wb9mm]

@@skully6223 I use a plastic bowl buried up to the rim at ground level. Pour beer into the bowl. They love it! They crawl into the beer and drown. ☠️

[@aaronbuchholz4184]

Thank you for that Im definitely going to look into dead end trap crops.

[@TheAguspt]

Will this work gor the vine borer of squash?

[@jasonarondeau]

Just throwing it out there: any idea if green Hubbard will do the same as blue? I have oodles of green Hubbard seeds so I guess I will try it out and see what happens!

[@CaneCorsoNutts]

I hadn't thought of trap crops. To reduce the use of pesticides let me recommend placing a bat box in your garden. Each bat eats around 1000's flying insects a day and as a gardener you get bat guano as a bonus.

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

Great idea! I have some nasturtium transplants coming tomorrow that I’ll be using for trap crops for aphids

[@Blenduu]

@@Howwerelivingfishing Oh , nice . Any success?

[@eigleenalegri2664]

I trap insects with pieces of cardboard left overnight and stomp them in the morning when it is cool out. Thanks for your videos!

[@onlyintime9914]

👍 use upland cress plant as a trap crop for cabbage and brassicas because it liquifies the cabbage moth caterpillars from the inside out.

[@bobbun9630]

The harvest problem with alliums can easily be resolved by just using walking onions, perennial bunching onions, or chives as those have no set time at which they are "mature". They can also be overwintered indefinitely so they're always available to transplant into the place where you need them as decently sized plants from the beginning. I can confirm that sorghum is incredibly attractive to leaf footed bugs and various types of shield bugs. As far as I know you don't need a special type, though a dwarf grain sorghum like Texicoa will remain a sensible size. If you want to harvest the grain (the plants tolerate all the bugs they attract fairly well), lop off the heads when they're ripe and the plant will grow smaller additional heads from the sides. The plants look a bit like corn, but they need less water and fertilizer, don't need to be clustered for pollination, are likely to survive the whole season, and are attractive to bugs any time they're in flower or have maturing grain.

[@4peaceandharmony]

One year I didn't interplant onions and had a terrible stink bug problem on my squash and cucumbers. My temporary solution was spreading blender macerated onions around the plants. It worked like a charm, my garden smelled like dinner though.

[@curiousobserver4525]

Society garlic is another great perreniel with a strong garlic aroma especially close to the soil 👍 and you can divide them for an everlasting supply.

[@willcabamba8262]

I planted my guarden and bugs ate it up, but then I saw some weeds that were not touched by any bug. So I pulled them up put them in my blender with water, straned the liquid sprayed my veg's with it. Worked great

[@reklaw103]

Slugs and snails really like the companion marigolds I've planted this year.

[@SpiceyKy]

I grew one lonely cabbage next way away from the bed with the bulk of cabbage. I half watered it and never fertilized it, which made it a weak plant. And THAT'S the one the caterpillars and grasshoppers are on from spring into fall. They never touched the ones in the bed. Also. We LOVE ❤ mustard greens. So, that could never be a sacrificial crop here. 😆

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That’s a good idea! I like it. I may steal that one. I recommend some sacrificial mustard greens - same strategy. Keep the greens you want under insect netting.

[@SpiceyKy]

@@TheMillennialGardener Makes sense!

[@billyandrew]

Insects, like any predator, tend to prey on the weak specimens, as you've noted. 👏👏

[@grovermartin6874]

@@naidadeschesne9958 Floating row cover has worked for me. Saves one's sanity, and back.

[@shainazion4073]

They have proven that weak, damaged plants give off a sound and attracts bugs to it, where healthy plants do not. The bugs will go after the weak, sick plants.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you found this video helpful, please “Like” and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 What Are Trap Crops? Trap Cropping Explained! 1:47 Companion Planting / Interplanting VS Trap Crops 3:36 Trap Crop For Leaf Footed Bugs, Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, Japanese Beetles 7:34 Trap Crop For Cucumber Beetles 8:49 Trap Crop For Cabbage Worms, Caterpillars, Moths 11:14 Adventures With Dale

[@jonathangardner4475]

This would be more convincing to me if you mix chickens in with the sacrificial crops.

[@alessandromariani3015]

Everytime i see gardeners having problems with insects or others things they have an empty and dead garden with only green grass on It. You need trees and plants , birds and Animals. This way you will have way less problems. Also your plants get eaten becouse are bad and sick. Insects are able to attack only weak plants, on the line of death. Maybe it's the soil, maybe it's all that horrible plastic you have on the ground. When you start a good organic gardenind the problem will disappear. (i want to add that to me it seemes plastic, but i don't know if it's not, the youtuber said it was cardboard, but to me seems a plastic sheet.)

[@laattardo]

@@alessandromariani3015 I garden very organically, there has not been a single application of pesticides on my property for over a decade. I still get waves of pests. The trap planting works amazingly well to help keep the pests off higher vauled crops. This is also lost knowledge. My great grandparents had a massive farm, very much prior to the chemical movement began and this was exactly how they helped protect their crops. So many people rely on chemicals and have forgotten how it used to be done. Even on the largest of the farms... they would plant flowers and sacrificial crops to draw the bugs away... they also remembered to rotate their crops... something not done as much today... drives me crazy seeing the same crop year after year after year in the same fields.

[@laattardo]

Thanks for the video! Very informative 👏

[@alessandromariani3015]

@@laattardo i completelly agree, but as those trap plants save your food and are a nice solution also a garden with more variety can do the same, with trees. It takes time sure, but attracting Animals that eat such insects and mixing the crops Is also good. The plastic you use to cover the soil isnt very organic, sure if you dont have anything else then use it. (he sais it isn't plastic xD it looks like though)

[@peony8166]

In Australia I planted sunflowers around the garden last spring & as they were dying back they attracted many aphids. Kept them busy & off my veggie plants & roses for a change 🤗🌻

[@rashoietolan3047]

Cheers mate It’s definitely goin on like that yeah

[@JadUrFired]

I’ve discovered this year by accident they flock to my rhubarb and leave everything else. Rhubarb is a perenial that can last for decades, give it a go if it helps you too

[@jeremiahthelion]

Amaranth is a great trap plant too! Still looks beautiful as lace 😂 but my cucumbers never got attacked where they had amaranth next to them

[@1stAmbientGrl]

I had a large crop of amaranth growing next to my cucumbers last year. The cucumber beetles ate both.

[@jasonarondeau]

Good to know! Planting amaranth this season for partly that purpose!

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

I am a Garlic, Chili and Tomatoe grower in Poland, and am very interested in companion planting. My Insect set differs from yours but this year will plant my Toms and Chilis with Basiliica against Aphids. My pest with the Garlic is Wireworms and will use Radish as sacrificial trap crop along with potatoe. I made a mistake with cover cropping and planted with Buckwheat as opposed to Mustard and bio fumigating. Pyerethrin you can make yourself using Dalmation Daisy.

[@TheFatTheist]

I was never big into sunflowers but they now cover my garden from side to side and everywhere in-between. They have so many benefits. I have started to plant a lot of different types of sunflowers so that I enjoy them more. Thanks for the video.

[@Luvalwayskoi]

This is such great information!! It's better than planting marigolds and onions to keep the bugs away. They need to eat too. This solves everyone's problem. Thank you.

[@rholbrook0587]

This past season, I planted mustard, kale, and turnip greens for winter crops. They all did well, except for the mustard greens which were eaten alive by the cabbage worms---even though I planted these crops in August! This spring, I allowed the surviving kale and turnips to go to seed and wondered why I wasn't seeing cabbage moths on my other brassica! Now I know why. I do like eating he mustard greens, which have a much milder, sweeter flavor when grown under cold conditions, so I will likely have some under a row cover for me this fall! The mustard were not cold-hardy and died when our temps got below 10 degrees F. The other crops thrived all winter, growing slowly, and tasting sweeter, and completely free from any pests---other than deer which preferred the turnips! Cheers from a friend in Upper East Tennessee! (Subscribed)

[@mplslawnguy3389]

I may just live in an area that doesn't have the same insect pressure as southern states, but I quit using insecticides many years ago and just let nature take it's course, survival of the fittest. I have lots of native flowers, shrubs and trees, so that may play a part in attracting the good bugs that kill the bad ones. I'm even able to keep a decent lawn without any fungicides or insecticides. This year I am skipping all herbicides as well. I may have to spot spray in the future but I think it's good to give your soil a rest for a year once in a while.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Very important skill and topic. Thank you.

[@paulamulligan3964]

Fantastic video. So informative. Thank you

[@sykotikmommy]

I'm new to gardening and am setting up a companion style garden, which seems to include some trap plants. I planted basil around my tomatoes, alyssum and I'm placing mints in pots around and in my garden that has peppers and tomatoes.

[@susanbreeland8620]

Thank you for sharing this information about trap crops!! Going to give it a try this year!!

[@Jpiggye]

Beautiful description & explanation of trap crops.

[@SleepyKittens]

A brush or even comb on his face will be very welcome by Dale after those walks. Thanks for sharing adventures with Dale.

[@1218kimber]

So helpful! And just as I’m placing my seed order. 😊 Thanks!

[@moonbladem]

Dale is adorable! Thanks for the info on trap crops. I've heard about them before and this was very useful.

[@takeheart9962]

I really like how you set up your backyard.

[@lisaelanna]

This was AWESOME! I am SO EXCITED to try this this summer, especially the sunflowers.

[@PorterWood09]

Companion planting with trap crops...legend! Thank you so much for this video! There are so many little tricks and helps for gardeners. Loving your channel more and more!

[@TOTALLYAWESOMECARPET]

Sir, This is my first time watching one of your videos and I absolutely loved your video. I appreciate how you're being concise and the editing of the video. I'm subscribing right now. Keep up the grear work. Thank you.

[@jeaninewalsh5120]

Hello, thank you for putting this video out this is a great idea. I am putting my first food crop in this year and learning as much as I can. I am going to do this.

[@CritterRepairTech]

Great trap crop suggestions that actually have some research behind their use! Appreciated your expertise and observations using trap crops, too. Loved seeing Dale! 🐾💕🐾💕🐾💕

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I tried to include some studies instead of just, "trust me."

[@4Mikes4Mindset4]

@@TheMillennialGardener has Dale grown a green thumb yet?

[@cbak1819]

Wow very interesting.. can't wait to try these.

[@janeirvine8391]

Just came across your channel. I've never heard of trap crops. Great information! I subscribed, and plan on a serious binge watching session. Thank you for posting! Blessings, health, prosperity and peace to you and yours and to all who read this! 👍😘😇💖

[@KimberlyJ49]

Just came across your channel so I'm binge watching. Love this video. I can't wait to try it next spring. I live in Michigan and cucumber beetles and cabbage worms have a feast in my garden. Thank you so much for posting such great info!

[@fulanichild3138]

I learned about trap crops the hard way. Pickle worm decimated my zucchini this year. I got about 6 stunted zucchinis off of 7 huge plants. I was about to pull it all up but then read that if you remove it, the pickle worms will go to your cucumbers! I kept it, and except for a few wormy cukes, they were pretty much left alone. Next year, I will plant a strategic crop of zucchini and use netting over the ones I want to produce.

[@BethKiesel3n1]

Thank you for this info. Last year, all my cucumbers and squash were killed off by the dreaded pickle worm. I even planted a suyo cuke inside my lanai, and one night saw the pickle worm moth around the plant! I got it, but that plant ended up succumbing to mealy bugs :( So I don't think growing inside the lanai will work for me either. I'll try growing some extra zucchini this year for the buggers. I guess there's no way to kill them like in this video; just let them eat. Seems like we'll just get more of the moths that way though.

[@marnegustafson5943]

So excited I found you. I live up the road in Jacksonville.

[@John-bb4wk]

dude your garden is IMMACULATE!! wow!!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you. It is far from perfect, but I try to keep the weeds down as best as possible.

[@carriejaramillo1811]

I'm so glad to have found your channel! Best quality gardening content I've found!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I’m so happy to hear that!

[@BurrBones]

Thank you for citing your sources. That's not often seen on KZbin I appreciate it.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome. I try to be accurate with these videos.

[@elvianwana1194]

I love that you include studies! Thanks! I learn something whenever I watch. Blessings.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@emiishino5422]

Great information!

[@sandragarner3913]

My mother always planted this way and certain flowers that helped !

[@lisar5349]

Great info! Thanks!

[@digsindirt4490]

Another excellent video! I never thought about intercropping trap plants. What a great idea. I’m definitely planting mustard greens this fall. My brassicas and root crops took a serious beating this spring. For keeping pests away, I swear by Lemon Drop French Marigold around all nightshade plants. Not only does it deter a lot of pests, it’s super easy to save the seeds from year to year. Or you can let it self-seed.

[@marysmolinski8807]

I am new to the same geographic area that you are in. I had been told that the pest pressure here is different but struggled to find what that meant. This video gave me that answer! Thank you for giving me the time frame for these pests. I had used sacrificial plants in my last location but the pest pressure was significantly less. I am excited about having a solution as I begin my gardening journey here in eastern NC.

[@GForceFitness1]

Excellent information!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@cindys.w.8566]

This video is by far one of the best solutions to most of my pest troubles. I bought crop cover fabric this yr as I was sick of loosing my broccoli, cabbage and such. Now to get those other plants in the right places in our gardens. THANK YOU!!!!

[@gosia3032]

Awesome information !!! Thank you 👍

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@dr.b865]

This is one of your best vids yet. Love the intro.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful.

[@maryw7337]

Great info, thanks

[@kmydesire12]

I learned that I can grow garlic and onions and mustards to prevent using pesticides, great video! I’m learning so much

[@s.s.9149]

This was some great basic information; a perfect catalyst for personal research on the matter. Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@BosomBuddyCreations]

My father used to do something similar to keep animals from eating all our veggies. He used to plant 2 extra rows all around the outside edge of the garden and said those were for the wild animals. They would come and nibble the outside rows and leave the middle of the garden alone. Dale is beautiful, Like to see more videos of him :)

[@collinsddc1206]

Thank you so much for posting these pest videos, I definitely will try the mustard greens. I do use Dr Bonner castil soap and water as a bug spray and it does work, been using it a long time, but this trapping method is a definite. Ty again, you and your Dale have a blessed day!

[@aarondilley5266]

yes pesticide companies want you to know this it is called IPM and is the core of all responsible pest management and is core to how you keep pesticide usage down below harmful levels it is easily see here used by strawberry farmers. other than the negativity it's a good video.

[@linetteguiliani3312]

Very helpful information! I subscribed!

[@youngtiger1]

Nice and informative video. Now, I need to find similar informative video about flower bugs trap plants.

[@jksatte]

I hadn't even thought of this as a deterrent. Thanks for this info. It's really helpful and I am also thankful to all the commenters and their tips. I don't have any bug coverings. Perhaps I will get more seeds instead.

[@Letha222]

Thanks. Trap crops is a new info to me.

[@umiluv]

I totally tried the mustard with brassicas for the fall garden and it totally works! My mustards look jacked up while my kale looks nearly pristine. Thanks for the tips!

[@FAHRENHEIT-gj4ng]

Good stuff sir!!!

[@joepro66]

South Middle Tennessee here. Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@valoriegriego5212]

Good introduction!😂 I have the Blue Hubbard planted as a trap crop and I'm growing sunflowers all over the yard. I need to get me some mustard green seeds. Beautiful plants and a trap crop...win win! Thanks!😃 Dale is was too cute!😄

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I’m not sure if all sunflowers are effective. This Peredovik variety is, so I would suggest trying this one specifically. It is used for oil production, so it may be attractive for a specific reason. If you live where I live, you must own a propane fogger. Wearing those masks are awfully hot in the summer 😓

[@theundomesticatedmom6440]

Thank you so much for this information! I have a giant beautiful tree that is a home to so many pests, gardening feels hopeless sometimes! I’m gonna try these trap crops to hopefully give me a chance to strengthen my garden!

[@tammyfritschie1697]

Me too.

[@kittycat6195]

Love the info. I am going to share it with my students.😊 Dale is great!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Dale says hi! 🐕 Thanks for watching!

[@heythere444]

Thank you! I am growing near Greenville, NC.

[@_2tone13]

For the cabbage worm I plant Nasturtiums, blooms beautiful flowers too! They have worked for me.

[@ramachandran8666]

Thanks again for your excellent and timely tips on a very important topic for just about all home gardeners, certainly me. I too live in the RTP area and have the same pesky pests that literally destroy not only most of my modest veggie garden but also go after my flowering trees and even most roses in my yard. I have been using the usual cocktails of both chemicals and other Pyrethrin based pesticides for several years with mixed results. I will definitely try these this year. You deserve a lot more viewers than what I usually notice but please keep those priceless videos coming. I share yours amongst my family members who are adult gardeners as well.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear you're finding the videos valuable. I think what we all need to understand is that there is no "silver bullet" when it comes to gardening. Instead, we need a well-designed plan that we develop through years of trial and error (since all climates have different problems and, therefore, different solutions). Pesticides, trap cropping and companion planting won't work well enough on their own in high pressure areas like ours, but when you combine them all, you can really make a dent in the problem. My 4th bullet in the chamber will be physical barriers. I'll be slowly trying to add screening to my garden as I get time, as well as experimenting more with insect netting.

[@ramachandran8666]

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks again and would like to visit your gardens and also introduce ourselves. We love what you do and have learned a lot since we moved here 5 years ago. We pass by that area as we go to the shores often during the off-season after the Labor Day crowds have subsided if that is ok with you. Rama, NC

[@Misorganic1]

I enjoy your video. Thanks

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I’m happy to hear that! Thanks for watching!

[@uprightfossil6673]

I had a pesky weed in my garden when I moved to Kentucky. Turns out, Poke Weed kept my Brassicas insect free and were chewed into submission giving me plenty of time to prepare the other ways to reduce their numbers before they got into my cauliflower heads. Cheers. New sub!

[@sislertx]

U really.are my fav garden channel!!! Thank u again. Just.started.those sunflowers Wish i.could do the blue.squash Cant tho

[@misjudgedbeauty]

Those monster were in clusters on my sunflowers,I never seen them before...I still had to use organic pest control for my crops

[@xxxdoggg]

Such great info! Dale, would you show us your whole garden layout? What do you have planted and where? What is growing now and how did you make the decisions to arrange and grow your garden as it is?

[@valerieburkett2903]

This is awesome

[@carrieallen6535]

Thank you!

[@tesswagner895]

Love, love, love natural remedies!!! Thank you for this!💞 Dill and carrot flowers are great aphid attractant. I use soy sauce for earwigs: cut 4 holes in the side near top of a yogurt or sour cream container, add 1cup soy sauce( cheap stuff), top with 1/4 inch vegetable oil, put lid on and sink into the ground close to the holes. The lid keeps rain out. I've had millipedes and slugs crawl into this.

[@andyrussell5177]

My problem here in CT is earwigs and ants. Last year it was white spots ond holes in tomatoes and peppers, year before vine borders and cabbage worms.

[@tesswagner895]

@Andy Russell It seems a constant battle with the bugs! Try the soy sauce traps for you earwigs. I've had really good success with it. Most Ants tend to be attracted to sweet. I mix a tsp Boric acid with 2 tsp sugar to 1/2 cup water and place near where it's bad. I make an earwig trap but invert it to put this solution in the lid part. Set it near their paths if you can find them. Be patient as it takes time to kill a nest. Just keep refilling the lid. Bacillus thuringus sprayed every 3 days for the cabbage worms. Companion planting works for some bugs.

[@laurab8547]

I had a couple of volunteer sunflowers come up near our compost pile last year and I learned how beneficial a trap crop is. This year I will be planting them every where as well as saving the ends of my green onions. My cucumber beetles last year were awful!

[@davidhalldurham]

Very helpful video! Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@lettienugent]

Thanks! I appreciate all your research.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! I'm happy it is helpful.

[@morninglight7544]

awesome video, Thanks!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@loveishope4406]

This video is going into my saved videos! Excellent video :) Shared!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@saralambert3496]

Central NC here and the leaf footed bugs and squash bugs are a** holes. Great video 👍😁

[@reginaburch6882]

Thank you for the great ideas! We had a great crop of peppers last summer & I kept very fine netting on them so very few pests, but I really like your advice in this video!

[@andyrussell5177]

K oft wonder. Doesn't the netting keep away the beneficial bugs also

[@Kenjiro5775]

For me, you said the magic words of "cooperative extension". I have received so much good advice from talking with people involved with cooperative extension research. Now I know your advice is legit. ✌😁 My father taught me to use a crop cover for cabbage and brassicas. It keeps the white moths from laying eggs. I use the material similar to Tyvek, but is made for this purpose. It is very light weight and does not damage young plants at all.

[@lorrainecostanzo9092]

A great informative video, thankyou

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@thevagabondsageinthewoods]

Love your intro!! Thats just about correct tho! I only just learned about end death trap planting yesterday (explains why your vid came up in my feed), and I was blown away!! Imagine! A plant growing right next to our veggies that helps eliminate garden pests…for real. Not like pretty flower or gentle breeze scent..like BAM!

[@amybrock1701]

A great companion plant for tomatoes that keeps away tomato horn worms is Borage. I rarely see a tomato horn worm now that I plant borage! I think it is a deterrent, not a trap though.

[@sonialinsey8083]

Horn worms are so cool looking! Too bad they’re destructive.

[@WS-by5cl]

Alyssum is also a tomato companion. It attracts a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in the horn worm, thus killing them.

[@curiousobserver4525]

Cabbage and white moth - they are territorial for their eggs and so will move on if they think other white moths are already there. This is why they sell white moth decoys. In this line, I find white flowers interplanted also work. I usually transplant or spread a mix of seed in the cabbage bed like alyssum, white daisy, white clover. Another sacrificial like mustard is nasturtium, but I plant these away from the brassicas as a lure.

[@mrsmarietracy]

Your video is just what I needed to watch! So sick of those darn pests eating more then we can!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I’m glad it was helpful! This may not entirely replace a spraying routine depending on how bad your pest pressure is, but it does help significantly.

[@Tom-n5tti]

Thank you for sharing this valuable info! On a different note, you may try hand washing the leader and scrubbing with a vegetable brush. My old terrier would scratch and scratch after we took his body harness off until we did that.😀

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Interesting. I just assumed it was all the rubbing during the walk. Dale’s nose is out of control, so if you just walk him on a harness, he can’t help himself and gets into everything 👃

[@oliverhel9629]

Thank you

[@doggiefamily908]

That is great information. I planted mustard greens in my brassicas (for leaves, not knowing about the trap part) and I have to say it worked. I had almost 0 caterpillars this year. Also I believe that a big wild bird population helps too. We put up multiple bird houses, and birds are everywhere. I noticed that my tomato hornworms were almost not there last year. Dale went for the fridge first, before the scratched off his gentle leader. Smart dog. He's so cute and funny!

[@fizzypop1858]

Thanks for posting about your wild bird population idea. I'm going to do this!

[@morninglight7544]

THANKS!

[@DanielSMatthews]

That is a wise strategy, the less you spray the more predatory insects you will have to help control the pests.

[@rebeccazody1278]

I planted lots of mustard greens this year. Yay! They are going to seed now. Maybe I need to start another round of them. Very informative video. How is the new irritation bed going? Poor Dale! Cover that gentle leader with something to cut down on the itch!