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editor's note Pages
17-22 of this booklet deal with disease and insect prevention.
earthly pursuits recommends natural and organic disease and pest control.
I have included the sections of the booklet that offer safe solutions and
have omitted the sections that advocate chemical/toxic solutions. I have
also listed several resources for more information on natural, organic
Integrated Pest Management. please see page 17
for some links to alternative methods of disease and insect control.
I apologize for not including the pages as part of this historical
document but I cannot in good conscience publish methods so totally against
my beliefs.
On the following two pages, if a remedy is not listed for the disease or
pest it has been intentionally omitted. Try links on page
17 to find solutions. |
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PREVENTIVES AND REMEDIES
NOTE: It is important that immediate attention be given insects and
diseases as soon as they appear. Delay may prove fatal. |
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ASPARAGUS |
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Rust末(Rusty appearance of leaves and stems)末Procure rust resistant
variety, such as Reading Giant or Palmetto. |
Beetles末(Eat young stems and leaves) |
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BEETS |
Leaf spot末(Reddish and purple spots, turning ashy gray)末Usually not
affecting garden beets.
Web worm末(Eats the leaves) |
Spinach aphis末(Sucks sap from leaves)
Beet-root aphis末(Sucks sap from roots) |
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BUSH BEANS |
Anthracnose末(Dark, sunken spots, scab-like, on pods; spots on
leaves)末Pick and burn diseased pods. In saving seed discard those from
diseased plants, as seed carry the infection.
Leaf beetles末(Very small, dark or pale stripes; eat leaves) |
Aphids or plant lice末(Suck sap from plant and make leaves crumple)
Bacterial blight末(Water soaked spots on leaves and pods)末No
satisfactory remedy. Pull up and burn plants.
Downy Mildew末(thick white growth)末Burn all diseased pods. |
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CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER |
Club root末(Root swells and decays)末Pull up and burn plants.
Preventive: In spring apply 1 lb. lime to each 8 sq.
ft. of ground before setting out plants.
Black rot末(Leaves turn yellow, then brown and black and decay)末
Pull up and burn plants).
Yellows末(Leaves turn yellow, then brown, and drop)末Pull up and burn
plants.
Cabbage worms末(Eat leaves)
Aphids or lice末(Suck sap from leaves
Cabbage looper末(Eats leaves) |
Cabbage Maggots末(Tunnel inside of roots)
Preventive: When plants are set out take a piece of
tarred building paper 2 or 3 inches in diameter, cut a slit from one side to
center, and 4 or 5 slits at center. Fit this around stem by slipping plant
through the long slit, and press paper firmly against ground, to prevent
young maggots from reaching root.
Black leg末(Diseased, sunken areas on stem, leaf stem and leaves,
plant becoming purplish.)末There is no remedy. Pull up and burn plants.
Cutworms末(Dark colored, eat young plants off at surface of earth). |
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CELERY AND CELERIAC |
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Blight or leaf spot末(Gray or brown spots, drooping stems) |
Damping off末(Small seedlings dying in seed bed)
Preventive: Care should be taken to water and partially
shade the young seedlings in hot and dry weather. As soon as seed are
planted cover bed with thin layer of sand. |
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SWISS CHARD |
SPINACH |
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Leaf spot末(Symptoms same as with beets) |
Aphids末(Suck sap from leaves |
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[ed. note]
see Mulch, Intensive and Lazy Gardening
Books for alternative methods of preparing the soil and planting.
"Carrots Love Tomatoes"
is a good reference for companion planting - which plants like to be planted
closer to each other and may help provide natural pest prevention and which
plants do not like each other.
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