Common Winter Pests on Crops: Tips to Keep Them Away

Winter pests can severely damage your crop's yield and quality. Here are the common winter pests and learn how to protect your crops from them

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Regularly monitor the plants and to control the aphids, introduce natural predators like ladybugs and use insecticidal soap or neem oil

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To prevent damage of cutworms, use Bt soil treatments and put collars around the seedlings

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To keep slugs and snails away, use iron phosphate baits and install barriers such as beer traps or copper tape

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To reduce the population, yellow sticky traps and neem oil should be used to treat infected plants. Encourage beneficial insects like lacewing

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Use reflective mulch and insecticidal soap. Promote natural predators such as predatory mites to control thrips

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To reduce and prevent infestation, introduce natural predators like lacewings, and ladybugs and maintain proper humidity levels

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