{"id":872,"date":"2023-06-13T13:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/plants-elementor\/?p=872"},"modified":"2026-10-04T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:30:40","slug":"natural-garden-pest-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/natural-garden-pest-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with garden pests the natural way"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"872\" class=\"elementor elementor-872\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-e1af6d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1af6d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb9150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"bdb9150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Aphids, snails, caterpillars and mealybugs are part of gardening in a warm climate, and they can appear almost overnight after summer rain. Before reaching for strong chemicals, remember that healthy plants resist pests better. Good soil, the right amount of water and planting in suitable spots go a long way toward a garden that looks after itself.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1721d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"1721d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/quotes.svg\" title=\"quotes\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714240d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"714240d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Check plants regularly, especially the undersides of leaves, and remove pests by hand when numbers are low. A strong spray of water knocks off aphids, and beer traps help with snails. Encourage ladybirds and birds, which eat many pests. If you need a product, ask our staff for options that are safer around children, pets and bees.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy plants, regular checks and a few natural remedies keep most garden pests under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edible-gardens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/nursery-garden\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}