Organic Prevention
The depth of winter is a great time to review last year’s garden performance, especially the pests and diseases that vexed your garden last year. What can you do to prevent them from being so bad in 2022? Join Kirsten Conrad, Extension Agent for Arlington County and City of Alexandria, as she reviews garden planning and planting, species selection and planting times, pest life cycles, and tactics to limit disease and insect problems. You’ll come away with a better understanding of your most pressing pest management problems.
Zoom session, January 7, 2022
Video of Presentation
Chapter Breaks
- 00:00 Introduction
- 04:51 Planning for garden success
- 07:24 Integrated Pest Management Toolbox
- 11:20 Best Practices for Pest Management
- 24:01 Know Your Bugs
- 39:26 Organic Controls – Biological Helpers
- 43:51 Planning: Intercropping
- 47:28 Planning: Crop Rotation
- 48:32 Organic Pesticides
- 54:21 Questions
- 59:19 Best Practices for Disease Management: Know your diseases
- 1:26:48 Weed, Wildlife, & Woody Plant Management
- 1:37:23 Questions