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Natural Alternatives
To Help Your Garden
Grow Chemical-Free:
Believe or not about 90 percent of theinsects in your lawn and
garden are notharmful. Many insect species actuallyprey on garden
pests and by using toomany pesticides, these beneficial insectsare
also killed. Rather than usingpesticides, which also contribute
towater pollution, try using the followingpredators for your ga
rden pe stproblems:
Ladybugs: Particularly good atcontrolling aphid populations,
theycan also be used for problems with
whiteflies, spider mites, mealy bugs andother soft-bodied
insects.
Green lacewings: While also thenatural predator of aphids
and
whiteflies, green lacewings additionallyfeast on small worms and
insect eggs.
Decolate snails and toads: Boththese species prey on pest
garden
snails and slugs which eat our gardenplants.
Furthermore, be careful not toover-fertilize your garden.
Fertilizerscontain large amounts of nitrogen whichhelp encourage
plant growth, but alsoprovide food for whiteflies, aphids,
rosedisease and powdery mildew.
City of OceansideWater Utilities Department/Clean Water
Program
300 North Coast HighwayOceanside, CA 92054Phone:
760-435-5800
Fax: 760-435-5814www.oceansidecleanwaterprogram.org
To report an illegal discharge of pesticides,fertilizers or
other chemicals into a storm
drain during business hours contact:Clean Water Program
Hotline:
760-435-5800
After hours contact:
Police Dispatch760-435-4911
For more information about Green Wastedisposal contact:
Waste Management:760-439-2824
If you would like additional informationabout chemical-free
gardening, log-on to the
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives toPesticides website at
www.pesticide.org.Click on the Journal of Pesticide Reform forhandy
factsheets on alternatives. Or trywww.bewaterwise.com for
information onwatering schedules and native plants.
Information for this brochure compiled with the aidof: the
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to
Pesticides.
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