However, I wanted to use this time to go over some of the common pests that you may eventually get on your houseplants, and simple ways to prevent infestation from the onset. As a prolific gardener in an indoor, closed environment, I didn't have any desire to toss out plants or spray toxic insecticides indoors, so I opted for integrated pest management and natural techniques, which I'll go over a little bit here and more in depth in a subsequent post. I noticed scale, including mealybugs whiteflies thrips and even the fungus gnat, (the latter which is more annoying than pest-like). I had converted my closet into a vegetable garden as an experiment and within weeks, the pest numbers exploded. Not because I'm out of tune with plant and bug (most friends know that I've been raising insects since I was 9 years old and ended up studying entomology in college), but largely because my plants didn't have any noticeable pests.Īll of that changed in 2016 when I began growing food in my home. Did they assume that benign insects were just generally attracted to flower and foliage-or were they insinuating that I had an outbreak of insect pests? If the latter, I must admit that for the better part of six years I was blissfully unaware of any pesky insects in my home. "What on earth do they mean?" I couldn't quite pinpoint the root of their question. As people became more aware of the plants that I was growing in my home, I noticed I would often get the question, " How do you deal with all the insects?"
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