Vege garden advice needed - organic pest control

Well I like my veggie patch and those two (garlic and Chilli) would scare off some pests? I guess and you wouldn't need to season your food as much when cooking.

But you really need to identify the pest so that you can get some real answers.

For example I've read that snails (the main culprate) hate coffee grounds.

My biggest problems are white cabbage moths eating broccies and birds eating tomatoes

put some beer out in a few small bowls over night;;if its snails/slugs they will head straight for it..
also consider companion planting;;some plants work well repealing insects from other plants,,also help them grow better..

encourage more magpies to the yard,the maggies hate,the indian minors/ bucther birds ;;
have about 15/20 maggies here everyday in the yard and the other birds are rarely here now

We use broken up egg shells and they seem to work well - make sure you break them up extra small though - its like walking on glass for them. Garlic spray works in combination as well - although make sure you wash this off thoroughly before eating......especially on yr lettuce varieties it can really ruin a good salad!!!

We find rats and possums sometimes eat the tops off things just for the sake of it.

For snails and slugs, find a neighbour with chickens and borrow them a few times a week and just let them loose for a half hour or so. Make sure they don't destroy your garden - they've gotta eat the pests, not dig up everything in sight. Just chase them off with a hose or a broom if they look like digging too much. If you have seedlings the chickens will destroy them. They work best around mature (stronger) plants.

Ducks would work too.

Plant a few chrysanthemums here and there in the vegie patch.

You can try diatemaceous earth, works to keep bugs down in the chicken area for us.

The problem with most forms of control are, there are plenty of good insects that will also be killed/scared away.

My favorite is Squishenem. It is for those cabage white caterpillars, the green ****ers, that decimate caulis, cabbages etc.. Grab as many caterpillars as you can find and put them in the blender with a cup of water. Spray the emulsion on the plants, you have to repeat after rain as it has no residual effect, and the bastards will disappear.

Plus it is really good watching them in the blender

try a product called DIPEL made by yates
its a bacteria that attacks bugs stomachs. I gave the vegies 3 sprays early in winter and had nothing eat anything since. It seemed to break the breeding cycle

just go chemo non organic, works everytime, If you really rely on your garden commercial products will get you outta the shiznit. I fyou live in abuilt up area, you have to ask yourself how organic is it really?
Permacultural techniques work well too, but need to be established, and local knowledge of advantageous symbiotic plant species

Thanks GPA yes I have the Government ag site on my pc
Just thought someone might have the same disease
but I will cut off all offended leafs tomorrow and do a milk spray (-:
Cheers Gyp's

^^^
Yeah - we FOUND the pest... kids' pet rabbit had found a way in... Mrs GPA saw her in there...

Not my fault - Mrs GPA was getting very upset with the loss of plants and was at a complete loss to explain it... we suspected rats - but in fact it was something bigger!

I see that head of Brocolli and I grab it, "no you cant have it back Silly Wabbit"
- Flavour Flav, dont beleive the Hype ;)

chlorpyrifos for all bugs!!

It's organic....... organophosphate!!