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- as edible as any other variety, provided it has not been treated with pesticides or other harmful chemicals. Kale Lutes can be classified by leaf type:...7 KB (482 words) - 01:45, 5 March 2015
- occurring where they are suited. But providing a habitat, and not using pesticides, they should stay and parasitize aphids. In commercial greenhouses, as...1 KB (234 words) - 01:09, 18 March 2009
- They grow well in many farming conditions and have few natural enemies; pesticides are rarely needed. Sweet potatoes are grown on a variety of soils, but...6 KB (708 words) - 20:12, 25 March 2010
- sold in some areas, and are illegal in some areas. The most popular snail pesticides are baits which have metaldehyde or methiocarb in the form of pellets...3 KB (521 words) - 16:11, 24 March 2010
- plentiful bees for pollination. In areas of pollinator decline or high pesticide use, such as mosquito spray districts, gardeners nowadays frequently experience...3 KB (383 words) - 01:23, 10 March 2010
- Virucides for the control of viruses Pesticides can also be classed as synthetic pesticides or biological pesticides, although the distinction can sometimes...33 KB (3,833 words) - 04:14, 6 April 2007
- may be saleable at between €9 and €30 per tonne. Seed, fertiliser and pesticides cost around €60, €100 and €160 respectively. Labour cost comes to about...23 KB (2,863 words) - 13:38, 15 July 2007
- experimental than mass-market. Unlike cotton, nettles grow easily without pesticides. The fibres are coarser however. As well being the fibre, Nettles were...14 KB (1,738 words) - 11:42, 4 April 2007
- harm a person a good deal less than spraying a bunch of pesticide about - even the organic pesticides. At some point, however, a plant might get an excessive...6 KB (1,038 words) - 05:59, 1 July 2010
- problematic pests through introduction of other species, not application of pesticides to kill that pest. An common example of this would be intercropping to...9 KB (959 words) - 07:37, 16 September 2007
- systems can be set up to allow the farmer to have more yield and/or reduce pesticides. In the third world, tropical crops are used instead of temperate ones...5 KB (703 words) - 14:33, 9 April 2007
- beginning of the 20th century, then with concern in the sixties about chemical pesticides, the ecological movement was born with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring....5 KB (609 words) - 07:49, 16 September 2007
- lac scales. Scale insects' waxy covering makes them quite resistant to pesticides, which are only effective against the first-instar nymph crawler stage...5 KB (514 words) - 09:18, 30 January 2010
- water; only about 20% compared to conventional gardening. No fertilizers or pesticides to handle -- it's all natural The planting method requires no thinning...1 KB (216 words) - 05:35, 7 February 2010
- native fruit which has few pests, and which therefore requires little pesticide use for cultivation. The shipping and storage problem has largely been...13 KB (1,541 words) - 04:04, 30 September 2007
- pest population. Repeated use of insecticides and herbicides and other pesticides also encourages rapid natural selection of resistant insects, plants and...6 KB (861 words) - 11:54, 5 May 2007
- bought commercially and released to help control the population. Chemical pesticides known to be effective against mealybugs include malathion, diazinon, acephate...6 KB (743 words) - 09:16, 30 January 2010
- great natural control, especially in organic gardens where there is no pesticide to harm them or their voracious larvae which eat the aphids as well. These...694 bytes (100 words) - 21:46, 4 February 2009
- sometimes encased in plastic bags for protection. The bags may be coated with pesticides. Inspecting bananas for fruit flies. Tanzanian farmers with 92 kg (200...34 KB (3,240 words) - 17:14, 2 February 2010
- insect damage. Unrefined cottonseed oil is therefore sometimes used as a pesticide. In its natural unhydrogenated state cottonseed oil, like all vegetable...3 KB (375 words) - 12:38, 23 September 2007