Windowsill Ecology: Controlling Indoor Plant Pests with Beneficial Insects by William Jordan Rodale Press 1977 First Edition
Title: Windowsill Ecology: Controlling Indoor Plant Pests with Beneficial Insects
Author: William Jordan
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Rodale Press 1977
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780878571574
Size: 6 x 9 * 229 pages including index
Synopsis: When is a household bug a friend rather than a foe?
When that bug helps control pesky mites, aphids, whiteflies, and scales. This book tells how to use insect predators and parasites to protect your plants from the most notorious indoor plant pests.
You'll learn that controlling the temperature of a chrysanthemum's environment can hinder the development of spider mites, while favoring that of their predators. The book explains how one or two parasites per each foot of greenhouse space should keep whiteflies in control- without eliminating the pest and, subsequently, the parasite as well, since this would lead the way for a new infestation.
While this is a source book of valuable ideas, it also provides a fascinating, refreshing look at man's role in the biosphere. As you plant bugs among your plants, you'll learn not only how to minimize the use of pesticides-you will also see in dramatic, living display that all bugs aren't bad, that nature provides the answers for the very problems she poses. You may even find yourself more fascinated by your bugs than your plants!
Overall Condition: Gently read book with minor signs of use; see images
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