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I Need A Pesticide For Bush Beans?

Hello everyone, Im growing bush beans and I need a pesticide to keep all those pest away, But I see alot of bees collecting nectar from the flowers and I dont want to harm them, What Can You Recommend? Is there a Natural Pest Control? Thank YOU

Public Comments

1. There is nothing that you can spray that would kill your pest, but not harm the bees. That said, a light dusting of Rotenone Dust when you see the "bad guys" will send them all away. It's organic, and I use it on my vegetable garden. But I also only treat when there's a problem. Often the problem pests are only around for a few weeks, so 1 or 2 dustings is usually all that's needed. And you don't need much, a few grains showing on the leaves will do it - you don't need to turn the plants white with dust for it to be effective. I also like Insecticidal soap with NEEM oil. Even the beetles it doesn't actually kill seem to lose interest in any plant that was sprayed with it. They must not like the taste. And unless you spray the bees themselves, it should only discourage the bees, rather than kill them.
2. WELL Heck yeah, there is a natural preventive, no poison needed. Beneficial nematodes, the price is reasonable, the results are 85 to90% eeffective, and no one dies in the process except the bad guys. As I look, I can only find one TRADE NAME. Scan Mask, I know that there are others, they are nematodes that control garden pests, keep searching... Oh ,Nemasys! look that up also!. I am sorry, I have 10 acres under glass, and that is as far as my memory takes me. But, the reality is the nematodes, drenched in washed on,sprayed out, as long as the filtered are not to small in the sprayers and booms, you are good to go, and the success rate, at once a week AP. is something that I would look like an ASS if I talked about it.. As one grower to another, this might seem like blind trust, the nematode thing, Pretend I am holding your hand, as when we did it!