Mothers Day - Description

GREEN LACEWINGS
Green Lacewings, also known as the Aphid Exterminator, are essential defenders against a wide range of garden pests. These delicate insects, measuring about ½ - ¾ inches, lay tiny eggs near pest populations, which hatch into larvae within days. The larvae, resembling alligators, actively hunt and feed on soft-bodied pests for 2-4 weeks before pupating and emerging as adults. Each female can lay up to 200 eggs, ensuring a continuous cycle of pest control. To optimize their effectiveness, consider the specific pests, level of infestation, life cycle timing, and environmental conditions of your garden when choosing between larvae, eggs, or adults for introduction.

EGGS:
Low-cost control for limited infestation.
Green lacewing eggs are oblong and laid on hair-like filaments that hang from the underside of leaves. This protects the eggs from predators and also prevents the hatchlings from consuming one another. At +70°F., eggs take 7-14 days to hatch.

 

BENEFICIAL NEMATODES

Beneficial Nematodes are tiny worms found in soil that target young stages of pest insects, like larvae, grubs, nymphs, and pupae. These helpful creatures rely on moisture to move around and locate their prey. If it's too dry, they can't move well, and if it's too wet, they might drown or get washed away.

Their life cycle starts when female nematodes lay eggs, which hatch into non-feeding juveniles. These juveniles molt several times until they become hungry infective juveniles. They actively search for hosts, enter them, and release bacteria that kill the pests. Within a few days, the infected insect dies, and the juveniles feed on it. This cycle repeats until conditions change.

When the food source is gone, mature nematodes mate, and females lay eggs, starting the cycle anew. It continues as long as conditions stay favorable.

 

PREDALURE
Attract beneficial insects to prey on pests!

PredaLure is a natural way to attract ladybugs, green lacewings, syrphid flies, minute pirate bugs, and many other beneficial insects to your farm or garden.

 

PURPLE COMFREY
True Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is a perennial herb native to Europe that have beautiful purple flowers. The purple-flowered type is known for its medicinal benefits, due to its cell-regenerating allantoin. Comfrey is often used as a companion plant in orchards and added to compost for its rich nutrients. Its high-protein leaves are also beneficial as animal feed, supporting weight gain and overall health.

• Seeds Per Pack: 20 Organically Certified Seeds
• Annual Hardiness: Perennial Hardy to Zones 3-9
• Approximately 8-12 weeks, Depending on Conditions
• Full Sun, Will Tolerate Part Shade
• Soil: Well-drained Garden Soil
• Season: Spring
• Color: Flowers Purple

 

ORANGE CALENDULA
Originating from southern Europe, Calendula is a self-sowing flower that is warmly welcomed wherever it appears, often mingling with vegetables in kitchen gardens or complementing violet-hued honeywort and borage in early summer borders. The flowers can be boiled to produce a vibrant yellow-orange dye. Calendula seeds can be sown directly into the garden in spring or grown in containers, spacing them 6 inches apart. For continuous flowering until the first fall freezes, sow again in midsummer and remember to deadhead regularly. These flowers resemble the color of the rising sun and are of the finest organic quality.

• Seeds Per Pack: 50 Organically Certified Seeds
• Annual Hardiness: Hardy Annual
• Approximately 80 Days to Maturity Depending on Conditions
• Full Sun Preferred
• Soil: Regular to rich, well-drained soil
• Season: Spring to Fall
• Color: Orange like the rising sun.