As plants are living things, they can be tasty to other living organisms and prone to disease, depending on the environmental conditions and the plant species. The best protection for your plants against pests and disease is to ensure that they are well fertilised and have adequate water, but when conditions are right, pests or disease may appear and need management.

Aphids are common sap sucking pests that attack herbs, vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, indoor plants and other ornamentals. Ready to use sprays or pesticide concentrates available at Peards Nursery Albury include natural products such as Yates Pyrethrum Insect Pest Gun or Pest Killer concentrate, Yates Nature’s Way Natrasoap Pest Spray concentrate, Yates Success Ultra, and the popular and organic Eco-oil and Eco-Neem.

Caterpillars are common chewing pests that love leafy plants and vegetables, but they also eat flowers, bark, stems, roots or fruit. Some caterpillar damage can be withstood by healthy plants but when damage is too much it helps to identify the caterpillars responsible before choosing a product to use.  Our knowledgeable staff can help identify pests and match a product to your garden pest management needs.

Common caterpillars include the white cabbage butterfly larvae, helicoverpa or budworm, lawn army worm, citrus leaf miner and grapevine moth larvae. Hand removal of larger caterpillars is the best form of management, but if your plants are large, or the number of pests too great or small, spraying with a pesticide may be necessary. Yates Nature’s Way Caterpillar Killer – Dipel is a natural bacteria that affects caterpillars and not other beneficial bugs. Yates Pyrethrum Gun is another natural, plant-based product that can also used to control caterpillars. For Citrus Leafminer larvae, preventative sprays with Yates PestOil Concentrate or White Oil when new leaves appear can help avoid damage. Reapplying spray until the soft leaves harden is necessary. Yates Success Ultra can be used if leaves show the characteristic silvery trails on new growth, however, the damaged leaves will not recover.

David Gray’s product for control of chewing insects include Carbaryl Garden Insecticide, and sprays for chewing and sucking insects in the same range are Malathion Garden Spray and Malathion and White Oil Insecticide. Another highly effective spray available in ready to use, concentrate or tablets at Peards Nursery Albury is Bayers Confidor. This systemic pesticide is best sprayed in the morning before bees are active.

Netting plants can help stop wasps, moths and butterflies from laying eggs in fruit or on other plant parts. Insect netting is sold by the meter at Peards Nursery Albury and is also available in a variety of bag sizes or pre-cut lengths from Ryset. Netting fruit trees is an important part of control for Queensland and Mediterranean Fruit Fly, which are common fruit pests in the Riverina region and throughout Australia.

Fruit fly attractants available at Peards Nursery Albury include Fruition Vasili’s Choice Fruit Fly trap, Cera Trap Organic Fruit Fly Trap and Nature’s Way Organic Fruit Fly Control.

A range of Ryset and GoNatural brand insect glue traps and sticky base lures for flying pests such as Codling Moth, Citrus Gall Wasp and Fruit Fly are available to help protect your fruit crops.

Roses are stunning flowering plants that are very rewarding to grow. If you like to look after your rose bushes, climbing roses or standards, then Peards Nursery Albury has all the products you will need to keep on top of fungal problems typical to roses such as black spot and powdery mildew. Kendon Triforine is a specific rose fungicide that controls Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and Rust. Yates Lime Sulphur is used to control mites, scale, Powdery Mildew, Leaf Curl and Rust. For a single spray that combines an insecticide, miticide and fungicide, Yates Rose Shield is an excellent spray that keeps aphids, mites, Thrips, Caterpillars, Whitefly and rose fungus problems at bay throughout the growing season.

Snail and Slug pellets can be used to protect your plants from pest damage. Multicrop Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer is a garden friendly product that does not harm native birds, fauna or earthworms. Yates Snail and Slug Bait is also garden friendly as it breaks down as nutrients for soil and plants. Baysol Snail and Slug Bait also extends to the control of slaters and millipedes in home gardens.