One of the biggest mistakes that gardeners make is in assuming that all the insects that are in their garden are harmful and need to be gotten rid of.Nearly 95% of the things that crawl and buzz around your garden are either harmless to your plants or are beneficial to them – bees, for example, play a huge role in plant fertilization.The majority of the insect you see crawling or buzzing around may not be beneficial but they are harmless.However, the insects that are harmful need to be either killed or driven off if you want your garden to thrive.

Being an organic gardener you are already encouraging natural biological organic gardening pest control.Obviously you do not want to use chemical based pest control sprays and so on in your garden – it will no longer be organic.Your weapon against harmful insects is organic gardening pest control sprays which you can easily make yourself.Besides being very effective and ensuring that your garden remains organic, organic gardening pest control sprays are much cheaper than commercially produced chemical pesticides.

There are five main types of organic gardening pest control sprays and mixtures that are commonly used and all are comparatively easy to prepare and use.Strong odors drive away many insects and an organic gardening pest control spray made from strong smelling substances like tobacco, garlic and onions is very effective.A lot of plants give off odors that humans cannot smell but are strong enough to drive away insects and a spray made up of water in which these plants have been soaked is an effective organic gardening pest control method.Many insects are repelled or even killed off by soap.

Natural vegetable based detergents and soaps can be used to make a mild spray which, because of the stickiness of the soap, will remain on the plants and provide long term protection from insects.If the bugs need to be killed off, you could try a spray made of a mixture of vegetable and mineral oils which will form an oily coating on the bugs and suffocate them.The final basic type of organic gardening pest control spray is made of alcohol and chilies that burns the insects and kills them off without harming the plants.

Finding the recipes for these organic gardening pest control sprays is not difficult – any organic gardening book or an online search will give you all the information you need.Be warned that over using these sprays can be counter productive.Simply because they are organic does not mean that they are harmless and can be used in large amounts – they need to be potent to work and measured use is the best.And secondly, never use any organic gardening pest control products in strong sunlight as this may cause the plants to burn.