Some simple solutions you can use to help your beneficials and create a more divers and stable garden environment. Use inter -cropping and crop rotation in your vegetable garden. Growing flowers in your vegetable beds will provide food for beneficial insects. Growing aromatic plants interrupts the feeding behavior and other biological activities of pests by masking the odor of the host plant. Use trap plants to lure pests away from the main crop.
Plant hedgerows to provide a shelter for birds and beneficials.
Growing a wide variety of plants attracts beneficial insects that feed on destructive ones. Inter cropping and staggered block planting also makes it harder for pests and diseases to find vulnerable crops. This small wasp that parasitizes the greenhouse whitefly has a long history of success in greenhouses. It can work almost as well outdoors when greenhouse whitefly attacks tomatoes or other plants. Green Lacewings Lacewing larvae are voracious.