Hello everyone welcome back so today I thought I do something a little different and talk about a couple myths a couple gardening

Belleaps that might not be correct and the reason why those things are not correct.

So we'll go over three in today's episode.

But before we do that, we'll talk about Garden Maker, the podcast sponsor.

So thank you to them for sponsoring the podcast, allows me to keep putting these episodes out. What they make is they make an

organic natural fertilizer that you know exactly what goes into it, sometimes even down to the

exact percentage if you decide to custom make your own fertilizer mix. However, you can do quite well with

some of their signature blends. I like the all-purpose, that's my go-to if I'm not mixing my own

custom fertilizer. Speaking of that, you will see an epic soil starter mix

coming from Garden Maker pretty soon this spring so stay tuned for that. If that's

interesting check them out GardenMaker.com. All right the first myth we're going to talk about is the fact that

organic pesticides are less toxic than synthetic pesticides. And so this is a point of

confusion for many people.

Misused pesticides are harmful no matter what, regardless of whether they're considered a

quote-unquote natural pesticide or a synthetic pesticide. a

quote unquote natural pesticide or a synthetic pesticide.

So here's an example.

Pyrethrum, for example, that is made from chrysanthemums,

so it qualifies under the natural pesticide.

However, it is still toxic to people in pets when it is handled improperly.

So your best bet here is to use the least toxic control option available.

And if that means beneficial insects,

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