POTTING SOILS / SEED STARTING MIXES

Note: Preventative practices must be implemented and documented in your Organic System Plan prior to using any of the following organic-approved insecticides.

§ 205.206 Crop pest, weed, and disease management practice standard

PRODUCT NAME

Azera

Des-X

Diatomaceous Earth

USE

aphids, whiteflies, caterpillars, thrips, leafminers, beetles, stink bugs, mites

aphids, whiteflies, thrips, spider mites, caterpillars, beetles, leafminers, fungus gnats, weevils, nematodes, scale insects

thrips, caterpillars, leafminers, beetles, fire ants, fruit flies, Colorado potato beetles, corn earworms, leafrollers

gypsy moth, tent caterpillar, cabbage looper, tomato hornworm, leafroller

WHERE TO FIND

NOTES

Works through contact, ingestion, and insect growth regulation

Aza-Guard

aphids, whiteflies, spider mites, mealybugs, leafhoppers, scale insects, psyllids, lace bugs, sawfly larvae

ants, cockroaches, fleas, bed bugs, beetles (including grain/storage pests)

Progressive Grower Agricultural Supply

Keystone Pest Solutions

Johnny’s Seeds

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Arbico Organics

Works through disrupting insect development and as a deterrent

Conserve Naturalyte

Southern Ag

0.5% spinosad, affects insect’s nervous system, causing feeding to stop

Arbico Organics

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Works through direct contact, has short residual activity; as an herbicide, may only be used for farmstead maintenance (roadways, ditches, building perimeters) and ornamental crops

Dipel

Arbico Organics

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Check at local garden centers / hardware stores

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Arbico Organics

Johnny’s Seeds

Works mechanically due to its sharp microscopic particles

Active ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis

Entrust SC

most caterpillars, colorado potato beetle, flea beetles, spotted wing drosophila (SWD), and more

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Arbico Organics

Progressive Grower Agricultural Supply

Similar to Aza-Guard; works through contact and ingestion

Javelin

cabbage loopers, tomato hornworms, armyworms, leafrollers, codling moth larvae, bagworms, tent caterpillars, spongy moth/gypsy moth, caterpillars

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Active ingredient is Bacillus thuringiensis; works through ingestion

Monterey Garden Insect Spray

caterpillars and worms, thrips, leafminers, armyworms, codling moth, colorado potato beetles, borers, fire ants, webworms, sawflies, some mites, and beetles

Arbico Organics

Johnny’s Seeds

Seven Springs Farm Supply

Active ingredient: spinosad; works through ingestion or contact; best applied in the evening when pollinators are inactive