St. Gallen, 05/05/2022. The sun shines more and more, the snow is melting, the ground is thawing, which means Spring is here. These first warm days tell gardeners to start preparing their flower and vegetable beds for sowing. Weeds are removed, as well as stones, leaves, branches, and old plant material, soils are loosened and enriched with compost or fertilisers. Then you can sow to your heart's content and dream of a delicious harvest.
However, one thing is often overlooked: pests. Those who actually wish to fulfil their dreams of a hard-earned harvest should take early and preventive action against potential pests. Natural control methods do not require any poison and are highly efficient. The quality Swiss company SWISSINNO protects garden beds with the adjustable slug & snail fence and the organic trap. Those who have box trees in their garden should start monitoring immediately, so that infestations by box tree moths are detected early.
However, one thing is often overlooked: pests. Those who actually wish to fulfil their dreams of a hard-earned harvest should take early and preventive action against potential pests. Natural control methods do not require any poison and are highly efficient. The quality Swiss company SWISSINNO protects garden beds with the adjustable slug & snail fence and the organic trap. Those who have box trees in their garden should start monitoring immediately, so that infestations by box tree moths are detected early.
Effective slug & snail prevention in Spring
Delicious green food is tempting. Fresh salad, however, it is not only humans that enjoy feasting on the leaves: animals also look for young shoots in Spring to devour. Usually, afterwards nothing remains of the seedling. Freshly planted ornamental flowers or other vegetable plants in the garden are also under threat from onslaught. Sticky traces of mucus clearly point to the culprits: snails, or more precisely, usually slugs.
Effective slug prevention is best prepared early in the year. A safe and proven method without the use poisons is the slug fence. The design prevents molluscs from get over it. SWISSINNO offers a model with a protruding blocking system. Even the most skilled slugs, that can climb up walls with ease, are unable to do so. In this way, beds benefit from all round protection. It is important that no loopholes are left. For larger beds, it is also recommended to take a look and see whether there are slugs left behind the newly erected barrier. These can then be collected and removed.
Slug traps for beds and terraces
If the slug fence is installed too late, is unsuitable for the beds or terraces need protection, it would be sensible to use a slug trap. SWISSINNO products contain an attractant that lures the molluscs. Once trapped, the slugs enter a water bath from which there is no escape. This is ecological slug privation and works without the use of poison.
For comparison: when using classic slug pellets, the poison must be applied over a large area in order to achieve success. This can be dangerous for farm animals and pets, especially for dogs and cats, as slug pellets like to stick to paws and are licked off by the animals. From a certain dose upwards, this can even be fatal.
SWISSINNO's slug trap is suitable for use in gardens and around properties. It is placed into the ground in a suitable location, automatically attracting snails from the surrounding area. In this way, your terrace is spared from snail trails and your newly planted flowers can grow in peace.
Monitoring – monitor box tree moths and react early
Originally native to East Asia, the box tree moth has been a feared pest in Europe for 15 years. If they occur in large quantities, the caterpillars of this butterfly species can strip box trees bare in the shortest possible time. If you want to avoid this, take precautions. In Spring, the first moths set off on their journey from about May. Their goal: box trees. There they lay their eggs on the leaves and the dreaded caterpillars hatch quickly.
The good news for all gardeners: not all box trees are attacked by insects. Which plants the animals suddenly decide on is coincidental. Preventive control measures with poison are, therefore, neither effective nor environmentally friendly. It makes more sense to monitor the box trees and to react to harbingers of an infestation. SWISSINNO offers the sustainable box wood moth trap for this. It contains an attractant (a pheromone) that attracts male moths. Inside, there is a lime plate on which the insects get stuck. This enables convenient, pesticide-free monitoring. If moths are trapped, then the threat of an infestation lingers. For this further measures are useful. Otherwise, gardeners can sit back and enjoy the view of their green areas.
"We protect what you love" – protecting your living areas in harmony with nature
SWISSINNO specialises in the environmentally and animal-friendly control of pests. A wide range of proven products, such as the slug fence and innovations, such as the pheromone trap for insects like box tree moths, is offered for this purpose. Chemicals and poisons are deliberately dispensed with in order to protect the main part of our work and, at the same time, to show respect for nature.
