Natural Pest Control in the garden starts with the soil.
A good healthy soil structure is the key to having a successful healthy garden.
Strong healthy plants can defend themselves from most disease and pest problem you can have.
Organic gardening is a way of gardening in harmony with nature and using these natural methods that nature does.
When you are planting tomatoes, make sure that your soil is properly aerated and that you don't crowd your plants too close together.
They need room so that they receive a good amount of air flow around them.
Pruning your tomato plants so that there are no leaves or stems any lower than 12" from the ground.
This allows for the maximum airflow and leaves no place for insects to hide.
It will also allow the plant to put more energy into producing a higher yield of fruit.
Companion planting garlic and onions with your tomatoes will keep several of the most common pests away.
Mint is a good way of dismantling an ant problem and sweet corn will draw fruitworms away from your tomato plants.
To control the tomato hornworm, sprinkle cornmeal on the ground around the base of your tomato plants.
The hornworm can't digest the cornmeal and it will cause them to die.
The simplest thing that you can do in an organic garden over the years is to rotate your crops every year to three years along with mulching with an organic mulch.
This will often be all that is necessary for you to enjoy a pest-free garden every year.