Disadvantages of using pesticides
- Parasites become resistant to them
- Pesticides kill friendly insects such as bees and ladybirds
- Contamination of the ecosystem as a whole
- Health hazard
- Expensive
Advantages of integrated pest management
+ Increases plant diversity to limit the spread of disease, and to limit use of treatments which kill friendly insects.
+ Improves cultivation practices and benefits plants.
Natural treatments that we use regularly
Winter treatments: At the end of the winter season, treat the entire garden with a natural copper fungicide and white oils to control pests
- Use ladybirds to protect against greenfly
- Amino acids and trace leaf elements will strengthen your plants
As a general rule, good cultivation practices increase plant resistance to a number of diseases.
Our approach to soil regeneration
SOIL ENRICHMENT: Breakdown of mineral and plant matter
Advantages
- Promotes microbial life
- Improves soil structure
- Improves water retention
- Enables plants to absorb fertilisers more easily
- Slows erosion
- Makes the soil easier to work with
- Significant reduction in the amount of chemical fertilisers used
We use the following trade enrichment products:
- Animal-based Biofertil to spread over olive trees during the winter
- Fabri Orga Perle and Medimus
