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WHAT CHALLENGES DOES THE GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE PRODUCER FACE?

April 26, 2017challenges Face greenhouse producer vegetable

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WHAT CHALLENGES DOES THE GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE PRODUCER FACE?

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Greenhouse growers realize that consumers are demanding vegetables grown with minimal pesticide use. For that reason greenhouse growers have been using ‘biological predator’ (good bugs) to eat ‘pests’ (bad bugs) for the past 15 years. For example: Aphids, a small green bug that feeds on leaf sap, is a pest of most home gardens and greenhouses. Lady bugs are a natural predator of these pests so growers release adult Covenergent Lady beetles in their greenhouse to attack and reduce the harmful aphid populations to manageable levels. Greenhouse growers are working to be 100% pesticide free in the near future.