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> In addition, pesticides will harm lots of living things, not just the bugs you’re looking to rid from your garden.
 * The easiest way to practice IPM is by locating plants carefully. Surround them with natural pest repellants like chrysanthemums and marigolds.
 * You can also create a decoy, or a sacrificial “trap plant,” in the area just outside of the garden. This will draw pests away from your prized garden beauties.
 * You’ll want to time plant growth and harvesting around the life cycles of known pests. If you cut off their dinner supply, they might find a different garden to pester (no pun intended).
 * Knowing the insect life cycle arms you with means to adjust the cycle by removing or encouraging physical and chemical triggers to development.
 * As mentioned above, pesticides are harmful to our water.
 * When rains come, they are washed into nearby rivers and lakes.
 * Our water treatment systems are not designed to remove pesticides.
 * You may be harming predatory species that could have helped eliminate your pests in the first place.
 * Because most pesticides are not species-specific, using more pesticide will increase the risk of harming larger species—even humans.
 * Perhaps the most fascinating of all three of these types, PIP means scientists have found a way to weave naturally occurring pesticides into a plant’s genetic material.
 * This results in a plant that either naturally repels or kills pests.
 * For example, there is currently a type of genetically engineered corn that causes diseases in pests that attack the plant.
 * The creation of such plants has caused a decrease in the use of pesticides.
 * Additionally, if less pesticides are used, a ripple effect occurs.
 * For example, if a farmer no longer needs to apply pesticide to his crop, then he uses less fuel, thus reducing emissions.
 * It’s a fascinating venture that is sure to be the wave of the future