Frequently Asked Questions

Feed your lawn with Garden Guy Granules every 4 weeks. We also have our Extreme Weed and Feed product for your lawn. It is Corn Gluten based so it is an organic fertilizer but it also is a natural pre-emergent. It will not allow new weed seeds to germinate in your lawn.

Use our Organic Weed Control sprayed directly onto the leaves of your weeds. This is basically a strong vinegar that will do the job without all the synthetic chemicals. Corn gluten meal is also a very good choice as a pre-emergent in your granite areas. It will prevent weed seeds from germinating.

Foliar feed with Liquid Seaweed or Extreme juice in the evening every 3 to 5 days. This allows the plants to have immediate access to all the nutrients all night long through the stomata of the leaf. You may also think about covering your tomatoes with row cover. This will protect from leaf hopper that can transfer many diseases. Studies have show that putting a red plastic mulch down (you can also use a red plastic table cloth) will increase tomato yields by 20%.

The Suspects are beetles, caterpillars, crickets, grape leaf skeletonizer, grasshoppers or weevils. Use our Extreme Diatomaceous Earth for crawling insects. Our DE is food grade (not pool grade!) so it is safe to dust around your garden and even directly on your plants. The powder acts like millions of razor blades that cut the exoskeleton of an insect causing it to dehydrate and die. This is a great natural way to kill the pest and not harm your veggies. If you know you have caterpillars try Bacillus thuringiensis (sold at nurseries as Thuricide). It is a naturally occurring organism that will kill caterpillars from the inside out. Like DE it is not dangerous to pets or children.

Eggplants, Tomatoes (smaller varieties – yellow pears, sweet 100’s ect, Asparagus beans, Peppers (smaller types), Armenian cucumbers, Squash, Melons, Cantalope, Sweet Potatoes, Peanuts, New Zealand, Spinach, Corn Black-eyed Peas, Bright Light Swiss Chard.

• 1 Gallon of Garden Guy 10% Vinegar
• 3 tablespoons of orange oil (homemade or purchased as Zep's Heavy Duty Citrus Degreaser (avail. at home center stores or any cleanser with D-Limonene)
• 1 – 2 drops of Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap (Whole Foods) or Dawn Dishwashing liquid
• Put in plastic spray bottle, shake up and spray directly on anything you want to eliminate. DO NOT spray on anything you want to live!!! *When handling vinegar always wear protective eye wear, a mask and gloves.

• Evergreen Elm
• Shammel Ash
• Ironwood
• Texas Mtn Laruel
• Acacia Aneria
• Mexican Fan Palms
• Black Mission Fig
• Anna Apple
• Texas Ebony
• Citrus grafted onto sour orange root stock>

• Make sure your doors, windows, vents, etc. are sealed. Install really good, tight fitting door sweeps, caulk where there are gaps, make sure your screens are secure, etc.
• Apply food grade diatomaceous earth around the perimeter of the house and indoors, too. It’s sold by Garden Guy as Extreme Insect Control. It’s safe and natural. (read more about this at www.gardenguy.com)
• The Insect Control will also control the scorpion’s food source- they feed on roaches, spiders, etc.
• Eliminate any source of water the scorpions may be in search of. Often you will find them in areas that tend to be damp looking for water.
• You can buy sticky traps at any home center store; place them strategically around and check them often. The yellow triangle tent sticky traps work best.
• Hunt for scorpions, inside and out, with a black light around 10pm each night. Be diligent about this and check beds, sheets, cribs, ceilings…everywhere. They can be out in the open and/or hiding. When you find them smash them.
• There is loads of information on the internet if you look up scorpions. The more research you do the better, because while I hit on some important safeguards above, there are other things to add to this list.