What is a garden care chemical? Why do we need garden care chemical products? What can I expect from using garden care chemical products? What can I expect if I do not use garden care chemicals?   Question: What is a garden care chemical?

Garden Care Chemical is the generic term that describes groups of products that   help to control pest organisms that threaten people, plants, or their domestic animals and home environment. - This includes Insecticides, Herbicides and Fungicides (i.e. materials that control insects, weeds and plant disease etc)

Question: Why do we need garden care chemical products?

We don't!  But life is usually a lot easier for us if we employ their help - if we do not control the things in our environment effectively then the bad things can very often take over.  Weeds spread suffocating plants, including flowers that give nectar for insect life. Slugs and other pests destroy plant foliage, insects infest and damage garden plants and diseases take hold and make plants unsightly, and reduce yield. Some people try to promote the idea that gardening is easy - everything just balances naturally.  Is that your experience? Healthy plants need to have space to grow and be free from insect attack and diseases. We all need time saving products in modern life. How much time do you have to create a beautiful garden? Gardens are a natural space - but are not actually completely natural. They contain plants from all over the world and need to be managed. Leave a garden untended and it will disappear.

Question: What can I expect from using garden care chemical products?

With sensible use you can expect a garden that will be better able to flourish, supporting more plants in a healthier condition.  These in turn, will produce more nectar, fruit and berries, breathe in more carbon dioxide and pump out more oxygen - generally improving the amount and quality of life around the garden.  Look at the wild life in a well managed garden and compare that to a garden left to go wild. Biodiversity will be increased.

Question: What can I expect if I do not use garden care chemicals?

A lot of hard and time consuming work to keep plants healthy and pests at bay manually. Weeds compete for water, space and nutrients within lawns and borders, often resulting in the cultivated plants not growing well. Moss can submerge lawn grasses resulting in a poor quality lawn. Crop yields can be seriously reduced or even lost if pests and diseases are not treated. Plants infested with detrimental insects like green fly, vine weevils and mites. Plants destroyed by disease, like black spot or powdery mildew on your roses. Generally an unhealthy garden is less able to support beneficial organisms like bees and butterflies, birds and hedgehogs. Want to Learn More? Pest Control, Legislation, Insect & Pest Problems, Fungal Problems, Weed Problems, Lawncare, Fertilisers, Soils & Growing Media, Integrated Garden Care.