how can we grow vegetables without using pesticide or insecticide to have it safe and healthy to consume?

Answer 1

There are many websites about organic gardening.
Check out this one:
http://www.gardenersnet.com/organic.htm

Answer 2

You are making the assumption that pesticides (which includes the categories herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) are not healthy or safe. This is false. When pesticides are used as directed and your produce is cleaned properly before consumption, they are both healthy and safe. What you need to do is this: Know which pests are likely, watch diligently for them and if a certain pest is present, treat accordingly but then, only if needed. There is no one recommendation that will alleviate all pests. For instance, if you have an insect doing minor damage to potato leaves, you may not need to do anything. However, if you have insects that damage the potato tuber, you will need to take action, possibly with pesticides. Another example: Let's say you have tomato hornworm chewing on your tomato leaves. These worms can completely skeletonize a tomato plant. You do not need to use pesticides for this -- simply pluck the worms off the plants before they can do major damage -- no pesticides needed. Another example: Let's say you have squash bugs on your squash. If you know what to look for, you can destroy the egg masses before they hatch if you are really diligent and have nothing better to do with your time. However, squash bugs often transmit a serious disease to squash plants, so you can't just let them feed on the plants. So, it may be better to apply insecticides to the portions of the plant that harbor the squash bugs and kill them before they transmit disease. This way you will still obtain a useable harvest of squash and chances are the squash themselves will not even contact the insecticide that was strategically placed. My thought is to be reasonable and judicious, use pesticides only when necessary, and please do not be unreasonable scared of pesticides. Be wise, prudent, and read and follow the label directions.

Answer 3

It is just like the older days when I was growing up.

make good on the soil by composting to make natural neutrients for the plants.
plant and keep watered.
you can use ammonia mixed with water and some dish detergent to help deter the pest and feed the plants at the same time. The ammonia acts like a nitrogen t feed the plants. The soap acts like a carrier of the ammonia making it stick to the leaves and stems thus drying on the plant as a slow release food.

Many natural remedies out there to revert to the pesticides, if you are farming, mix the ingredients in a larger tank of equal parts and use a sprayer off of the tank to spray.

Answer 4

I would grow it indoors with windows or some way for natural sunlight to come through or somewhere insulated and sterile and not use rainwater. Most plant growing mixtures have some kind of chemical that is not considered good for you. Even if you use manure, you have to be very careful that the animals you got it from are healthy and are in a clean environment. In other words, it's a very controlled hygenic atmostphere and place that you need to grow things so you can avoid pesticide and insecticide. There are plants that are natural pest avoiders, and that would involve some reading, and sometimes you exchange one pest problem for another.

Answer 5

Hydroponics can be a good way to grow a garden without using pesticides or insecticides and from having talked to others who have tried it it is safe to consume.

Answer 6

I don't know if you are speaking about commercial growing or individual growers. I have a large vegetable garden. I grow about 50 times more than I can consume from the garden. My dirt is full of earthworms and a few grubs as well. I only use natural fertilizers and compost(homemade) for nutrients and homemade remedies for insect control. I do not use any commercial pesticides or fertilizers. Most Americans are used to buying the "perfect" looking fruits and veggies from the store. My home grown stuff sometimes has to be trimmed to remove a bad spot or a hole where a bug got a bite. I really only lose about 10% of my crop to insects and disease. I feel that it is better to have some loss to nature and still have plenty to eat than to poison the environment, period.

Answer 7

Be consciencous and persistant with care.

I have never used pesticides and get great results by planting certain (lavender, mints, sages) herbs around plants that are more prone to pests & disease. Constant care so you may see if a pest arrives is a must.

When I have no other choice I will spray a plants underleaves (usually eggs are hidden there) with a soap & water mix.

Check out a 'companion plant' book or go to davesgarden.com for ideas. Also check out biodynamics at http://www.biodynamics.com/ I think you will enjoy the info!

Happy Gardening to you :) So glad you are looking into this approach...if only the mass marketers would!

Answer 8

There are natural pesticides, that can be searched online or made at home ( Ivory Soap and water) in a spray bottle works well for me on the majority of pests. Kills some and deters others I don't think they like the taste. There are alot of plants that can be planted with your garden that that will deter pests as well. I know marigolds repel aphids. This may take away from the space for veggies but it's worth a try.

Answer 9

Let's grow them in the backyard... so that way we all can do it their own backyard. Let's live like cowboy people again to stay way from cars that runs on gas, need for pesticide and other insecticide for farming. Make the rich oil company suffers again. Otherwise let get electric cars back on the road. This answers part of the question and need to express my other thoughts. We need to make this a voting issue, I mean the real vote. To be more healthy is to clean the air, make food more pure.

Answer 10

My husband and I are growing a wonderful vegetable garden this year, after years of living in southern climates(Florida, Maryland)for 30+ years. We are now back where we started.
Cortland NY. It is different but not impossible. We are growing tomatoes, potatoes, corn, squash, cucumbers, onions, peas, garlic and more. We have a compost bin that we built. We don't use chemicals. We don't seem to have a problem with bugs, but we did put a fence around it to keep the ground hogs and the deer out. We have used marigolds before though and that helps keep the bugs away. If you start your plants in peat pots and wait until the ground is warm, you should be ok. I waited until the plants were 6 inches or so before planting them.

Answer 11

Chemical companies make a helluva lotta dough from the production of environmentally unfriendly agricultural products, things such as insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides. BUT there is an alternative, a better way, if you will. Grow your own! That way, you will know what's on your veggies. While you're at it, throw a few lady beetles into your garden. They are voracious eaters of other insects.