Using Beneficial Insects to Control Pests on the Farm

Are beneficial insects actually worth it on a flower farm? In this video, I’m sharing how I use beneficial insects on our flower farm to help control pests like thrips, aphids, and spider mites — along with the biggest lessons I’ve learned along the way. We’ll talk about: 🌿 What beneficial insects actually are 🌿 How I release them on the farm 🌿 Why they are NOT an overnight fix 🌿 The mistakes I’ve made 🌿 How I dealt with thrips in my ranunculus 🌿 The most cost-effective ways I’ve found to use them 🌿 Where I buy beneficial insects 🌿 Other ways I encourage good bugs on the farm This video is not sponsored. Just real-life experience from a flower farmer trying to grow healthy crops while working with nature instead of against it. If you’ve been struggling with pests on your flower farm or market garden, I hope this helps! — Ruth Ann 👉 Join the Abundant Blooms Collective Membership : https://www.skool.com/abundant-blooms... 🌻Download my FREE tips for Selling Flowers to Florists https://tips.abundantbloomsflowerfarm... 🌿 Ready to start selling your flowers to florists? My full course walks you step-by-step through how to approach florists, price your flowers, and build a system that actually works: 👉 https://www.abundantbloomsflowerfarm.... / WHAT TO WATCH NEXT/ How I Made $6,180 Selling Ranunculus:    • How I Made $6,180 Selling Ranunculus   🌸 For Home Gardeners: How to Grow a 10x10 Cutting Garden: https://www.abundantbloomsflowerfarm.... After 6 years of flower farming I decided to start a YouTube channel to help other flower farmers learn about selling flowers to florists, and growing more advanced crops like perennials and woody shrubs. I aim for profitability, lean farming, and balancing motherhood and farming as I both farm and care for my family of 5 small children. I hope you find inspiration and blessing here. Check out my website: https://www.abundantbloomsflowerfarm.com Join my Private FaceBook Group Selling Flowers to Florists: (please answer the membership questions)   / 15tgyaoktx   Follow me on social   / abundantbloomsflowerfarm   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Thank you for coming along in this journey! It’s so fun to grow flowers and share a little of the process with you all. It means so much to me that you come along with me. Abundantly, Ruth Ann Thanks to Cassidy Griffin for editing this video. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 How I use beneficial insects on my farm 00:35 Welcome to the channel 00:55 Course + membership 02:09 Why we’re talking about beneficial insects 02:37 What beneficial insects are 04:57 Best practices 05:22 Scouting for pests 05:56 Why this is not an overnight fix 06:35 Releasing insects in cold weather 07:08 Washing my ranunculus 08:08 Where I buy beneficial insects 08:48 Specific insects I use 10:51 Most cost-effective strategies 12:55 Other ways to attract beneficial insects 13:54 My story about thrips