{"title":"Beneficial Insects","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"orcon-lady-bugs-delivered-to-your-door","title":"Orcon Lady Bugs (Delivered To Your Door)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUse: Ladybugs prefer to eat aphids and will devour up to 50 a day, but they will also attack scale, mealy bugs, boil worms, leafhopper, and corn ear worm. They dine only on insects and do not harm vegetation in any way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelease: Ladybugs should always be released after sundown since they only fly in the daytime. During the night, they will search the area for food and stay as long as there is food for them to eat. The more they eat the more eggs they lay and the more insect eating larvae you will have. It is best if the area has been recently watered. Ladybugs tend to crawl up and toward light. So release them in small groups at the base of plants and shrubs that have aphids or other insects, and in the lower part of trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommendations: Ladybugs may be kept in the refrigerator after they are received (35-50 degrees F.) and released as needed. Ladybugs received March through May should not be stored more than 2 to 3 days since their body fat has been depleted. From June on, they may be stored 2 to 3 months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58445634502959,"sku":"400000013206","price":23.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4875\/4479\/files\/Lady_Bug_500_Count_Container_Web_820.png?v=1788961182"},{"product_id":"orcon-red-earthworms","title":"Orcon Red Earthworms","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarth worms, as they cultivate and feed, swallow great quantities of soil, digest it, extract its food value and expel the residue as worm castings. These worm castings are 5 times richer in the nutrients necessary for maximum plant growth and production than the soil they ingested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as important, these worms, commonly known as red wigglers and technically known as Eisenia fetida, are one of the most effective agents for loosening and aerating the soil. Their tunnels are lined with earth worm castings and allow oxygen to reach plant roots. Also, as the earthworms burrow, they create channels which increase the capacity for the soil to hold water. In soil where earth worms have been introduced, there are more nutrients and oxygen available for roots, softer soil for improved root growth, and better water retention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is always helpful for the worms to add compost to the soil since they are constantly looking for organic material to eat and convert to castings. Almost any kind of plant waste or food waste can be either put directly into the soil or broken down first in a compost pile or container and then added to the soil. This will significantly increase worm reproduction and speed up soil improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58445730447663,"sku":"400000013183","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4875\/4479\/files\/Earth_Worms_Product_820.png?v=1788963382"},{"product_id":"orcon-beneficial-nematodes-delivered-to-your-door","title":"Orcon Beneficial Nematodes (Delivered To Your Door)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeneficial Nematodes hunt down, penetrate, and kill most soil dwelling pests. They will remain effective for about 2 years, but annual applications are recommended. They will also attack over wintering adult insects, pupae, diapausing larvae, and grubs when they are in the soil, bark, or even ground litter. They do not affect humans, animals, or plants. They are completely compatible with beneficial insects such as ladybugs, lacewings, and praying mantids and do not harm earthworms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58445765476655,"sku":"400000015187","price":36.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4875\/4479\/files\/BN_Product_820.png?v=1788964271"},{"product_id":"orcon-live-praying-mantis","title":"Orcon Live Praying Mantis","description":"\u003cp\u003e  Praying Mantids eat a wide variety of garden pests. In their younger stages they eat aphids, thrips, flies and maggots, small caterpillars, leafhoppers, white grubs and other soft-bodied insects. Mature Mantids feed on larger caterpillars, earwigs, chinch bugs, sow bugs, beetles, grasshoppers and other large insects. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease: You can keep the egg cases in the cup, set them on a window ledge or in the patio until they hatch. As soon as you see tiny praying mantids emerge remove the lid and sprinkle the mantids around your garden. Or put the egg case in a bush, hedge, limb or anything more than two feet above ground. The egg case may be inserted in the fork of a branch or hung with a piece of string or needle and thread rum through the outside of the case. Hanging will help keep birds and rodents from eating the eggs in the case. If ants are in the area, oiling the string will help keep them away. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Organic Control","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58453793341743,"sku":"111325","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4875\/4479\/files\/3c06ea38PM-R2_Praying_Mantids_Web820.webp?v=1789140653"},{"product_id":"orcon-live-beneficial-nematodes","title":"Orcon Live Beneficial Nematodes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeneficial Nematodes hunt down, penetrate, and kill most soil dwelling pests. They will remain effective for about 2 years, but annual applications are recommended.  They will also attack over wintering adult insects, pupae, diapausing larvae, and grubs when they are in the soil, bark, or even ground litter. They do not affect humans, animals, or plants. They are completely compatible with beneficial insects such as ladybugs, lacewings, and praying mantids and do not harm earthworms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58455822729519,"sku":"103952","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4875\/4479\/files\/BN_Product_820_e24294fc-ea1d-44fb-a036-f4e74d0630d0.png?v=1789191075"},{"product_id":"orcon-live-lady-bugs","title":"Orcon Live Lady Bugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eUse: Ladybugs prefer to eat aphids and will devour up to 50 a day, but they will also attack scale, mealy bugs, boil worms, leafhopper, and corn ear worm. They dine only on insects and do not harm vegetation in any way. Release: Ladybugs should always be released after sundown since they only fly in the daytime. During the night, they will search the area for food and stay as long as there is food for them to eat. 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From June on, they may be stored 2 to 3 months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58456054595887,"sku":"103951","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4875\/4479\/files\/Lady_Bug_500_Count_Container_Web_820_0e32ad05-5e44-4ecb-a189-edd03e3c9729.png?v=1789192893"}],"url":"https:\/\/mattshydroponics.com\/collections\/pest-disease-control-beneficial-insects.oembed","provider":"Matt’s Hydroponics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}