Requirement
7. Five garden pests, two solutions each, one of them organic
Required Often forgotten
Insects and diseased plants. Ten solutions in total and at least five of them organic. Pests appear in a growing garden rather than in a book, so this is a requirement to work on while requirement 2 is running.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Five pests, two solutions each, at least one organic. That is ten solutions and five of them organic. Insects and diseased plants turn up in a growing garden and not in a book, so work on this while requirement 2 is running and photograph what you find when you find it. A pest identified in February is a picture from the internet; one identified in July is yours.
Where this step comes from
- Gardening Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 7 · Requires two solutions for each pest, at least one of which must be an organic method.