Stratiolaelaps predatory mites actively seek out snake mites and their eggs and help to keep a reptile enclosure pest free and chemical free. 

White grubs are the soil-dwelling larvae of scarab beetles — including Japanese beetles and chafer beetles — and one of the most damaging turf and garden pests. Learn how to identify them, understand their life cycle, and use safe, chemical-free solutions like beneficial nematodes to protect your lawn and plants.

Sometimes the smallest things can become deadly. This is the case with fungal spores that attack and kill insects. Similar to the Cordyceps fame shown on Planet Earth, Beauveria and Isaria have been used for over thirty years to control greenhouse pests. 

Mealybugs are easy to overlook when their numbers are small as they prefer to hide out in cracks and crevices and underneath leaf surfaces. But once they start to reproduce, it's a population explosion.

Sound Horticulture was very busy and active in 2025, completing 25 years of business. Our sales increased, we added new and exciting products and deepened relationships with both customers and vendors. 

Amblyseius andersoni mites remain active over a very wide temperature range and are effective between 43° to 104°F, allowing them to be introduced much earlier in the growing season than other predatory mites.

Parasitoids wasps are a part of the aphid control picture. These tiny creatures lay an egg inside the host. This gives the new wasp shelter (a cozy little aphid mummy hut) and food as it develops and finally exits the host leaving behind an empty shell and a dead aphid.

Now available at Sound Horticulture are two new organic products for plant wellness, Arber Bio Insecticide and Arber Bio Fungicide. They come in small concentrates that are affordable and easy to use. We love that they harness the power of nature in the form of beneficial microbes to do the heavy lifting as they protect plants from common garden pests as well as disease.

While copper is an effective fungicide, excessive application leads to environmental concerns. Copper-based fungicides have been a cornerstone of agricultural disease management for well over a century. Unlike copper, potassium sorbate leaves no pesticide residues, has no EPA reentry restrictions, and requires no pesticide-use reporting in California, but it is not currently certified as organic.