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.

Green lacewing eggs are an economical approach to biological control. They cost significantly less than the lacewing larvae and can be used with a variety of crops to control aphids, thrips, whitefly and more!

Dalotia are quick, aggressive predators and are always hungry. They are used to target fungus gnat larvae and thrips pupae, but the Dalotia diet also includes shorefly, root aphids, root mealybug, moth eggs, organic matter and mold.