The Helpful Gardeners

Seeing Red: Are Coloured Nets The Secret to Bug-Free Gardens?


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Is your garden basically an all-you-can-eat buffet for thrips and aphids? 😫

We’re diving into some wild new tech from Japan that uses colored nets—not chemicals—to keep the pests away. Forget everything you saw on that viral "rainbow farm" post, though; we’re getting into the real science of why bugs hate seeing red and how this could be a game-changer for your backyard veggie patch.

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Hosted by: Brandi Warren & Colin Hayles 

Voiceover by: Kaelan Shimp⁠⁠ 

Music by: Forestmusic 


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