For pests with piercing-sucking mouthparts, such as aphids, spider mites, thrips and whiteflies, applications of insecticidal soap would be effective.

For larger insects such as beetles and weevils, which chew the leaves and damage the harvest, a product containing carbaryl, such as Sevin is recommended.

For various worms and caterpillars, which damage the leaves and stems, you would want to apply the cultured bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, found in such products as Biotrol, Dipel or Thuricide.