'My carefully grown vegetables are full of insect bites...' Only 20% of people correctly use different chemicals for soil and leaf application.

Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.'s Agro Division (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Head of Agro Division: Toru Iwai) conducted a survey on 'The reality of pest control in home gardening and the correct use of insecticides and other agricultural chemicals' targeting individuals who have previously experienced pest damage in growing vegetables and fruit trees.

Spring to early summer is the perfect season to start a home garden.

While colorful seedlings line the shelves of home improvement stores and more people are trying their hand at growing vegetables and fruit trees, it's not uncommon for these lovingly tended plants to fall victim to pest damage.

Even when people think they are taking pest control measures, it seems that incorrect, self-taught methods and the failure to properly differentiate between the chemicals used prevent a fundamental solution.

Are the measures you usually take truly based on correct knowledge and appropriate for their purpose?

Therefore, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.'s Agro Division conducted this survey.

Survey Outline: Survey on 'The reality of pest control in home gardening and the correct use of insecticides and other agricultural chemicals' 【Survey Period】March 13 (Fri) - March 16 (Mon), 2026 【Survey Method】Internet survey by PRIZMA 【Number of Respondents】1,005 people 【Survey Target】Monitors nationwide from their 20s to 60s who were currently gardening at the time of response and had past experience with pest damage to vegetables or fruit trees. 【Survey Source】Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. Agro Division 【Monitor Provider】Sakurisa

While visible leaf damage is prominent, hard-to-identify damage in the soil also occurs Many who enjoy home gardening experience pest damage, but how do they actually deal with it?

When asked 'How did you deal with pests when you suffered damage?', the most common answer was 'Spray-type insecticide'.