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- Stir together 1 litre of water, 1 tsp of liquid dish soap and a pinch of cayenne pepper.
- Do not dilute before spraying on plants.
- Useful against aphids and scale insects.
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Citrus peel[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans serif][SIZE=-1]
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- Mix together the grated peel of a lemon, an orange and a lime and boil for a few minutes.
- Let stand for 24 hours.
- Strain.
- Do not dilute.
- Useful against potato beetles, caterpillars and other insects.
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- Dilute with water.
- Spray directly on insects.
- Useful against aphids.
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Garlic[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans serif][SIZE=-1]
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- Blend 25 ml garlic juice, 4 ml rubbing alcohol and 4 litres water.
- May be used immediately.
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- Steep 2 garlic cloves in 1 litre of water for 24 hours.
- Strain.
- Do not dilute. Spray on plants, no more than twice a week, to get rid of aphids, spider mites and scale mites.
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- Recipe 1
- Steep 20 cloves of finely chopped garlic for 24 hours in olive oil to cover.
- Strain.
- Add 2 tsp of this mixture to 2 cups of water (500 ml) with a few drops of liquid dish soap.
- Shake and strain again.
- Dilute this mixture, using 2 tsp per 2 cups of water.
- Spray on plants.
- Useful against larger insect pests: leafhoppers, slugs, plant bugs, whitefly.
- Recipe 2
- Steep 20 g of chopped garlic in 20 ml of vegetable oil for 24 hours.
- Add 1 litre of water and 10 ml of liquid dish soap.
- Strain.
- Boil 5 hot peppers in 2 litres of water until the water is reduced by half.
- Add to the first mixture.
- Spray on plants every 4 or 5 days.
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Hot pepper[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans serif][SIZE=-1]
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- Chop up 3 hot peppers, half an onion and 1 garlic clove.
- Mix with 1 litre of water and let steep for 24 hours.
- Strain.
- Spray directly on insects.
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Onion
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- Chop up a few onions in a blender.
- Mix them with the same amount of water.
- Strain.
- Spray on plants.
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Petunia
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- Pour 1 litre of boiling water over 2 cups of chopped petunia or marigold leaves.
- Let steep for 24 hours.
- Strain.
- Do not dilute before spraying on plants.
- Useful against aphids and caterpillars.
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- Boil 500 g (2 cups) of rhubarb leaves in 1 litre of water for 30 minutes.
- Let cool and strain.
- Useful against aphids, leaf miners and spider mites.
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- Dissolve 2 tsp of table salt in 4 litres of water.
- Useful against cabbage worms.
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- Dissolve 25 ml of liquid dish soap or 50 g of bar soap in 4 litres of water.
- Spray on aphids, thrips and caterpillars.
- Caution! Do not use laundry detergent.
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Tomato[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans serif][SIZE=-1]
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- Steep tomato leaves (15 leaves per litre of water) for 24 hours.
- Strain.
- Use as an insecticide.
- Spray copiously on plants.
- Useful against cabbage worms.
Are a bunch of natural, safer insecticides. The rhubarb leaf solution has always worked very well for me. Exercise caution though, it's very toxic. It breaks down quickly though and I have used it up to a week before harvest with no ill effects.
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