From OHG Files
recipe for soap spray:
1 teaspoon to several teaspoons per gallon of water, start at the
lower concentration and work up to what works best, watching your plants
and the critters. Make sure you use a soap that has little or no additives
such as fragrance or detergents. Ivory soap, shaklee basic H are
some.
recipe for soap spray:
1 teaspoon to several teaspoons per gallon of water, start at the
lower concentration and work up to what works best, watching your plants
and the critters. Make sure you use a soap that has little or no additives
such as fragrance or detergents. Ivory soap, shaklee basic H are
some.
Hot stuff spray:
Chop grind, or liquefy 1 garlic bulb, and 1 small onion. add 1 tsp of
powdered cayenne pepper and mix with one quart of water. Steep one
hour, strain through cheese cloth, then add 1 tblsp of liquid dish soap to
the strained liquid, mix well. Spray plants thoroughly making sure to
cover the undersides of the leaves. Can be stored for up to one week
in the refrigerator.
Bug Juice: ( or revenge of the organic gardener:)
Collect about 1/2 cup of the bugs in your garden, especially ones
that seem sluggish or sick. put the insects in an OLD blender with about 2 cups
of water to liquefy. Strain the mix, then dilute with 1/4 cp of this
concentrate with 1-2 cps of water in a sprayer. You can store the
left over in the freezer, just make sure you have it labeled well! Spray the
plants thoroughly on both sides of the leaves. You can re-apply once
or twice a week, although some bug juice sprays are reported to be
effective for as long as 2 months.
Quick hot pepper spray:
Pour some red hot sauce into some water in a sprayer, run out and
spray away!
Repeat for at least three days.
This info comes almost verbatim from "the Organic Gardener's Handbook
of Natural Insect and Disease Control" Wonderful handy dandy book just
full of info.
Chop grind, or liquefy 1 garlic bulb, and 1 small onion. add 1 tsp of
powdered cayenne pepper and mix with one quart of water. Steep one
hour, strain through cheese cloth, then add 1 tblsp of liquid dish soap to
the strained liquid, mix well. Spray plants thoroughly making sure to
cover the undersides of the leaves. Can be stored for up to one week
in the refrigerator.
Bug Juice: ( or revenge of the organic gardener:)
Collect about 1/2 cup of the bugs in your garden, especially ones
that seem sluggish or sick. put the insects in an OLD blender with about 2 cups
of water to liquefy. Strain the mix, then dilute with 1/4 cp of this
concentrate with 1-2 cps of water in a sprayer. You can store the
left over in the freezer, just make sure you have it labeled well! Spray the
plants thoroughly on both sides of the leaves. You can re-apply once
or twice a week, although some bug juice sprays are reported to be
effective for as long as 2 months.
Quick hot pepper spray:
Pour some red hot sauce into some water in a sprayer, run out and
spray away! Repeat for at least three days.
This info comes almost verbatim from "the Organic Gardener's Handbook
of Natural Insect and Disease Control" Wonderful handy dandy book
just full of info.
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• Mon 19 May 2008 - Homesteading Carnival #50