If you are growing your own herbs for teas or spices or for natural home remedies, it is important to keep your plants healthy and protected from those little pests that like to destroy your hard work.
Since we are working toward keeping everything eco-friendly and healthy, that last thing we want to use on our plants are chemical sprays.
If you are going to use a commercial pesticide for your plants, ensure that it is organic in composition. If you want to stick to the format of home remedies and making things yourself, below are a few popular home concotions that will get the job done.
The following ingredients should be mixed in a spray bottle so that the solutions can be sprayed directly onto your plants to control fungus and disease:
Hydrogen Peroxide Spray: Mix 1 tablespoon per gallon of water.
Oil and Baking Soda Spray: 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of cooking oil mixed in a quart of warm water.
Listerine Spray: 1 teaspoon of Listerine mixed into a quart of warm water.
The above sprays should be applied to your plants every ten days. It will help with the disease and fungus problems.
To help control insects, use the following recipes:
Insects can be controlled with a solution of soap and cooking oil. Mix 1/2 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid and a 1/4 teaspoon of cooking oil into a quart of warm water. Spray the underside and top of all the leaves. This will help stop most of the common pests that love to destroy your plants.
The spray should be applied every 10 days.
Insecticide Garlic Spray:
Ingredients: 1 Garlic Bulb, 2 Cups Water, 1 Gallon Water
To make take an entire garlic bulb and two cups of water and blend in blender. Mix at high speed for 1-2 minutes. Pour mixture into a container and set it aside for up to one day. Strain the liquid through a cheese cloth. Mix the liquid with one gallon of water. Apply liberally on top and bottom of leaves.
Tomato Leaf Insecticide:
Ingredients: 1 oz. tomato leaves; 1 quart water
Take one ounce of tomato leaves and add to one quart of water and blend thoroughly. Strain the resulting liquid and use to repel insects. This works well on white cabbage butterflies too.
There are hundreds of natural insecticides and fungicides that work just as well as their toxic chemical counterparts. So why use chemicals?
Charles
Since we are working toward keeping everything eco-friendly and healthy, that last thing we want to use on our plants are chemical sprays.
If you are going to use a commercial pesticide for your plants, ensure that it is organic in composition. If you want to stick to the format of home remedies and making things yourself, below are a few popular home concotions that will get the job done.
The following ingredients should be mixed in a spray bottle so that the solutions can be sprayed directly onto your plants to control fungus and disease:
Hydrogen Peroxide Spray: Mix 1 tablespoon per gallon of water.
Oil and Baking Soda Spray: 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of cooking oil mixed in a quart of warm water.
Listerine Spray: 1 teaspoon of Listerine mixed into a quart of warm water.
The above sprays should be applied to your plants every ten days. It will help with the disease and fungus problems.
To help control insects, use the following recipes:
Insects can be controlled with a solution of soap and cooking oil. Mix 1/2 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid and a 1/4 teaspoon of cooking oil into a quart of warm water. Spray the underside and top of all the leaves. This will help stop most of the common pests that love to destroy your plants.
The spray should be applied every 10 days.
Insecticide Garlic Spray:
Ingredients: 1 Garlic Bulb, 2 Cups Water, 1 Gallon Water
To make take an entire garlic bulb and two cups of water and blend in blender. Mix at high speed for 1-2 minutes. Pour mixture into a container and set it aside for up to one day. Strain the liquid through a cheese cloth. Mix the liquid with one gallon of water. Apply liberally on top and bottom of leaves.
Tomato Leaf Insecticide:
Ingredients: 1 oz. tomato leaves; 1 quart water
Take one ounce of tomato leaves and add to one quart of water and blend thoroughly. Strain the resulting liquid and use to repel insects. This works well on white cabbage butterflies too.
There are hundreds of natural insecticides and fungicides that work just as well as their toxic chemical counterparts. So why use chemicals?
Charles
