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musiclover420
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Natural pesticide brew project
#21194322 - 01/28/15 10:19 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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So I have been noticing more and ore bugs in my tropical greenhouse, I have learned salvia is loved by aphids and white flies. Anyways I was spraying them with some neem oil but I never did it regular enough for it to work. I just started brewing a pesticide tea using garlic and onion as the base, so far I have also added a bit of cayenne pepper and salt. I plan on adding a fair amount of sever essential oils too it as well such as several citrus and maybe a few others. I am planning on boiling it most of tonight then letting it sit til morning where I will add the oils. Any thoughts? I was thinking about adding a pinch of tobacco if I can find it and maybe some peppers too.
What have you used as a natural pesticide?
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Oggy
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Compost tea does amazingly well as a natural pest deterrent. It doesn't kill them, though.
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musiclover420
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Re: Natural pesticide brew project [Re: Oggy]
#21194515 - 01/28/15 11:22 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tea made from compost sounds intense I was going to try some microbe culture mixes as well potentially. What about the compost tea deters pests? I would think it would do the opposite if anything maybe my compost is just gross I think thi garlic onion mix with essential oils should more than do the trick. I am considering before and after photos as it is pretty damn bad.
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Oggy
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Plants love it and in my experience their leafs become thick, glossy and protective. I don't know what causes pests to stay away, maybe it's just the health of the plants.
My mix is aerated with a air stone and pump in a 5 gallon bucket. I fill it up with about 4 gallons of water and a hand full of compost. I use yard clippings, dead leaves and vegetable matter from the house in my compost, and I turn it over week, some times twice a week. It takes about 3 months for my compost pile to be ready for use.
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Edited by Oggy (01/28/15 11:28 PM)
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Oeric McKenna
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Look into: diatomaceous earth
Cheap, safe, kills all
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musiclover420
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Re: Natural pesticide brew project [Re: Oggy]
#21194834 - 01/29/15 01:02 AM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah I can imagine how plants would love a tea made from compost, I may have to try that. I have already been feeding most of my plants pretty heavily though, just using natural fertilizer concentrates. There are so many possibilities. I need to get a beneficial microbe colony going, or buy a pre mixed one
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cowsRmeat
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Check out rosemary oil! I have been preachinig rosemary oil for a little while now since I read about it and tried it. Stuff works awesome and smells waaaay better than neem.
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