Homemade Recipes to kill stuph

[Grizzy]

I was going to post this under another thread but then I got to thinking that it would be useful if I post my recipe and ya'll post yours (if you have any) all in one location.

I dunno if this could help or not... but last night I was pick'n somebody's brAin in the chatroom for organic remedy for bugs gobbling up gardens.

This recipe came out of a book that is dedicated to organic garden solutions... One member (BHM) said this has been very effective and when she used it on her FROOT trees it not only got rid of the tent worms (2 years ago) but they never came back. She said it works on any leaf eating bug and if you use garlic and onion teas, they will repel anything.

Recipe:

1 quart boiling water poured over a good pinch of chewing tobacco (she used RedMans in the pouch)

Let steep until cool.

Strain, pour in sprayer.

Add 1 Tablespoon of Baby Shampoo or dishwashing liquid for adjuvent.

Add 1/2 cup antiseptic mouthwash (like Listerine).

Fill sprayer to 1 gallon mark and spray.

For Aphids she said to use Onion Tea, but I don't have a recipe.. anyone? Seems like it would be simple enough :)...

It would be great if ya'll could contribute your "Recipes". Please try tell how much to use of each ingredient or suggest a portion.

Also.. this recipe I just gave.. if it works on leaf eating bugs, would it work on the WURMS too?

~Grizzy~

[TEX]

Years ago, before WWII there were no or very few chemical bug killers available. It was a fairly common practice to soak tobacco in water and spray on plants to kill insects. Nicotine is toxic after all. The shampoo is a sticker - makes it stick to the plant/insect better.

Not sure what the mouth wash is for - I would be afraid the alcohol in it would burn plants in hot weather

And yes I have soaked a cigarette in water overnight and used it quite effectively to kill pests on house plants.

[Junie]

I buy the chewing tobacco for spraying. It's more resinous than cigarette tobacco, so the spray is stronger.

Another thing I've done, when I had an infestation of a particular insect, is to gather them up and put them in the blender with some water. Strain, add a little dish soap, and spray the plants with that. It got rid of the Japanese beetles on the hibiscus. (use an old blender for this, not the one you use for food)

If you're bothered by hornets building nests in your yard, make a short, fat tube out of interfacing. Sew the top shut, stuff it lightly with grocery bags, sew the bottom shut, so it looks somewhat like a hornet's nest, then hang it about 5 feet off the ground. Hornets are territorial and won't build where they think other hornets are already living. Do this early in the spring and the hornets will go to your neighbor's house.

[sbemt456]

If you soak a pack of chewing tobacco in a quart of water, only use a couple tablespoons to a gallon of water to spray the garden veggies with, gosh dont use a cup to a gallon. :fie: It will burn the plants. Dont ask me how I know this. lol


Have a great day!

stella

[Grizzy]

This is good stuph here... I jus thot it would help the newbies to see how these things can be done an with things they may already have around the house... Tanks!

~Grizzy~

[sbemt456]

Dry wood ashes sifted lightly over cabbage will deter cabbage worms.

To keep crows out of your sweet corn, drape some type of netting over the tops of the outer rows, crows think it is a trap and wont go near it. This is even better than hanging a dead crow in the field.

A new trick (lol ) I learned this year to keep pets out of flower beds and such. Use old woven wire and cut it so some of the wire makes legs and put over the top of plants in the beds. The lil legs keep it elevated off the ground and cats cant (cover it up) in the beds and dogs wont walk thru.

Have a great day!

stella

[Junie]

Papa used to sprinkle straw over his corn rows to deter crows. He said they couldn't find the little corn plants with the straw around them. He always had a good crop, so I'm inclined to believe him.

To keep corn ear worms out of your corn, put a few drops of mineral oil on the silk, so it runs down onto the tip of the ear. I do this when I first see silk and again when the silk starts to dry out and turn dark. I never have worms in my corn.

[Grizzy]

YES! This is exactly what I had in mind! Tea recipes, Tips, Tricks... With the economy as it is now.. some folks are finding themselves flown full thrust into eating out of their gardens... things like this can make a real difference! I can't wait to see what else folks will have to contribute.. we have so many with so much to offer the new ones coming into garden.. wif lil hongry cubbies.. with hopes of canning an .. an.... Tanks Ya'll!!

This is going to be so fun to see.. who brings the good gifts...

~Grizzy~

[bookwormom]

Here is a fruit tree spray that I got from the guy at the amish store.

! part murphy's oil soap
1 part molasses.
1 part liquid seaweed
1 part cider vinegar

Put four teaspoons of this in a gallon of water.

use on fruit trees for common pests. I have not tried it yet.

If you put the wood ashes on too heavy, it will ruin your cabbage. guess how I know that Stella.

[Grizzy]

Where do ya git liquid seaweed? Thank You for the recipe!

~Grizzy~

[TEX]

My day grew up on a farm raising tomatoes and he said they would dig a small trench around each tomatoe plant and fill it with corn meal - the cut worms ate it and died.

He also said they often would put a tin can with both ends cut out around small plants - this kept creepy crawly things off the plants.

[bookwormom]

It is an Amish recipe and the Amish store carries all that stuff.

[bookwormom]

the trick is, to dust the cabbage lightly with the wood ash. I did it too heavy, I guess it oozed lye.

I found my note book, right where it was supposed to be, got a lot of recipies that I want to try out.

Cabbage worms
dust with self rising flour at dawn, worms will eat and explode

for bugs
spray with ammonnia and water, does not say how much. Not much ammonia is my guess.

Listerine, beer, dish soap water


For mildew and blackspot
1 tsp bakding soda in one quart water, I tsp soapflakes.

eliminate white fly
4 tablespoons of baby shampoo to one quart of water, spary at base of plants of
tomatoes and pumpkins

tobacco tea
half hand full of tobacco, 1 gallon of hot water, steep until dark brown.

bugspray

1 cup listerine or equivalent,
1 cup tobacco tea,
i cup chamomile tea,
I cup urin
half cup Murphy's oil soap
half cup lemon scented dishsoap


two years ago I asked for Neem oil at everywhere and sundry. Nobody ever heard of it. Last week I was at Lowes and had to wait for hubby, so I looked in garden stuff, low and behold, they now have 70% neem oil.


What I am wondering, will any of that stuff hurt plants? I am thinking of diluting it heavy and spraying heavy. I had a coupon for Harbor freight and got a four gallon back pack sprayer 20% off. Hope it works.

One thing I really really want to recommend.
Mix Diatomaceous Earth with exterior white Latiex paint, clear the dirt away from around the trunk, paint the trunk of your fruit trees, especially peaches, throw some DE against the damp paint. this is supposed to keep the borers at bay.