Home-made Natural Pest Controls

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Need to get garden pests under control? This summer try using a natural biopesticide you’ve made at home. Natural pest controls are less disruptive to natural controls, less hazardous to humans, less toxic to non-target organisms, and less damaging to the environment than chemical pesticides.
The preparation and application of homemade extracts follow the same standard procedures.
  1. Designate utensils for extraction; Do not use the same utensils as used for food preparation
  2. Clean all utensils after use
  3. Wear gloves; do not contact the extract while processing or applying
  4. When soaking overnight make sure to place out of reach of children and pets
  5. Test on a few infected plants first
  6. Harvest ripe fruits and vegetables before application
  7. Wear protective clothing during application
  8. Wash hands after handling homemade extracts

RECIPES 
Hot Pepper Solution is a general repellent.
Effective for: cabbage worms, ants, aphids, beetles, caterpillars, and cutworms
Ingredients: 15 peppers (finely chopped), 1 liter of water
Directions: Add peppers to water. Steep for 24 hours. Strain. Apply to plant using a spray bottle.

Garlic Brew repels most insects.
Effective for: aphids, ants, nematodes, and caterpillars
Ingredients: ½ cup finely chopped garlic, ¾ liter of water
Directions: Add garlic to water. Soak for 24 hours. Strain. Apply to plant and soil.

Mint Repellant is both a biopesticide and antimicrobial.
Effective for: bacterial diseases & aphids, cabbage pests and flea beetles
Directions: Cut fresh mint leaves into pieces. Place pieces in small pan; cover with water; boil. Soak overnight. Apply to plant during the evening.

Tobacco insecticide is potent. CAUTION: Keep off skin and away from children and pets – poisonous and lethal at high concentrations
NOTE: Do not use on eggplants, peppers, potatoes, or tomatoes
Effective for: aphids, caterpillars, cabbage worms, beetles, weevils, mites, thrips, rust and leaf-curl virus
Ingredients: 20 grams of tobacco (dry and pounded), 1 liter of water
Directions: Add tobacco to water. Soak overnight. Apply during the evening using spray bottle

Now you can feel confident that your not harming the environment while getting your garden pest problem under control.
Remember to wash hands after handling biopesticides.

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