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Offline Jeremy Knauff

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Keeping pests off garden
« on: October 11, 2013, 10:55:59 AM »
It took some trial and error, but I've found an organic way to keep pests off your garden without bothering the beneficial insects, like bees.

I poured some vegetable oil, chili peppers, and garlic cloves into a blender, and then applied the mixture to the leaves. (Avoid the flowers so the bees keep coming back, and avoid herbs so as not to taint their flavor.) About a week has gone by and the caterpillars that have been devouring my squash leaves have not shown back up.

I have plans to improve the method of production to make it spray-able from a spray bottle. I'll let you know how that works out.

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Re: Keeping pests off garden
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2013, 11:32:25 AM »
Nice tip. Do you have to reapply the mixture after a certain amount of time, or after a rain? I didn't have many insect problems this year, but need a higher fence to keep the deer out.

Offline Jeremy Knauff

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Re: Keeping pests off garden
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2013, 12:53:51 PM »
Yes to both, I haven't yet determined what that length of time is.

I live in Florida, so we get plenty of rain, and it's rained a few times in the last week, but the mixture is still on the leaves?that was because I used oil rather than water.  ;)

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