Do it yourself pest control: Homemade natural pesticide, organic pesticide, fungicide, organic pest control, insecticide, insect repellent, to control gardening pest
Are you interested in "Do it yourself" pest control? Here are some homemade natural pesticide, insecticide, insect repellant, organic pesticide, biocide and fungicide recipes. Organic pest control and pest management techniques are covered, along with several ways to kill powdery mildew on plants.
Repel everything from insects to rabbits, kill mold, fungus or mildew, and exterminate pests... all with natural or organic pesticide alternatives to chemical pesticides.
Garlic for organic gardening pest control, natural pesticide and insect repellant
Garlic pesticide spray
Soak 3 to 4 ounces of chopped garlic bulbs in 2 tablespoons of mineral oil for one day. Dissolve 1 tsp of fish emulsion in a pint of water and add it to your solution. Stir. Strain liquid and store in a glass container - not metal! Dilute 1 part solution to every 20 parts of water. Kills aphids, mosquitoes, and onion flies.
Garlic pest control and insect repellant
1. If you plant garlic with tomatoes, it will keep away red spider mites.
2. If you plant garlic around fruit trees, it will repel borers.
3. Spray garlic pesticide on sweet potatoes to repel rabbits.
4. Spray ponds with garlic-based oil to kill mosquitoes.
An insect repellent spray made of tomato leaves
Add four or five pints of water and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch to tomato leaves crushed in your vegetable juicer. Strain it. Keep the unused spray refrigerated. Works good on roses too.
Popular Botanical Pesticides
Neem
Rotenone
Pyrethrin
Sabadilla
Control Gardening Pest With Insecticidal Soap
Has value against flea beetles, aphids, mealybugs, spider mites, thrips, and whiteflies, sometimes caterpillars and leafhoppers. Combined with Rotenone, it is more effective. Insecticidal soap works only on direct contact; spray it right on the target. Combined with horticultural or botanical oils, insecticidal soap manages powdery mildew.
Onion and Mint as bug repellant
Onion and mint are natural flea-beetle repellants.
Pyola™ most likely contains GMO canola oil
A natural insecticide product, Pyola™ combines canola oil with pyrethrins. It's effective on beetles, squash bugs, and aphids. Most USA canola oil comes from genetically engineered canola, so organic vegetable growers should check before using.
Use caution with broad sprectrum pesticides
As much as possible, target pests directly to avoid killing beneficial insects.
Milk as a fungicide?
An article in New Scientist (10/16/99) related that spraying diluted milk on cucumbers and zucchini killed powdery mildew.
Boric Acid: Natural Insecticide, Biocide, Fungicide to Control Gardening Pest
Kills ants, roaches, fleas, ticks, grasshoppers, termites and more! A biocide/fungicide, it kills mold and fungus (also stops body fungus diseases.) Read about its many uses here.
More about Herb Gardening, Pest Control, and Organic Gardening
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I love the taught of natural mathods. Organic is the way to a healthier
life. We need to learn to plant as our ancestors did. They did not used
chemicals to grow their crops and they did not have as much disease and
health problemas we do these days.
Aug 31, 2008 9:20 AM
Guest :
NEEM [Azadirachta indica] is very useful in controlling soil insect
pests,particularly TERMITES [Live wood eating termite] of TEA in ASSAM.The
live wood eating termite damages live tea bushes in Tea plantation areas in
Assam,India.Repellents made from Neem leaves and bark are used by
myself during field trials in tea plantations areas in Assam.
Aug 31, 2008 9:21 AM
Guest :
From Dr.PKGoswami
Aug 31, 2008 9:21 AM
Guest :
From Dr.PKGoswami
Sep 18, 2008 1:35 AM
Guest :
[mona and sam]
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Jun 16, 2009 8:21 AM
Guest :
I've got a lovely container garden that includes flowers, herbs, lettuces.
That's about all I've got the sun for. I enjoy it. This year there appears
to be a bunch of gnat-like bugs swarming around (but not eating?) my
lettuce. It looks like they're buzzing around the soil, actually. Now I've
just noticed a few green bugs that are larger than the gnats AND they're on
my petunias which are suddenly dotted with little black dots. Still nothing
appears to be chomped on. Help? Is that petunia about to become a bug
smorgasbord with a side salad? I'd like to use natural methods, esp on the
lettuce. Thanks for any help you can offer. I write the gourmet food
column here so you can reach me there! Cheers, Jacqueline Church
Jun 16, 2009 4:02 PM
Sally Odum :
Hey Jacqueline! Try insecticidal soap. Check out the extra info at
this link for the "black dots on Petunias" question http://en.allexperts.com/q/Annuals-706/2008/8/pest-petunias.htm
I am having *a lot* of trouble this year with cabbage worms eating my
collards. The organic spray in this article does not work for this problem
- the little rascals just multiply overnight and shred the leaves. I know I
could just go and put SEVEN DUST on them but up to now, I have kept our
raised bed garden purely organic. I haven't tried the insecticidal soap yet
on the caterpillars but I will & I'll post the results. I know organic
BT solution also kills caterpillars / worms - that's plan #2 for me. Hope
the soap works for you! You can find it in your garden center, most likely.
Aug 11, 2009 4:40 AM
Guest :
Hey Jacqueline! Try insecticidal soap. Check out the extra info at
this link for the "black dots on Petunias" question http://en.allexperts.com/q/Annuals-706/2008/8/pest-petunias.htm
I am having *a lot* of trouble this year with cabbage worms eating my
collards. The organic spray in this article does not work for this problem
- the little rascals just multiply overnight and shred the leaves. I know I
could just go and put SEVEN DUST on them but up to now, I have kept our
raised bed garden purely organic. I haven't tried the insecticidal soap yet
on the caterpillars but I will & I'll post the results. I know organic
BT solution also kills caterpillars / worms - that's plan #2 for me. Hope
the soap works for you! You can find it in your garden center, most
likely.
I am growing ichiban eggplant and cherry tomatoes and noticed that they are
a bit sticky to the touch and have tiny little white flies. What can I do
organically to get rid of my problem?
Sep 10, 2009 7:24 AM
Guest :
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of pests on cantaloupe plants. The
leaves are turning an ashy-gray in places and some of them are dying. I
just started getting the fruit last week . . . don't want to lose them now!
This is my 5th year to grow cantaloupe and I've never had any problems.
Sep 20, 2009 10:36 AM
Guest :
hey, how are u guys doing? just stumbled unto this site and was reading the
natural methods of repelling pests. Anyways, i have a problem don't kno if
anyone could help me? you see i have mould crickets in my soil and i hate
using chemicals, so i was wondering if there's anyone who might be able to
help me with my problem please?
Jul 16, 2006
