List of Herbal Insect Sprays and Dusts
- See also: Category: Plant toxin insecticides
Organic sprays, and dusts | Preparation |
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Wormwood extract | Made by boiling 100 grams of dried wormwood in 1 liter of water for 20 minutes. Leave for a day. Sift and add soft soap. Thin 1 at 4 before spraying |
Chive extract | Made by putting fresh leaves 2-3 days in water, after which it is sifted and soft soap is added. Thin 1 at 4 before spraying. |
Summer tansy dust | Made by grinding dried herb, and spreading on the ground at density of 1 gram per m². Repels root fly |
Stinging nettle extract | Made by boiling a bucket of stinging nettles for 20-30 minutes in water, sifting it and leaving it to stand for a day. Soft soap is added at a density of 1/100 and the mixture is thinned 1 at 4 before spraying (against aphids, caterpillars) Sometimes brown sugar, brown soap and milk is also added to strengthen the mixture. |
Daffodil extract | Made by boiling 30 grams of daffodils for 20 minutes in 1liter of water. Leave to stand for a day, add 1/100 brown soap and dilute 1 at 4 before spraying (against moulds) |
Garlic extract | Made by soaking mushed garlic in water, adding soft soap at density of 1/100 (against insects) |
Rhubarb extract | Made by boiling 1 kg of leaves in 2 liters of water for 20 mins, adding 1/100 soft soap, sifting it and spraying it (against aphids) |
Onion extract | Made by leaving the leaves for a few days in water, adding 1/100 soft soap, sifting and spraying it (against aphids and caterpillars) |
Sambucus extract | Made by boiling 500 grams of leaves for 30 minutes in 1 liter of water, sifting and thinning it (against aphids and caterpillars) |
Tobacco extract | Soak old cigar butts, cigarette butts or other tobacco in water, strain, add a little dish soap and spray for aphids, whiteflies and other insects. The active ingredient is nicotine. |
Stale beer | It is put outside in a shallow container to attract garden slugs, that then crawl into the container and drown. |
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