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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Homemade Pesticide Recipes

I'm growing hot peppers PRIMARILY to kill bugs. (The weeds can always be pulled or cut, and certainly mowed and mulched.) BUT, I didn't know how to mix the concoction, so I did a web search. I found my recipes in the first 5 hits, so a LOT of gardeners must have figured it out.

These are the ingredients used in many of these recipes: Alcohol, Ammonia, Salt,
Lime, Oil, Olive Oil, Orange Peel,(Castile) Soap,
Hot Pepper,

Garlic,
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Horseradish,
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Peppermint,
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Spearmint,
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EVEN Tomatoes,

Potatoes,


Yarrow
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and Tobacco.
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EVERY ingredient is healthy for me to handle. WhatEVER Raid puts in their bottle that attacks the insect's nerves is the same thing that makes my throat close up. I am pretty sure that RoundUp would do the same. Funny...I can wipe RepelEx, which contains Pymethrins, all over my face and I get no reaction.

I am growing hot peppers, garlic, peppermint, spearmint, AND tomatoes, potatoes, (strawberry) yarrow and I have 3 healthy tobacco plants.

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