Prevention is the key to healthy plants in your gardens. Whether we are talking about veggies, fruits, flowers or herbs taking a proper care for them can prevent all kinds of diseases.
Using fertilizers, keeping a good air circulation around plants are just some of the basic steps to taking a good care for your plants. However, all kinds of insects and fungus can still damage your plants and if this happens then you must use some pest control. We all know that the market offers different kinds of pest control, but we also know that most of these sprays and solutions are expensive. Surprisingly enough you don’t need them to keep away pests – all you need are some simple ingredients you already have in your kitchen to prepare your own homemade natural garden pest control! Here are some useful, effective, cheap and incredibly easy solutions we totally love and recommend…
Garlic Spray
Want to get rid of those awful cutworms, wireworms, whiteflies, and slugs? Mix one pint of water with 1/4 cup of dish liquid , 2 teaspoons of paraffin and 6 tablespoons of chopped garlic. So easy yet so effective – garlic sprays are your best friends when pest control is in question.
Black Spot Spray
- one tablespoon bicarbonate soda
- 4.5 liters of watter
- 1 tbs oil spray concentrate (you can make one by mixing 500ml vegetable oil with 1/2 cup of dishwasher soap or any liquid soap)
Combine the ingredients and mix well. Spray your plants on weekly basis to prevent black spots.
All-Purpose Natural Insect Pest Spray
- one garlic bulb
- one small onion
- one teaspoon cayenne pepper dissolved in one quart of water
- one teaspoon liquid dish soap
Grind the garlic and onion then add the dissolved cayenne pepper. Leave the solution for 1 hour then strain it through cheesecloth. Add 1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap and mix well. Now you are ready to spray your plants! Do it thoroughly – including the leaves. You can store the solution in the fridge for up to one week.
Spearmint-Hot Pepper-Horseradish Spray
- 1/2 cup of hot red peppers
- water
- 1/2 cup of fresh spearmint
- 1/2 cup horseradish
- 2 tablespoons of liquid detergent
- 1/2 cup green onion tops
Mix all the ingredients (without the detergent) with enough water to cover everything. Then add extra half gallon of water and the detergent. This is a concentrate – to use it mix 1/2 gallon of this solution with 1/2 gallon of water.
Skim Milk Solution
Here is another great way to fight fungus and prevent black spots and mildew. It is pretty simple – just mix one half skim milk with one half water and spray on the foliage. It is best to do the spraying in the morning so the leaves can dry on the sunlight.
Citrus Spray
Lemons and oranges are natural repellents for white flies. Get 2 cups of orange or lemon peels and add them to 4 cups of boiling water. Remove from heat, cover and let it cool. Strain and use – can’t get any easier and cheaper!
Tomato Leaves Spray
Tomato leaves are poisonous so we are warning ahead not to use this spray on food bearing plants! Now, to make this effective pest control spray crash some tomato leaves and soak them into water. Leave for couple of days then stray the mixture. Spray plants to protect them from grasshoppers and white flies.
Onion Scraps Bug Spray
All you have to do is save your onion peels. ends and skins and keep them in the fridge until you have a full zip lock bag. Place them in a pot and fill with warm water. Leave it for couple of days – to a week, then strain and store in a spray bottle. This is one of the best ways fight aphids and pests naturally.
Chile Powder
Most of the natural garden pests are already in your kitchen but you just don’t know how to use them. Take chile powder – the hot pepper that is part of it will keep away moles, voles, mice and squirrels. Sprinkle some on the bulbs and leaves, but also on the soil to keep cats and dogs from digging around the plants.
Salt Spray
Chewing insects, spider mites, cabbage worms, caterpillars – they will all stay away from your plants if you use this simple salt solution. Mix 2 tbs salt with 1.5 gallons warm water. Let it dissolve, cool to room temperature and voila – your spray is ready to use.
10 Perfectly Natural Homemade Pest Control Methods
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