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Bug Recipe

LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396
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1 guart of hot water

6 drops of tabasco source

5 drops of dishwasher liquid

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

 

Shake well before spaying - works a treat!image

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  • Flowerlover3Flowerlover3 Posts: 219

    Thank you, good to knowimage

  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,913

    What bug? Why kill? Why tabasco "source"?  Hot water is good for leaves? I only have dishwasher tablets - not liquid - how much please?

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 52,165

    The hot water would surely damage the plant, never mind any insects... image

    I wipe off anything harmful with my hand, or a squirt of water from a hose or hand sprayer. The birds will eat greenfly pretty quickly too. No damage to any plants or beneficial insects that way image

     

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,966
    Tabasco, chilli and cayenne are known to cause injury to birds and animals when used in this sort of way in the garden - they can blister the throat and the eyes. e.g. Squirrels get it on their paws then wipe their eyes causing burning, pain and suffering.

    Please be careful.

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,728

    This seems like a recipe, to damage plants, upset birds, and decimate our insect population. Don't think I will be trying it.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • AdRockAdRock Posts: 241

    last year i had an infestation of black fly on my tomatoes, so i cut a load of leaves of the plant and steeped them in water for a couple of days and then strained the water through a cheese cloth (old tights till do!) into a spray bottle with some more water to dilute.

    this worked a treat and the blackfly seemed to just turn into dead little statues! i just brushed them off and they didn't return. we got a really good crop after that so will be doing the same this year if they return!

  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    the tabasco source is only a small part of this recipe and the only places in the garden I use it are in problem places when pests a rife.

  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    but if you want to spend pounds on sprayers etc then go ahead. I'm only suggesting this recipe as it works for me.image

  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    It has never harmed my plants in any wayimage

  • LandlubberLandlubber Posts: 396

    but if you want to spend pounds on sprayers etc then go ahead. I'm only suggesting this recipe as it works for me.image

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