Heavenly Hybrid
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I bet @Virgin ground knows
Sauga's Got Cement Shoes & A Chem Dog
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Credit goes to Daven Midtown at Permaculture magazine.
Standard garlic water recipe:
6-cloves of garlic peeled and sliced fine.
2-quarts of tap water or purified water.
1 TBLS natural soap (castile is a good brand)
1 Spritzer bottle.
1 Mason Jar with lid ( recycled jar works fine too)
In a sauce pot, warm water until it begins to steam. Add sliced garlic and maintain temperature for 20 minutes. Allow water to cool, Remove garlic from water and discard (compost.) Add soap to spritzer bottle. Using a funnel add enough water to fill the spritzer bottle almost full but leave at least 1/2 inch of room. Put the lid on the spritzer bottle and shake slightly when ready to use. Spray plants early in the morning or in the evening time after the hottest part of the day has past. Several applications may be needed. Avoid using the spray on hot days as the liquid and sunlight may burn the plants. Extra liquid can be stored in the jar in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Improved garlic water recipe for plants:
6-cloves of garlic peeled and sliced fine.
2- Hot Peppers Chopped fine.
2-quarts of tap water or purified water.
1 TBLS natural soap (castile is a good brand)
1 Spritzer bottle.
1 Mason Jar with lid ( recycled jar works fine too)
In a sauce pot, warm water until it begins to steam. Add sliced garlic and hot peppers and maintain temperature for 20 minutes. Allow water to cool, Remove garlic and peppers from water (strain if needed) and discard (compost.) Add soap to spritzer bottle. Using a funnel add enough water to fill the spritzer bottle almost full but leave at least 1/2 inch of room. Put the lid on the spritzer bottle and shake slightly when ready to use. Spray plants early in the morning or in the evening time after the hottest part of the day has past. Several applications may be needed. Avoid using the spray on hot days as the liquid and sunlight may burn the plants. Store excess liquid in the mason jar with a lid on it. Water can be stored in the fridge for up to two weeks. Wear gloves and goggles when using this spray it can cause blister on sensitive skin and cause significant eye damage if you should get it in your eyes. Wash hands thoroughly when finished. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN:
Standard garlic water recipe:
6-cloves of garlic peeled and sliced fine.
2-quarts of tap water or purified water.
1 TBLS natural soap (castile is a good brand)
1 Spritzer bottle.
1 Mason Jar with lid ( recycled jar works fine too)
In a sauce pot, warm water until it begins to steam. Add sliced garlic and maintain temperature for 20 minutes. Allow water to cool, Remove garlic from water and discard (compost.) Add soap to spritzer bottle. Using a funnel add enough water to fill the spritzer bottle almost full but leave at least 1/2 inch of room. Put the lid on the spritzer bottle and shake slightly when ready to use. Spray plants early in the morning or in the evening time after the hottest part of the day has past. Several applications may be needed. Avoid using the spray on hot days as the liquid and sunlight may burn the plants. Extra liquid can be stored in the jar in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Improved garlic water recipe for plants:
6-cloves of garlic peeled and sliced fine.
2- Hot Peppers Chopped fine.
2-quarts of tap water or purified water.
1 TBLS natural soap (castile is a good brand)
1 Spritzer bottle.
1 Mason Jar with lid ( recycled jar works fine too)
In a sauce pot, warm water until it begins to steam. Add sliced garlic and hot peppers and maintain temperature for 20 minutes. Allow water to cool, Remove garlic and peppers from water (strain if needed) and discard (compost.) Add soap to spritzer bottle. Using a funnel add enough water to fill the spritzer bottle almost full but leave at least 1/2 inch of room. Put the lid on the spritzer bottle and shake slightly when ready to use. Spray plants early in the morning or in the evening time after the hottest part of the day has past. Several applications may be needed. Avoid using the spray on hot days as the liquid and sunlight may burn the plants. Store excess liquid in the mason jar with a lid on it. Water can be stored in the fridge for up to two weeks. Wear gloves and goggles when using this spray it can cause blister on sensitive skin and cause significant eye damage if you should get it in your eyes. Wash hands thoroughly when finished. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN:
Good natural ipm for the organic folks.
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- #204
Wow, you girls are great
Thanks VG! I bookmarked it too! Thanks for tagging VG, HH!
Heavenly Hybrid
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Yay, VG’s so smart!
But why go through all that and then at the end say:
But why go through all that and then at the end say:
Now Mr. S can’t use it!!
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- #206
I'm assuming that you can make it stronger if they are persistent.
One thing that I'm curious about. I saw mention of yellow sticky traps attracting thrips but I thought it was the blue ones that thrips like. I'll have to look into it a bit deeper for confirmation.
One thing that I'm curious about. I saw mention of yellow sticky traps attracting thrips but I thought it was the blue ones that thrips like. I'll have to look into it a bit deeper for confirmation.
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- #208
Sorry, I forgot to reply. You're absolutely right. I definately don't need that!Just not in flower unless you like garlic flavored nugs
I mostly hear people talk about the yellow ones, but honestly I don't know. What about Murphy's Soap. It's pure vegatable oil soap, no phosphates. But it may have scents added, it doesn't say. I don't know what pure vegatable oil soap smells like but this has an odor to it. My castile soap is on a slow boat right now.
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- #209
Here ya go @Virgin ground
Hang Blue or Yellow Sticky Traps within the growing area to monitor pest populations. Blue traps are best when beneficial insects are already present.
Hang Blue or Yellow Sticky Traps within the growing area to monitor pest populations. Blue traps are best when beneficial insects are already present.
Ahhh. Thanks Sauga.
How do the bugs know? This sounds elitist. Lol.
Thanks for digging that up.
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- #212
In the tent they wear the LED glasses, so the blue looks like yellow to them.
You may have overlooked my question... dammit.
That explains it all. Lol.
Not sure about that soap. It's vegetable based so in theory it would work as long as you are taking the normal precautions for using an oil based product.
Jeez Louise! Finally caught up. Sorry to hear about the POG. I've only just found out! And the thrips too! I'm sure mine have mutated and become invincible. Squishing them is part of my daily routine now but they just come back. Big kisses X
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- #215
Like a condom? What precautions do I need to take? The garlic left a lot of oil in the water. I'm guessing the soap is to act as a surfactant.
Lol. Yes, condoms,use those.
The soap acts as a surfactant.
Don't put them under bright lights with wet or oily leaves, that kind of precaution.
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- #217
i just use castille soap spray for thrips. Saves a lot of time but does not repel vampires.
LOL!
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- #219
Well it's reduced them by 78.7% since using the garlic spray. The thrips are still there. I think they like the garlic because when I listen to them carefully all I hear them say is ay oh, oh ay.
Sorry, I don't get it. Is that from the Lion King?