Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: cripplecreek

How do you use it? I have a bag of it but not sure what to do. About half my garden has been eaten up. Our yard has been complete organic since we built our house, but this is my first vegetable garden. The bugs are having a nice feast but we haven’t gotten much :-( I tried using Howard Garret’s Garret juice but I think the bugs liked it as a dressing for the lettuce!


28 posted on 05/01/2012 8:34:19 PM PDT by boxlunch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]


To: boxlunch

I’m not saying this will work for you but it’s cheap and pretty much harmless to humans and did work for me.

Look in your garden and flower beds and find any plant or weed leaves and flowers that aren’t being eaten, pick some and make a puree of them in a blender, add some red pepper, black pepper, garlic cloves, fish emulsion and water, put in hose end sprayer and water your plants with the mix. I used marigold leaves, mum parts, dandelion and other weeds I found around the garden.


29 posted on 05/01/2012 8:58:18 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

To: boxlunch

LOL. Oh forgot to add I threw a cheap cigar in the mix for good measure.


30 posted on 05/01/2012 8:59:57 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

To: boxlunch

You can use it to dust your plants with a duster or mix it with water as a spray. I also mix a little in with potting soil before planting plus you can spread it on the ground to control snails and slugs.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5049476_use-earth-safely-pest-control.html


31 posted on 05/02/2012 4:39:44 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson