Bug sprays

[Fluffy]

I,m fed up of bugs eating the leaves on my plants:055:i,ve grown tomatoes and peppers and now sunflowers ..i,m using a bug spray from homebase,but i don,t think it,s that good! i used washing up liquid for a while but alas didn,t do much either...any ideas? and i,ve smeared vaseline round the rim to stop slugs,that seems to be working though:044:xx

[Meerkat]

I'm not sure what is best but i know someone who will - I'll ask them today :048:

The sooner this someone gets back online the better it's costing me a bomb ringing her mobile - off to see her new home today (yep PG)

[Fluffy]

oooh,how exciting :075:have a great time xxx

[MightyMouth]

Fag ends. Put all your filters in a buckets of water, leave it a while then strain and spray the water over plants. Instant bug killer.

[Fluffy]

Fag ends. Put all your filters in a buckets of water, leave it a while then strain and spray the water over plants. Instant bug killer.

FANTASTIC:059: i,ll do that then xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Tanya]

Fag ends. Put all your filters in a buckets of water, leave it a while then strain and spray the water over plants. Instant bug killer.


eeeewwwggghhhh no offence Sheryl, but I wouldn't put that anywhere near my tomato plants :045:

I used a garlic concentrate that you diluted and sprayed on a few years back - it worked a treat for controlling aphids on roses - and it's perfectly safe for food crops.

I couldn't find the exact one anymore, but this looks similar :044:

http://www2.cat.org.uk/shopping/product_info.php?cPath=22_34&products_id=1371&osCsid=7e89f421b02caa2eb9fd430891b2b923

[MightyMouth]

eeeewwwggghhhh no offence Sheryl, but I wouldn't put that anywhere near my tomato plants

Hey, my Mother used to know a guy who grew the best tomatoes round his village for years. He put.........his own wee on his! :074:

[AngieBaby!]

Hey, my Mother used to know a guy who grew the best tomatoes round his village for years. He put.........his own wee on his! :074: I've hear that weeing on your compost heap does it good but I've never heard of weeing on yer toms! :074:

[Tanya]

Hey, my Mother used to know a guy who grew the best tomatoes round his village for years. He put.........his own wee on his! :074:


That I could tolerate more than carcinogenic fag end swill :eek:

[MightyMouth]

Just found an organic site that recommends the fag end approach.....mind you, they did have a disclaimer saying it is actually illegal in the UK to use any home made preparation on your garden! :076:

[Tanya]

Just found an organic site that recommends the fag end approach.....mind you, they did have a disclaimer saying it is actually illegal in the UK to use any home made preparation on your garden! :076:


No way :eek: what about home made compost?

[MightyMouth]

http://www.nomorepests.co.uk/NaturalPestControlYouMayHaveInYourCupboard.htm

It says further down that nicotine was the biggest pest control product used in the 19th century.

I found out that you cannot use the nicotine spray on tomatoes, eggplants or peppers because...........they are too close a relation to the nicotine plant!!

[Meerkat]

http://www.nomorepests.co.uk/NaturalPestControlYouMayHaveInYourCupboard.htm

It says further down that nicotine was the biggest pest control product used in the 19th century.

I found out that you cannot use the nicotine spray on tomatoes, eggplants or peppers because...........they are too close a relation to the nicotine plant!!


oooo that makes interesting reading will have to look at this link after I have finished cooking tea :046: