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Thats why it did not work and garlic is missing too :-(Najum ul Saqib wrote: Okay I have made a mixture of LUX soap with surf excel
M Farooq wrote:Thats why it did not work and garlic is missing tooNajum ul Saqib wrote: Okay I have made a mixture of LUX soap with surf excel
Never use a laundry detergent on plants. It has tons of other harsh stuff (bleaches, enzymes, & alkalis etc). Body soap is useless as an insecticide.
I used the soap spray on aphids yesterday and it worked!! prior to that i used pesticide it didn't even nudge themfarhan137 wrote:Try these easy home made recipes.....you will be required to spray these continuously for few days
Home Made Organic Pesticides
Soap Spry
Mix two table spoon dishwashing liquid and one table spoon cooking oil in one gallon (4.5 liter) water.
Effective on aphids, spider mites, whiteflies and thrips. Soap spray is not a preventative. It acts on contact, which means that it must touch the insect pest in order to be effective.
Garlic Spray
Blend one whole garlic bulb and mix with one gallon of water.
Allow the mixture to stand for 24 hours.
Strain the mixture.
Add one tablespoon of cooking oil.
Used for aphids, snails, chewing caterpillars or any soft-bodied insects.
Note: Garlic spray is an excellent mosquito repellant, spraying on plants & ponds will surely repel mosquitoes.
I used your formula but no resultM Farooq wrote:Najum ul Saqib wrote:I have tried soapy water many times but no good results
Dear Najam, Which soap did you try? The handwashing soaps are very gentle. When we mentioned soap - it meant few drops of dishwashing liquids plus garlic extract as explained above. Add enough dishwashing liquid (one drop at a time) that you should feel that water as "slippery" when you rub you fingers.
Sorry to hear that...homemade recipes don't always work. May be quantities of garlic and soap were lower- hence less effective. May be the white flies had a good shower :-) But if you still like homemade recipes I have two for you, I have experimented with them.bilalsahil wrote:I used your formula but no result :cry: :?M Farooq wrote:Najum ul Saqib wrote:I have tried soapy water many times but no good results :(
Dear Najam, Which soap did you try? The handwashing soaps are very gentle. When we mentioned soap - it meant few drops of dishwashing liquids plus garlic extract as explained above. Add enough dishwashing liquid (one drop at a time) that you should feel that water as "slippery" when you rub you fingers.
