Organic pesticideI'm not sure if I invented this or not, but I made an organic pesticide spray that works wonders. It is especially good for keeping japenese beetles away. You will need: 3-4 habenero peppers small spray bottle water pan stove What you do: Chop up peppers. You may want to wear gloves or wash hands after you chop. Turn exhaust fan on by stove. Put pepper in about 6 cups boiling water and boil for 30 minutes. Do not stand by stove or you will cough! Open windows near stove if you need extra ventilation. Drain peppers from liquid. After boiling pepper water cools, pour into spray bottle. Discard peppers or eat them. Use spray bottle on veggies and flowers that the bugs are eating!
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It's funny what
It's funny what pepper/peppers can do for you besides making a salad yummy or spicing up mashed potatoes! It's also great for getting rid of ants in your house.
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What a good idea, Shelly! Does the pepper taste stay on your veggies after you've washed them? That could be interesting, but you'd probably want to know ahead of time! :)
I've seen a few other types of organic pesticides. Some of them are quite icky (like tobacco, or dead bugs!). This one sounds relatively easy (without the ick factor), though!
pepper spray
My opinion is that the pepper spray does not leave a taste on the veggies. Someone who is very sensitive to peppers may disagree with me. I also wash my veggies which may help take a pepper taste away.
One other things about the organic pepper spray is it does need to be reapplied depending on the frequency of the rain fall. I had to reapply it about twice a month last summer while living in Michigan. I just kept the bottle handy and reapplied it if I saw bugs.
what about organic, or
what about organic, or chemical free herbiscides?? or whatever it is that people use on their grass to kill weeds? or does what u posted work on that too?
Not sure
I have only used my spray on flowers and vegetable plants that bugs like to eat. I hypothesize that my spray keeps the bugs away because they can not stand the taste of a spicy hot habenero pepper.
I have never used it to kill weeds. It might work on weeds, but I doubt it. I do not think a pepper would have the same effect on a weed which has no mouth.