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Hot Sauce Insect Repellent?
Will spraying the leaves of my plants keep leaf-eating bugs away from them?
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Hot Sauce Insect Repellent?
Sometimes but not always, some pests love hot pepper spray and you have to
repeat applications all the time! Companion planting works much better. Try to encourage beneficial insects or use a wash of safe dish washing detergent to control them. I have tried many hot pepper sprays and find they simply don't perform how they say they should not to mention the hassle of constant application required. Now if you are looking to discourage animals they work, but planting them and rubbing a crushed one around works better! Timber www.timberslodge.net ....a Step Through Time " wrote in message om... Will spraying the leaves of my plants keep leaf-eating bugs away from them? |
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On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 14:03:22 +0000, Larry Blanchard wrote:
We've had good luck with a homemade one (water from boiling hot peppers, canola oil, and a drop or two of detergent) which repels rabbits quite well. But you have to use it early in the season before they get used to eating the plants. Once they've started eating them, it takes several applications to deter them. I just put powdered cayenne on carrots and lettuce (not all of it, just that bit in the row where they'd chomped down) that hares have started on... they didn't come back. Henriette |
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