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Capiscum Spray???
Trying to dissolve capiscum pepper in a liquid to form a spray. Trying
to keep rabbits from eating newly planted flowers in my garden. What is a good solvent? Water won't do it. Will this keep them from chewing on the flowers? --Frank |
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Capiscum Spray???
In article , Frank Solis wrote:
Trying to dissolve capiscum pepper in a liquid to form a spray. Trying to keep rabbits from eating newly planted flowers in my garden. What is a good solvent? Water won't do it. Will this keep them from chewing on the flowers? Alcohol or whole milk. It's soluble in alcohols or fat. |
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Capiscum Spray???
"Frank Solis" wrote in message ... Trying to dissolve capiscum pepper in a liquid to form a spray. Trying to keep rabbits from eating newly planted flowers in my garden. What is a good solvent? Water won't do it. Will this keep them from chewing on the flowers? --Frank The rabbits will consider it a tasty salad dressing and come back for more. If you want to keep critters out, you're going to have to fence them out. |
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Capiscum Spray???
In article , Frank Solis
wrote: Trying to dissolve capiscum pepper in a liquid to form a spray. Trying to keep rabbits from eating newly planted flowers in my garden. What is a good solvent? Water won't do it. Will this keep them from chewing on the flowers? You might try using tobasco sauce. It will dissolve unlike ground capiscum peppers. However I believe that you should be able to dissolve enough of the active ingredient from finely ground capiscum peppers to do the trick. I usually use about 1 or 2 tsp of red pepper to a gallon of warm water, let soak for 1 hour, and then strain through some nylon stockings. You can try to add some crushed garlic to the mix also. |
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Capiscum Spray???
Frank Solis wrote in message ... Trying to dissolve capiscum pepper in a liquid to form a spray. Trying to keep rabbits from eating newly planted flowers in my garden. What is a good solvent? Water won't do it. Will this keep them from chewing on the flowers? --Frank Using your blender puree the peppers with IPA (isopropanol ) better known as rubbing alcohol. Now it seems most people are selling it as a 50% solution in water. Filter using a coffee filter and just squirt it on the plants. If there is some browning dilute the mixture 50/50 with water and spray. Now to restate the obvious, be careful about washing your hands before touching personal stuff. Use a lot of soap and water because believe me that damn hot stuff in peppers stays around for awhile and it will light you up. |
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