Natural pest control - formulas for natural alternatives to pesticides

NATURAL PEST CONTROL USING ALTERNATIVES TO COMMERCIAL SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS (BIO-CIDES).

ANTS
Inside:	* Scatter leaves of pennyroyal, spearmint, slices of cucumber or a line of talcum powder. * Pour hot tea remnants on pot plants and add tea mulch.
Outside:	Grow pennyroyal, spearmint, southernwood, tansy or fennel.

APHIDS
Outside:	Plant nasturtiums, chives, pyrethrum, basil, garlic, coriander, pennyroyal, tansy, spearmint and/or southernwood.
Spray:	* See Combination all purpose spray (recipe A) & * Onion spray (recipe B)

BORERS
Outside:	Plant nasturtiums, garlic, onions, chives or tansy.

BEAN BEETLES
Outside:	Grow summer savoury or rosemary.
Spray:	See Combination all purpose spray (recipe A)

CURLY LEAF
Outside:	Hang a bag of mothballs in branches of soft fruit trees
Spray:	See Bordeaux spray (recipe E)

CATERPILLARS
Outside:	* Grow wormwood. * Sprinkle pepper on wet leaves.
Spray:	* See Garlic Spray (recipe C) * Combination all purpose spray (recipe A) * Bordeaux spray (recipe E)

CABBAGE WORM
Outside:	Grow wormwood.
Spray:	See Combination all purpose spray (recipe A)

CABBAGE MOTH
Outside:	Grow hyssop, mint, peppermint, rosemary, sage, southernwood, thyme or dill
Spray:	See Salt spray (recipe G)

CLOTHES MOTH
Inside:	Dry lavender and mint leaves and put in cupboard and drawers.

EUROPEAN WASP
Outside:	Hang a jar containing some sugar solution, tie a piece of paper with a small hole in it over the top. Wasps will go in but will not come out.

FLIES
Inside:	Grow basil and tansy on the window sill.
Outside:	Plant basil and tansy.

FRUIT FLIES
Outside:	* Grow basil. * Mix 1 litre of kerosene, 1 litre of creosote and a packet of mothballs. Place it in tins 10 metres apart hung from fruit trees or 4 metres in the vegetable garden.

FLEAS
Inside:	Place wormwood and fennel leaves in dog's basket.
Outside:	Grow wormwood and fennel.

FUNGI
Spray:	See Bordeaux spray (recipe E)

GRASSHOPPERS
Outside:	* Plant marigolds and rhubarb in rows * Lay a sun cloth next to your rows of plants. Water the plants just after sunrise, the grasshoppers will jump out of the plants onto the cloth. The grasshoppers wings will still be cold, and they should be easier to catch by hand. If you don't object to killing them, snap the heads off and put the remains back into your plant bed, or make a spray with the carcasses.
Spray:	See Combination all purpose spray (recipe A)

JAPANESE BEETLES
Outside:	* Plant white geraniums, garlic, tansy, or rue. * Dab leaves with methylated spirits.
Spray:	See Combination all purpose spray (recipe A)

MEALY BUG
Spray:	See Nicotine spray. (see recipe D)

MILDEW
Outside:	Plant chives
Spray:	See Chive spray (recipe F)

MICE
Inside:	* Sprinkle fresh or dried mint leaves or the oil of mint. * Pumpkin seed on mouse trap works well.

MOSQUITOES
Inside:	Crush pennyroyal or elder leaves and rub on skin.
Outside:	* Plant basil, castor beans, garlic, tansy, rosemary or wormwood. * A successful smoker is to collect sage and rosemary leaves, mix with dry grass or paper, add to a large can, sprinkle with paraffin and ignite. * Put sand in pot plant trays so that water does not sit there.

SLUGS & SNAILS
Outside:	* Place orange or grapefruit shells in the garden, the slugs will collect underneath. * Try a saucer of beer, slugs will drown themselves. * A sawdust or egg shell line around infected area. * Salt dissolves slugs so carry some in your pocket. * Grow rue or wormwood.
Spray:	See Bordeaux spray (recipe E)

SEEDS NOT GERMINATING
Outside:	Try adding pepper along the row with the seeds, especially carrots.

STRIPED PUMPKIN BEETLE
Outside:	Plant nasturtiums.

TOMATO HORNWORM
Outside:	Plant borage and marigolds.

WHITE FLY
Outside:	Plant nasturtiums and marigolds.
Spray:	See Combination all purpose spray (recipe A)

WEAVILS
Inside:	Put some bay leaves in stored grains, flour, oats etc.

Not all these methods have been tested by the publishers of this website, so we cannot guarantee effective.
Please use them at your own discretion.