Homemade Sprays

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Finally, this week I was able to make my spray for the flowers…I took a recipe from Louise Riotte’s book “Roses Love Garlic” and is supposed to be good against red spiders and aphids.

Here is the recipe:

All Purpose Spray: grind together three hot peppers, three large onions, and
whole bulb of garlic (peeled and chopped). Cover the mash with water and allow to stand overnight. Strain the following day and add enough water to make a gallon of spray. Use it on roses, chrysanthemums, azaleas, beans and other crops up to three times a day if infestation is exceptionally heavy.

I’ve modified to recipe to make less, as I don’t need quite this amount!

Riotte recommends the mash be buried in the garden, especially near rosebushes.

2 Aug, 2008
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Irish

thanks for that Raquel, it would be worth a try

2 Aug, 2008

Blodyn

Yes I might just try that. Aphids are such a problem.

3 Aug, 2008

Raquel

Hi Blodyn and Irish: if you do try it let me know if it works! =)

Hi Marguerite: it seems to be working fine, though sometimes it's hard to tell...but all my roses are blooming, the red one especially almost looks like they could be red berries among the green leaves from far away...I don't know if it's because they're hybrid miniatures, but I have never smelled any scent from them...this could also be due to my allergies...in any case, I haven't noticed anything...I've never had a cat, for some reason my parents don't like them, and it never occurred to me to get one after I left home, either, but - just a random comment - I've read that catnip and baby blue eyes are nice treats for them to have in the garden.

4 Aug, 2008

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