Market+Garden


 * Target Plant : Spring Onion

Main Pest : fruit flies, baby purplish black bugs and red small spiders

The organic way to remove fruit flies and baby purplish fruit flies: Soapy water-use one to two tablespoons of liquid soap one per gallon of water

Organic recipes to get rid of pest: Garlic Chilli Spray Materials: Combine in a glass jar and set a side for 24 hours. Strain and pour into a spray bottle. (use within 2 weeks)
 * 8-10 chillies finely sliced
 * 4 cloves garlic crushed and cut roughly
 * 1 tablespoon soap flakes
 * 1 litre boiling water

A spray to get rid of ants Fill a spray bottle with water and add 10-15 drops of peppermint essential oil. Spray the area, you don't want the ants to cross and they won't. They hate the smell. (can be harmful to cats)

Garlic oil spray Chop 3 garlic cloves of 28 grams each to very small pieces.Keep them in 2 teaspoons of mineral oil for at least 24 hours. After this peroid, slowly add half a litre of water and then sift the mixture into a jar. Take 2 tablespoon of mixture when you're about to use the spray, mix it with half a litre water aand apply whole surface of your plant.

Salt spray Dissolve 2 tablespoons of salt in 4.5 litres of water carefully apply. Very useful against red spiders and cabbage root flies.

To Get Rid Of Aphids Try Cayenne or thai chillis, these are the hottest peppers. The hotter the pepper, the more capsacin and the more capsacin the better it keeps the bugs away. Mix the chopped peppers in the water and let it steep over night. Pour it into a spray bottle and apply to your plants regulary.
 * 1/2 a cup of hot peppers, chopped-
 * Two cups of water