Home Made bug spray

I have also heard of the nicitine solution before but never tried it or heard a dilution rate.

[ 12. March 2008, 09:01 PM: Message edited by: Pro Gard ]

 

We're in the realms of trial and error here Paul Although the old gardeners would have passes the info down to the next generation.
All we need is a 150year old gardener on GC, and we'd be up and running.
Although after todays budget, finding the cigarette ends might be the biggest problem. :D

 

Pal, any homemade insecticide kills all insects. That's it's purpose!! Just use it in the evenings, when the bees are in bed. The end point is to kill what's feasting on your plants. No problems with finding the Nicotine, 25% of the population still smoke, Most of them seem to be mates of mine :D

 

Nicotine kills bugs and human beans too. And to think I had a bottle of it not too many years ago! I'm surprised I'm still here. At least I think I'm still here and if I still think, therefore I am.

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Now, if you happen to be sitting in the green house and find you have accidentally been poisoned with nicotine insecticide, there are a few things you can do. If oral ingestion was the culprit, Yahoo! Health online suggests emesis, while the Toxnet database at the NIH says you should keep it down. Both resources concede that activated charcoal could be helpful. However, emesis and charcoal won't help much for dermal exposure. In this case, Toxnet advises to wash the affected area with soapy water. While 4-6mg can cause nausea, 40-60mg is a lethal dose. Approaching this exposure level, seizures could occur, for which IV administration of Diazepam (benzodiazepine) is prescribed. Atropine may also be used to correct heart rate. For oral exposure use of antacids should be avoided, as nicotine is more readily absorbed in an alkaline environment. The Yahoo! site cheerfully predicts that "If the patient survives the first 4 hours, complete recovery is very likely."

 

Yes Dave I think i'll stick to the soap cure.

 

Hear are uses for viniegar in the garden

Kill weeds and grass growing in unwanted places by pouring full-strength white distilled vinegar on them. This works especially well in crevices and cracks of walkways and driveways.

Give acid-loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas and gardenias a little help by watering them with a white distilled vinegar solution now and again. A cup of white distilled vinegar to a gallon of tap water is a good mixture.

Stop ants from congregating by pouring white distilled vinegar on the area.

Discourage cats from getting into the kids� sandbox with white distilled vinegar.

Preserve cut flowers and liven droopy ones by adding 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar to a quart of water in a vase.

Get rid of the water line in a flower vase by filling it with a solution of half water and half white distilled vinegar, or by soaking a paper towel in white distilled vinegar and stuffing it into the vase so that it is in contact with the water line.

Clean out stains and white mineral crusts in clay, glazed and plastic pots by soaking them for an hour or longer in a sink filled with a solution of half water and half white distilled vinegar.

Remove crusty rim deposits on house planters or attached saucers by soaking them for several hours in an inch of full-strength white distilled vinegar.

Clean a birdbath by scrubbing it often with undiluted white distilled vinegar. Rinse well.

Get rid of rust on spigots, tools, screws or bolts by soaking the items overnight or for several days in undiluted white distilled vinegar.

Neutralize garden lime by adding white distilled vinegar to the area.

Avoid skin problems after working in the garden by rinsing your hands in white distilled vinegar.

Increase the acidity of soil by adding white distilled vinegar to your watering can.

Eliminate anthills by pouring in white distilled vinegar.

Cure a cement pond before adding fish and plants by adding one gallon of white distilled vinegar to every 200 gallons of water. Let sit three days. Empty and rinse thoroughly.

Sanitize outdoor furniture and picnic tables with a cloth soaked in white distilled vinegar.

Kill slugs by spraying them with a mixture of 1 part water and 1 part white distilled vinegar.

To catch moths use a mixture of 2 parts white distilled vinegar and 1 part molasses. Place mixture in tin can and hang in a tree.

Keep rabbits from eating your plants. Put cotton balls soaked in white distilled vinegar in a 35mm film container. Poke a hole in the top and place in the garden.

Remove berry stains on your hands by rubbing them with white distilled vinegar.

Clean plastic patio furniture with a solution of 1 tablespoon white distilled vinegar to 1 gallon of water.

Wash fresh vegetables with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar in 1 �½ quarts of water.

When cleaning an outdoor fountain, soak the pump in white distilled vinegar to remove any mineral deposits.

Clean a hummingbird feeder with white distilled vinegarââ?¬â?soap or detergent can leave behind harmful residue.

Remove mold from terra cotta pots by soaking in a solution of 1 cup white distilled vinegar, 1 cup chlorine bleach, and 1 gallon of warm water before scrubbing with a steel wool pad.