 
 
The topic of this video is Homemade insecticide for plants in your garden.
It is called homemade insecticide because the ingredients are what you normally find in the kitchen...
such as cooking oil,
dishwashing liquid,
water,
onion and garlic.
I normally add here chili pepper
but because chili peppers are expensive nowadays
I will just use garlic and onion
in making this homemade insecticide.
 
We need one liter of water,
 
 
For every liter of water add one teaspoon of oil..
 
like so...
 
then add one teaspoon of dishwashing liquid.
 
The combination of oil and dishwashing liquid should be in equal parts.
mix thoroughly
Normally the oil floats when added to water but with the addition of dishwashing liquid, it should mix with water.
 
 
But why do we need to add oil?
Oil acts as a sticking agent and causes irritation to insects
whether aphids, ants,
thrips or mites.
 
Oil is also basically hot
and aside from being an irritant it also does not dry quickly thereby helping the solution to last longer.
 
Without oil, the tendency is for the solution to dry quickly.
 
 
Dishwashing liquid is the one that kills insects and not the oil.
 
 
This solution can already be sprayed to plants.
It is best sprayed at night.
 
If this is sprayed during daytime, it might cause wilting of the leaves
because of oil and the chemical that is in the dishwashing liquid.
So it is best to spray this at night.
If you will spray this for the first time,
it is advised to test spray first a portion of the plant and then observe the reaction.
Whether it be tomato, peppers or any kind of plant
it is best to test the reaction first before spraying the whole plant because plants can also have different reactions when sprayed for the first time.
How often should this be sprayed to plants?
In my case, I spray every four or five days when there is insect infestation.
Especially with peppers that have aphids,
I spray this every four or five days.
Although this is effective against a lot of plant insects,
such as aphids, thrips, mites, mealybugs,
and even with leafminer,
this solution sadly could not kill all of them.
If you fail to spray for say one week,
Insects might come back
and there will be another infestation.
This is why I add two more ingredients...
Garlic and onion.
One bulb each of onion and garlic (about the same weight)
and crush them, in this case using a mortar and pestle.
Using a blender is ideal to finely crush both onion and garlic.
With blender, just add a glass of water estimate 300 ml. to puree the mix.
 
Let it sit for one or two hours...
 
and it can be added to
this dishwashing, oil, and water combination.
 
Here is a sample of the garlic and onion mix...
I just add 1/3 of the garlic and onion mix to about 2/3 of dishwashing, oil and water solution
to complete one liter.
It is then ready to spray to affected plants.
 
Both garlic and onion have insecticidal properties...
but the main use is as insect repellant.
There are lots of insects that don't like the stink of onion and garlic.
 
 
 
Garlic in particular is being used as an insecticide for a long time
and based on some studies it also has fungicidal characteristics.
But for me, I use this mainly as insect repellant.
Without garlic and onion, insects can come back as soon as the solution dries out.
By adding these, the stink can stay longer on the plants and that is what a lot of insects avoid.
*Remember the mix
*but you can also experiment on your own solution.
 
 
 
 
 
As mentioned, always test the solution to a portion
of the plant and observe the reaction especially the leaves.
Spraying should be done at night time only.
 
 
This mix is also effective against ants...
For example, this black Palm tree has lots of Weaver Ants...
and i'd like to show how effective this solution is by spraying the these big ants.
Garlic and onion stink immediately spreads in the air...
 
Here you can see there are already dead weaver ants...
 
The solution has knock out power...
 
 
This portion was sprayed and as you can see there are no weaver ants in this area.
 
So the right mixture of dishwashing liquid, oil, water, onion and garlic is effective even against ants.
So if you have ants on your plants, this can also be sprayed to them.
 
 
 
 
There are also other effective homemade insecticide especially when adding neem oil...
Neem tree itself is a very good insect repellant
so it is used in oil form as insecticide.
Neem oil is very popular in other countries as plant insecticide but it is too expensive here...
I could not find a cheaper source.
So as a home gardener,
I'm looking for cheaper alternative
...and this combination is already very effective.
 
 
 
This solution should be sprayed to the entire plant
especially under the leaves because it is normally where you will find the insects.
Spray the branches and even down to the top soil.
So that is all
about homemade insecticide for plants
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