Garden Pepper Spray. An All Natural Alternative To Insecticides.
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Raindrop Gutter Guard Systems
(IC: professional)
30-45 Minutes
Easy
I posted a question earlier about a problem I had with burnt/brown looking spots and holes in my red bell pepper plant's leaves. One response mentioned making an all natural alternative to insecticides. I decided to try this out and this is how I did it. ~Ben N.
1) We took some of our previously dried assorted peppers and crushed them up in a bag. Jalapeño, cayenne and other peppers.
2) After crushing up the peppers, dump them into a boiling pot of water.
3) After boiling the crushed up peppers for maybe 15-20 minutes, pour the solution into a bowl and strain out the crushed peppers. We used a paper towel because it was handy. Put it over the bowl and pour slowly.
4) A funnel makes pouring the pepper solution into the spray bottle much easier.
5) We added a few extra peppers into the bottle for good luck.
6) Finally, spray a test area before spraying the whole plant. We will keep you posted on how it works.
1) We took some of our previously dried assorted peppers and crushed them up in a bag. Jalapeño, cayenne and other peppers.
2) After crushing up the peppers, dump them into a boiling pot of water.
3) After boiling the crushed up peppers for maybe 15-20 minutes, pour the solution into a bowl and strain out the crushed peppers. We used a paper towel because it was handy. Put it over the bowl and pour slowly.
4) A funnel makes pouring the pepper solution into the spray bottle much easier.
5) We added a few extra peppers into the bottle for good luck.
6) Finally, spray a test area before spraying the whole plant. We will keep you posted on how it works.
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Published June 18th, 2013 10:11 AM
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Patsy Bullock on Apr 25, 2015What if you don't have dried peppers. Could you use red pepper flakes.
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Kay Love-Wood on Apr 26, 2015Seem to remember reading something like this before. I also thought you had to have like something else to make it stick to the plant???
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Raindrop Gutter Guard Systems on Apr 27, 2015@Kay Love-Wood It seemed to work fine this way. Don't add vinegar though, that will kill/burn most plants. Vinegar will eat away at some plants' protective coating.
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