How do I keep bugs away from my outdoor plants?
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Google "Companion Plants", you'll see a list of helpful plants to pair with your plants. Just look up what you have planted and it will tell you what to plant to naturally repel insects.
For example: you have tomatoes planted and want to repel insects that will bother your tomatoes. Marigolds are good for that. This really works and I have used this for years with success.
Here are 10 organic ways to get rid of pests in the garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXlSicZE9jI
Spray on watered-down dish soap on your flowers. That trick saved my roses from bugs.
12 Plants That Naturally Keep Unwanted Bugs Away
https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickbaker/12-plants-that-naturally-keep-unwanted-bugs-away
Here are some natural ways to keep bugs away. https://www.angi.com/articles/insects-bugging-your-plants-try-these-10-natural-insecticides.htm
Depending on the types of bugs, you can add plants like marigolds or other mosquito repelling plants. Diatomaceous earth or sevin granules for ants and spiders.
Marigolds work great for keeping bugs away! You can add a marigold plant to each of your plant containers or plant them around your garden to keep bugs away
Hi Sue
Found this for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZ889WzW3k
This is a homemade Hometalk DIYer solution: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/homemade-roach-spray-good-for-ants-and-other-bugs-too-43527424
Homemade Roach Spray (Good for Ants and Other Bugs Too)
https://sunnydazedecor.com/blogs/news/7-natural-ways-to-keep-bugs-off-plants
Crawling bugs: powdered boric acid or food grade diatomaceous earth.
Dollar store sells a powdered boric acid that’s a knock off of Roach Proof.
Food Grade DE (not swimming pool DE) can be bought at farm and ranch stores.
These kill the bugs by them walking through it.
Boric Acid by ingestion, when they bathe.
DE by abrasion through their exoskeletons.
Avoid breathing the dust of either of these.