Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Natural pesticides and do-it-yourself to annihilate the unwelcome guests in your garden
On issues concerning the universe, until now garden was a good teacher. Revealed to you on how we can make vertical, dictated the Decalogue to make it perfectly biological and informed on how to make a small space in the guide for cultivating the garden on the balcony. This time, however, advise you of technical service: home-made, effective and - as usual - in the perfect environment.
We have rotten tomatoes? Perfect, do not discard. Water mix them up to create a sort of liquid solution and after which sprinkle on your plants. According to a theme of researchers from the University of North Carolina would seem that a derivative of the tomato genetic cause a characteristic odor intolerable for many types of parasites. You just have to try!
Another great natural pesticide from garlic is represented. Just take 3/4 cloves of minced garlic and add them to a couple of teaspoons of mineral oil. Once this is done, let it sit overnight and the composition of which must be removed after the pieces of garlic oil. At this point, adding a glass of water and a teaspoon of biodegradable soap will get a lethal mixture for insects. The compounds of garlic (ie the diallyl disulfide and diallyl trisulfide), in fact, are irritating and fatal for most of the parasites. The only precaution: Do not place this "magic ointment" during the hottest hours or days during the so-called sun splitting the stones. The oil may burn and ruin the plant.
Mixing, however, two teaspoons of pepper, a few drops of dish detergent biodegradable and half a glass of water, you have an excellent remedy for mites. This spray works because the "heat" of chili peppers is irritating to many more insects than it is for us!
Even a soap - bio "only" without mixing with other ingredients may be noted a good solution for killing aphids, thrips and mites.
If you have trouble with snails instead you should get them to drink. You will not believe but are greedy for beer. Depositing on the floor of a flat plate (also a box is fine, those usually used for tuna) will attract the slugs that take away from the leaves and eventually drowned hops. Hops, strange but true, powerfully attracts snails. We recommend, however, to fix the container about one centimeter below the ground level, so that the shellfish leaning may end up in it. Put it at the same ground level would mean having offered a round of beer at the nice horned animal that drank, I can then go back to finish the happy hour on your plant!
If you do not have beer at home, we suggest also a non-alcoholic solution. Same procedure, but with lemon juice, oranges and grapefruits. Less effective, but still a viable alternative waiting in the purchase of a good malt liquid cash!
Problems with the wasp? Not the scooter, the insect! We recommend that you create traps with bottles. Take a series of bottles, open and with two fingers of the bottom of a sweetish any drink. The insect is attracted to it and we end up in, this is done you just need to check and riattappare the bottle.
A solution in the full respect of nature is to populate your garden with scissors. Yes, that's them nice (but not too much) insects that are usually found in the paper. They revel in the killing of several species of insects, and also do not eat at all plants.
There are, however, 4 tablespoons Tabasco sauce, a quarter of a teaspoon of water and biological washing powder to make your plants less tasty to many birds and mammals. This "cocktail" contains a substance - capsaicin - able to remove many warm-blooded animals.
If, instead, your plants were attacked by some kind of fungus. Sprinkle over the board and milk. It 'an excellent fungicide and prevents the growth of iodine.
Mold problems? A nice splash of soda, and the problem is solved. Baking soda destroys fungal spores, preventing them from germinating.
But when to go boredom are the continual unwanted weeds growing in your garden, use vinegar. The problem is that the vinegar kills all kinds of plants! For this reason, we recommend using a brush and wipe only on those weeds.
Simple remedy but equally functional, always refers to the problem of weeds is boiling water. Carefully pour the cracks in the wall or wherever there grow, troncherete the bud any kind of growth.
As you have seen just a few ingredients and a bit of good will to ensure your garden a natural course, but to be effective in the removal of insects and pests.
We conclude with the last piece of advice, even advice: whether you're a novice citizen fled from the metropolitan country or a perfect factor does not care. What you must always remember is the compost made from the combination of soil and manure. Brings nutrients, improves the benefits of the soil, facilitates the retention of moisture, decreasing the number of microbes. So goodbye prevents your organic soil, but avoiding becoming a landfill populated by unwelcome intruders.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
12 Organic fertilizers and pesticides do-it-yourself pest control in the garden
With the arrival of spring and warm weather in general is a growing desire to grow, no matter it is a balcony, a garden or a vegetable garden, the important thing is to do it! But often it is not easy and complicate the work, already hard and tiring, we bring you an infinite number of insects and pests that if not controlled, they can ruin our crops thwarting any effort.
This month we want to suggest some "recipes" to create completely organic fertilizers and pest repellents that will help you to keep away unwanted insects in full respect of nature and your crops.
1) Insecticide spray soap Castile
This unique natural soap, made with olive oil, it is useful to make an effective insecticide spray. After filling a spray container with water, add a tablespoon of Castile soap, a pinch of pepper, one garlic powder and finally a few leaves of peppermint. Shake well and your repelling aphids and scale insects is ready for use.
2) Manure
What better way to enrich the soil of your garden or yard of the dear good old manure? You can buy them from specialized centers or even better, produce it if you have farm animals such as chickens, goats and rabbits. The droppings of the latter are those with the highest rate of nitrogen and can be used directly adding them to the ground. Those of the other animals in general should be composted first.
3) Insecticide spray garlic
Garlic is a powerful natural repellent, able to discourage many insects and drive them to other destinations. To prepare our insecticide frulliamo a head of garlic and some cloves together with two cups of water, until the mixture is very fine. Let rest for a day and then mescoliamolo in about 3 liters of water. The mixture thus obtained can be vaporized, with a sprayer, directly on the leaves of our plants.
4) Tea nettle
How many times did you find yourself absently to touch her and in a short time with that annoying itch? Well the nettle is not only irritating and may prove to be an excellent partner for your crops. Bring a sturdy pair of work gloves and pick up a little 'nettle plants. Put them to macerate covering them in a bucket of water and let stand for at least a week. After this time your new 100% organic liquid fertilizer is ready for use.
5) Insecticide spray tomato
The tomato leaves are rich in alkaloids, excellent as a repellent for many aphids, worms and moths. Fill two cups with chopped tomato leaves and add water. Let stand for at least one night and then diluted the mixture with the other two cups of water and you're done. Now you can spray on your plants. Keep repellent away from pets as it can be toxic.
6) Eggshells
The eggshells are an interesting ingredient for our garden with a double benefit: they can, in fact, be regarded as an excellent fertilizer and also a great repellent. They can be used in parts is finely chopped. If you can sprinkle chopped the base of your plants with the powder obtained. However, if you use them to pieces, created a kind of ring at the base of plants: this barrier can deter both snails and some caterpillars.
7) Traps beer
Put a little 'beer in a saucer up or a small glass of yogurt (which will be buried up to the edge) and you will see that many snails in the morning you will be dropped into drowning. I know it may seem cruel, but it is the only way to save your plants.
8) Ban on the coffee
If you love coffee and it consumed in industrial quantities not dispose of the funds used. They are an excellent source of nitrogen to the soil. Add them to your compost or sprinkle directly on the ground.
9) Insecticide pepper spray
The chili is an excellent natural repellent against parasites. To prepare your spray blend at high speed for about two minutes 6-10 peppers with two glasses of water. Let it sit overnight the mixture thus obtained. The next day, strain the pulp and pour the liquid in the sprayer adding a glass of water.
10) Ban on the grass
Your lawn is nice and green as you would like? Do not worry just a simple caution: when you cut the grass does not pick it up but leave it on the ground, will be a valuable source of nitrogen. The freshly mown grass, in fact, being very short decomposes rapidly enriching the soil of nutrients and making sure your lawn more lush.
11) Friends Nematodes
I know it may seem strange that there are worms friends of your garden, but it is. Often to control the population of pests are needed other pests or insects better antagonists. This kind of good Nematodes are able to kill many of your garden pests including beetles, weevils and many others. You can buy online or in specialized centers.
12) Composted people, composted!
Composting is certainly one of the simplest and most effective methods to enrich the soil and make it lush and productive your garden. What you need are scraps from the kitchen and all the nitrogen-rich substances like grass, leaves or straw. You can compost even if you live in the city.
As you have seen, you can do much to preserve our crops without the use of chemicals and pollutants. Again it is nature that provide solutions to the problem. Good growth at all!
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