Natural garden pesticides
August 8, 2008
It is very harmful to use injurious and toxic pesticides due to this there are several problems created like they may destroy the essential nutrients of the soil, they can destroy the valuable insects from your garden and can prove harmful for your pets or children because of their poison. In addition they can also pollute the water etc. So for getting rid of these problems you have to avoid the use of such harmful pesticides. Instead of these pesticides you can use the natural pesticides to remove insects from your garden.
You can easily make such natural pesticides at your home without adding any of the injurious chemical in it. They are very cheap and simple to prepare and are eco friendly as well. So, it is better to use natural pesticides than the toxic or harmful pesticides.
1. Eggshells and salt natural pesticide – it is prepared by adding the crushed eggshells to the soil. It prevents the plants from the attack of snails and slugs. In the soil the eggshells act like the broken pieces of glass for these insects. If you are not getting rid of the problem of such insects by using eggshells use a little bit of salt at that place it will definitely work.
2. Alliums natural pesticide – the alliums is a bulbous plant, like the other pungent bulbous plants such as onion, garlic etc. For making this natural pesticide you have to make a mixture of many cloves of garlic according to per gallon of water. By applying them on the plants, would help in killing the soft body insects and can even paralyze the flying insects. It can give better result if it is prepared in the crushed oil of vegetable or in tea instead of water.
3. Dishwashing soaps natural pesticides - for making this pesticide you have to mix some drops of dishwashing liquid soap into the water and mix it well by shaking well and then you need to apply on the effected plants. By applying this solution on the plants it will paralyze the insects attacking them.
4. Natural pesticides made of Neem - Neem is the one of the main thing which is used for making several natural pesticides and they are used for this purpose from the ancient times. The extract of azadirachtin from the neem tree is very low toxic insecticide. They are used for destroying the soft body insects and in addition they help in increasing the capability of reproduction of the plants. This solution is also used for curing several diseases.
By using such kind of pesticides you are not only saving your children and pets from diseases but also saving the earth from being polluted by several harmful poisons.
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