What are good home rmedies for pesticides & herbicides?

Question

Have aphids and white stuff on rose bushes. Have green leaf bush whose leaves are badly eaten! What home remedy (ies)or eco-friendly product can I make or buy?

Answer 1

Aphids seem to go after the rose buds & suck the life out of the plant. Knock them off with a strong spray of water & 1 oz. Ivory Dishwashing Liquid to 1 gallon of water (Ivory is pure soap -no phosphates).

Antidote for Rose Aphid
1 orange peel, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp. liquid Ivory soap
2 cups water
blend on high speed for 10-15 seconds. Strain into coffee filter, & pour liquid into handheld sprayer. Hose down bushes to knock off aphids. Then mist spray the plants.

http://www.rosesandherbs.com/resources/organicpestcontrol.htm
This site explains why alternating a 1oz Baking Soda to 1gal. water solution, 1 oz. vinegar to 1 gal water, and 1oz Sulphur to 1gal water helps control fungus.

You can also use 1part milk to 9 parts water in controlling fungus on roses. Milk has a germicidal effect--it kills the fungal spores-- and it also appears to stimulate plants in such a way that they become more resistant to the disease. In recent university tests, the milk and water spray was found to be more effective than the two most popular synthetic fungicides on the market today.

It's also a good thing to mix a handful of cornmeal in the soil around your rose bushes to control diseases.http://www.deuleysown.com/ARTICLES/Cornmeal.htm

For soft-bodied insects (mites, aphids, mealybugs): Mix one tablespoon vegetable oil & a few drops of Ivory soap into a quart of water. Shake well and spray. The oil smothers the insects. http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_pest_cntrl.htm

Jerry Baker's homemade control for Black spot: Spray them with a mixture of 1 tbsp. of baking soda, 1 tbsp. of light vegetable oil, and 1 tbsp. of soap in 1 gallon of water.

Ladybugs will also help get rid of aphids.

Good luck! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

For aphids, I love to hatch praying mantids and let them have them.

But you can dilute 1 part Murphy's Oil to 9 parts water, and spray. Murphy's Oil is vegetable based, for wood, and will not kill your plants or add unwanted pesticides to your soil.

By the way, be careful using other soaps, because of the phosphates. You might as well stick to a vegetable-based soap. They way soap works is by suffocating the aphids, because they breathe through their skin.

Answer 3

i have found neem oil to be very effective against powdery mildew, but not other diseases. neem oil is from the neem tree and is non toxic. rubbing alcohol effectively kills aphids, does not harm plant. (don't get too much it in the soil). citrus oil that you buy in the store is preferable to grinding up your own citrus peel if you want to spray without clogging your sprayer.

Answer 4

put burnt hot shortening out and around'' that'll do the job'