6 ways to mix herbal pesticides for home vegetable garden
(Baonghean.vn) - Faced with the problem of dirty food, many families take advantage of vacant land or terraces to grow vegetables and fruit trees. Therefore, pest control is also one of the issues that many people are concerned about. From natural products, growers can create solutions to limit and eliminate pests.
1. Solution from chili, garlic, ginger
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Chili, garlic, and ginger are among the vegetables that contain high levels of acid, which can kill and repel pests and insects on leafy vegetables.
Ingredients include 1kg garlic, 1kg chili, 1kg crushed ginger mixed with 3 liters of alcohol. You can soak each type of ingredient or all 3 types with alcohol; This is the essence to mix when spraying.
The best soaking time is 15 days, the purpose is to let the spicy substances in the ingredients mix well with the wine. Thus, the ratio of spicy substances in the soaking solution will have the highest concentration, good for killing pests.
2. Pesticides from chives
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Effect: Antifungal, insecticide, mild insect repellent.
Target: Aphids, cabbage loopers, mites, tomato flies, mites, whiteflies, damping-off, late blight, tomato leaf spot, mice and moles.
How to prepare: Crush 10-100g of shallots with 1 liter of water, leave in a covered container for 4-7 days before spraying.
3. Making pesticides from basil
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Basil has the effect of killing aphids and insects, inhibiting the laying of eggs of insects. Use leaves, stems or the whole plant to make medicine. When using this pesticide mixture, we spray on infected parts of the plant early in the morning to increase the effectiveness of the medicine.
How to make: Take the cinnamon leaves, crush them then soak them in water (about 2-3 liters of water for 50g of leaves) and leave overnight. Then filter the water, add soap (8-12 ml of soap for the above solution dosage) and stir well.
4. Pesticide from papaya leaves
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Pesticide solution made from papaya is effective in killing fungi, roundworms and insects such as aphids, caterpillars, moths, roundworms, termites, coffee rust, powdery mildew and brown planthoppers that cause leaf spots on rice.
Put 1 kg of chopped leaves into 1 liter of water, shake vigorously, filter, add 4 liters of water, two tablespoons of kerosene and a little soap (20 g or ml), spray or water the soil to prevent night moths.
5. Pesticide from tomato leaves
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Effect: Tomato leaves contain many Alkaloids, a type of chemical that is very effective in killing and repelling insects, especially aphids, moths, caterpillars, leafhoppers, etc.
How to prepare: Use about 2 bowls of crushed tomato leaves soaked with 2 cups of water overnight, in the morning, filter the clear water, add two more cups of water and spray on plants, especially herbs and spices.
It is a good idea to intercrop a few tomatoes in the garden to repel some pests.
6.Leaf insecticidetobacco plant
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Effect: Tobacco-based medicine can kill thrips, stem borers, stink bugs, leaf rollers... corn aphids, soybean aphids, armyworms, soft-shelled turtle worms on water spinach, armyworms on apple trees, red spiders on citrus...
How to prepare: To prepare the medicine, people soak the leaves in water for 1 day at a ratio of 1 kg of leaves/20 - 40 liters of water. Then take them out, grind them, filter the water to spray.
