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Pests are to be controlled from the field
plants to make sure its best growth. Farmers
and gardeners need to make sure that they
completely get rid of them as the breeding
of pests are quick enough to spread all
over the farm if left uncured completely.
Solution for absolute eradication of pests
in farms or gardens can be effectively done
using natural pest recipes that are manually
prepared to use easily available ingredients
at low cost instead of going in for synthetic
pesticides, which are supposed to create
side effects in the field. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) recommends some
organic products like neem oil, karanja
oil, etc. to use for the manual preparation
of farm pesticides after detail laboratory
studies. Natural pest
recipes can be prepared with respect
to the pest kind for its efficient control.
Here are some recipes for specific pests.
For insects:
Organic oil spray can be used for controlling
insects. For instance, Neem
oil or Karanja
oil can be used as a spray insecticide.
- Take few ml of organic oil and mix it
with a few liters of water along with
some pinches of dishwashing liquid or
soap to dilute for spraying. (use quantities
depending upon the size of the farm)
- Spray the insecticide once in a week
- Do not spray over the leaves of the
plants exposed to the bare sunlight as
the insecticide can cause burns in leaves.
- To control the fungus growth over the
plants you can add a tablespoon of baking
soda with the above preparation.
- Garlic, pepper and onion powder can
also be used in the insecticide spray
preparation to for infected plants.
For ants:
- Take few pinches of boric acid powder
and mix it with some honey to attract
the ants.
- Apply this mix near the corners and
walls openings to control ants.
- Ants will die after feeding the mixture.
- Keep the recipe away from children and
pets as boric acid powder is harmful when
consumed.
For tick and fleas:
- Use Neem oil mixed with the pet shampoo
and dilute it in few ml of water.
- Apply the recipe on the pets while bathing
them.
- Scrub the pet skin and wash it thoroughly
using buckets of water.
- The strong smell of neem makes the tick
and fleas to get rid off from the pet
skin.
Author: Adam Teaser - neem oil articles |
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