Now here's a post my readers thought they'd never see... The Night gods go gardening! Like a lot of other people I don't like to use chemicals in my yard or flower beds and over the years I've picked up a tip or two... So I thought I'd share them.
Chemical-Free Pesticide: Insects hate tobacco, in fact I use tobacco to worm my dog. However for my plants and flowers, here's the recipe.
1 Pouch of Chewing Tobacco (I use Red Man because it's strong)
1 Empty Gallon Milk Jug
1 Spray Bottle
Put tobacco in milk jug and fill with water and allow to stand overnight. This makes a concentrate... use it to fill a spray bottle about 1/3 full and fill the rest with water. Spray your plants and insects will leave them alone. (Will not harm plants in any way)
Weed Killer: When I first heard about this I thought it was crazy, but it's cheap to make so I figured I'd give it a shot... It works great! I was particularly happy to find something like this after reading about Round-up! Not only is it made by Monsanto (BOO BOO!!!) it also causes cancer!
1 Gallon White Vinegar
1 Cup Sea Salt (Don't ask me why Sea Salt... the recipe called for it so I used it, but I figure any salt will do)
2 Tbsp Dawn Dish Detergent
Sprayer
Mix ingredients together. (I put vinegar and salt first and shake until salt dissolves then add dish soap) Spray on weeds... it works just as good as any chemical weed killers!
@richq11
Great that you are sharing tips like this!!! We don't need more chemicals harming ourselves or our pets!!
For the white vinegar, if you can find the 10%+ stuff it works even better. Also when using vinegar, the best time to use it is during the hottest part of the day.
And now for a completely free weed killer idea, boiling water. This is an especially useful one for cracks in the concrete where you have weeds poking up. Just boil a kettle or a huge pot of water and pour it on there, and it usually does the trick on one try. The best thing about it, it's completely free!!
Boiling water... who'd have thunk it- makes perfect sense!
That's interesting and very helpful :)
LOL... I had you in mind when I wrote it!
Brill thank you, I have just done a video of my garden lol :)
Did you post it yet? I've never done well with flowers it seems. I planted impatiens at my office and killed them. I have the kiss of death for house plants (I can kill a fern faster than Round-Up) Veggies and trees I do great. I did have some really nice wisteria though!
Yeah it been up a while but not getting many visits, really weird
Its my first year, next year I am trying vegetables :)
Well, I'll check it out! I'm kinda back and forth here, working on tomorrow's Night Gods.
This is great! I don't have a garden at the moment, but will keep the recipe on hand for when I eventually do. I had a small backyard garden in the past and miss it a lot. Organic is the way to go!
As a novice gardener I find this info very helpful, thanks for the recipes. ~ljl~
Thank you... I always look for non-chemical solutions. I like organic gardening.
Never knew you were a gardener and such a good one as well, thanks for the post.
I do Ok with veggies and trees... Flowers not so much and I have a black thumb when it comes to house plants!
Thank you very much @richq11. Resteemed and looking forward to trying them both out.
Have a great day!
Thank you... I've always looked for organic remedies for my organic gardens. I had a huge one in Mich. and used the pesticide on a plot almost an acre big. It works fine!
Am also garden lover thanks for posting this garden tips
Thanks for sharing. I'll try these out.
Good one
My parents love gardening.
It's best to stay away from chemicals and these are good alternatives.
Always good to know other organic options. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you... I've been into organic gardening for a long time. I had a professor in college whose hobby was composting and I used to help him turn his piles (he was old). He got me into it.