Dear Beth,
What insects are you after?
Plants used as herbal tea sprays, after being prepared in water solution,
include:
burdock against grubs of June beetle; camomile against damping off in greenhouse
and coldframe; chive against leaf and fruit scab; garlic and onion against late
blight on potato and tomato, and brown rot of stone fruit; goosebery against
mildew; horsetail (Equistum arvense) against mildew and other fungi, esp. on
grapevines, vegetables, fruit trees, rosebushes; horseradish against fungi;
hyssop against bacterial diseases; stinging nettle against plant lice, according
to Beatrice Trum Hunter, in her book, Gardening Without Poisons, copyright
1964.
Against mosquito and mosquito larve, Ms Hunter suggested using extracts of
essential oils, 100 percent kills were made using oil of sandlewood, elecampane,
bayberry leaves, pumpkin seeds, and black mustard; 95 percent kills with oil of
basil, garden sage, sweet basil, sweet marjoram, balm of Gilead, and caraway; 90
perent kills with oil of rosemary, cypress, and hydrangea; lesser kills with oil
of patchouli, butternut, rhubarb, tupelo, prickly ash, comfrey, and others. In
addition, she wrote, there are many other plant materials which are toxic to
mosquito larvae.
Also suggested is using plants and water, ( I assume liquidifying plants in
water, then straining) as non-synthetic chemical insectical sprays. But, I
cannot find mention of (and would like to receive) proportions!
~Bunny Snow
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Beth Lischeron wrote:
> Does anyone have or know of:
>
> a) sources for pure jojoba oil?
> b) info on patchouli essential oil (or any other EE) for use in pest control
> +/or as personal insect repellent?
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Beth
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Dear Beth,
What insects are you after?
Plants used as herbal tea sprays, after being prepared in water solution,
include:
burdock against grubs of June beetle; camomile against damping off
in greenhouse and coldframe; chive against leaf and fruit scab; garlic
and onion against late blight on potato and tomato, and brown rot of stone
fruit; goosebery against mildew; horsetail (Equistum arvense) against mildew
and other fungi, esp. on grapevines, vegetables, fruit trees, rosebushes;
horseradish against fungi; hyssop against bacterial diseases; stinging
nettle against plant lice, according to Beatrice Trum Hunter, in her book,
Gardening Without Poisons, copyright 1964.
Against mosquito and mosquito larve, Ms Hunter suggested using extracts of essential oils, 100 percent kills were made using oil of sandlewood, elecampane, bayberry leaves, pumpkin seeds, and black mustard; 95 percent kills with oil of basil, garden sage, sweet basil, sweet marjoram, balm of Gilead, and caraway; 90 perent kills with oil of rosemary, cypress, and hydrangea; lesser kills with oil of patchouli, butternut, rhubarb, tupelo, prickly ash, comfrey, and others. In addition, she wrote, there are many other plant materials which are toxic to mosquito larvae.
Also suggested is using plants and water, ( I assume liquidifying plants in water, then straining) as non-synthetic chemical insectical sprays. But, I cannot find mention of (and would like to receive) proportions!
~Bunny Snow
-------------------------------------------
Beth Lischeron wrote:
Does anyone have or know of:a) sources for pure jojoba oil?
b) info on patchouli essential oil (or any other EE) for use in pest control
+/or as personal insect repellent?Thanks for the help,
Beth
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