Homemade Bug Sprays To Keep Your Plants Happy And Healthy

Homemade Bug Sprays To Keep Your Plants Happy And Healthy

Green is in!

A lot of people are growing their own veggies & herbs and also planting beautiful fragrant ornamental plants to draw bees in for pollinating outdoors.  Which means finding a homemade bug spray for outdoor plants is essential to saving money.

Garden plants not only make your yard and home inside beautiful to look at, they’re also good for our health.  Indoor healthy plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.  They not only freshen the air, they eliminate harmful toxins.

In fact, according to research by NASA, plants can remove up to 87 percent of air toxins in just 24 hours!

Healthy plants for indoors also improve your concentration and productivity.  They are an effective way to reduce your stress levels and boost your mood.  Plus, they regulate the humidity level and increase your levels of positivity.  Once you see the greenery in nature, it helps you feel more relaxed and calm.

Creating your own garden and harvesting your own herbs is a great start to beautifying your surroundings and helping the environment!

To create the perfect green haven in your home, you need to spend a little more of your time taking care of your plants.  This doesn’t only involve watering or fertilizing, you also need to make sure that they are free from insect pests and indoor garden pests.

Getting rid of those pesky insects can be a headache.  However, the ready-to-use products available for purchase may be harmful not only to your plant’s health, but, also to your family. From horticultural oils to insecticides, they can all be harmful to us, our animals, and plants, too.

Instead of buying expensive chemical pesticides and toxic chemicals, try making your own organic insecticide, natural insect repellents, and homemade insecticides!  Here are some effective yet easy to make homemade plant sprays for your herbs and vegetables.

They also make great homemade bug spray recipes and natural pesticides for indoor house plants. As well as the best insecticide and DIY pesticides for vegetable gardens.

Insect Soap

Although insect soaps are available in the gardening aisle of your local store or garden centers, the good news is that you can make your own.  Insecticidal soap spray is effective against:

• caterpillars
• aphids
• mites.

Adding cooking oil to the mixture makes it cling to the leaves and the underside of leaves for more effectiveness.

What You Need:

3 drops of mild dishwashing liquid, dish soap, or castile soap
1 quart water
1 tablespoon cooking oil

What You Need To Do:

1.  Combine the mild liquid soap with the water.
2.  Add the cooking oil to the soapy water and mix thoroughly until the liquid soap is fully dissolved.
3.  Place in a clean spray bottle and use the natural bug spray on herbs or vegetables.

Always test any solution of homemade bug spray for vegetable plants, herbs, and flowers as well as store purchased before using them on your plants.  You don’t want to have an adverse effect and hurt the plant.

Rubbing Alcohol

Rubbing alcohol makes a great pest control to spray plants and it desiccates the bodies of:

• aphids
• thrips
• mealy bugs

What You Need:

1 cup rubbing isopropyl alcohol
1 quart water

What You Need To Do:

1.  Mix the rubbing alcohol and water together.
2.  Place in a spray bottle and spray entire plant.

Always test any solution of homemade bug spray for vegetable plants, herbs, and flowers as well as store purchased before using them on your plants.  You don’t want to have an adverse effect and hurt the plant.

Epsom Salt

Epsom salt can is especially effective on:

• beetles
• slugs

Spraying a mixture around the base of the pest infected plant every week will not only deter this pest issues but, it also adds magnesium to the soil surface. It increases the absorption of nutrients for a healthier plant.

What You Need:

1 cup Epsom salts
5 gallons of water

What You Need To Do:

1.  Dissolve the Epsom salt in water.
2. Pour the mixture in a spray bottle and apply this powerful natural insecticide to the pest-afflicted plant once a week.

Always test any solution of homemade bug spray for vegetable plants, herbs, and flowers as well as store purchased before using them on your plants.  You don’t want to have an adverse effect and hurt the plant.

Soap And Vegetable Oil

Another effective insecticidal spray is the combination of soap and vegetable oil.  Oil works by coating and smothering common houseplant pests as well as outdoor soft-body pests like:

• aphids
• mites

What You Need:

1 cup of vegetable oil
1 quart liquid mild soap

What You Need To Do:

1.  Mix the vegetable oil with liquid soap and shake well.
2.  To use, mix one tablespoon of the concentrated liquid with four cups of water and spray on the affected plants.

Always test any solution of homemade bug spray for vegetable plants, herbs, and flowers as well as store purchased before using them on your plants.  You don’t want to have an adverse effect and hurt the plant.

Hot Peppers Bug Repellent

Placing a row of hot chili pepper plants in your vegetable garden can get rid of common pests.  However, it may be time-consuming.  So instead of planting your own, you may create a simple hot pepper bug to get rid of all the insects in your garden.

What You Need:

A handful of dried hot chili peppers
1 quart water

What You Need To Do:

1. Place the hot chili peppers in a food processor and grind to dust.
2. You can just sprinkle it around your plants alone, or you may also add 1/2 cup of ground chili peppers to a quart of water and use the pepper spray on your plants.

Always test any solution of homemade bug spray for vegetable plants, herbs, and flowers as well as store purchased before using them on your plants.  You don’t want to have an adverse effect and hurt the plant.

Green Tea

Green tea is not only good for the body, it is also a good alternative to kill your indoor plant pests.

What You Need:

1 green tea bag
1 quart is enough water

What You Need To Do:

1. Brew a green tea bag in a quart of water.  Let sit until it’s room temperature.
2. Use the mixture to water your plants.

Always test any solution of homemade bug spray for vegetable plants, herbs, and flowers as well as store purchased before using them on your plants.  You don’t want to have an adverse effect and hurt the plant.

You don’t need to spend too much or sacrifice your plants and your family’s health.  You can create your own spray for use on any plant pests. From a homemade garden spray to a spray for a new plant to get rid of any pests it may have, as well, get rid of all those insects, and keep your plants happy!

Do you have a homemade recipe to share?  Leave it in the comments below!

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