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Better Basic Bug Spray

posted by Annie B. Bond Jan 29, 1999 10:26 pm
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Good ol’ soap and water is one of the best and safest all-purpose
insecticidal sprays you can use in your garden. Just make sure that you don’t
use more soap than the recipe calls for, or you can kill the plants.

  • 1 tablespoon liquid soap
  • 1 gallon water

Easy Directions

Combine ingredients in a bucket. Stir to blend. Fill spray bottles with the
mixture and spray infested areas.

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David Young

I've used REI's BioSoap on aphids...works incredible! Will bleach rose petals on current blooms when undiluted but the new growth is unaffected and the plant doesn't suffer.

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