I boiled Orange peel with oinion and pomegranate peels , a drop of Apple cider and a tea spoon of cinnamon and it becomes my main liquid fertilizer in the past 3 months.
An old gardeners tip. Plant marigolds and targetes( sounds like Tageeties) when you speak it) around your tomatoes. The scent from these flowers attracts pollinators, but stops the insects that destroy the plants. I'm learning that everything serves some purpose. The ants are usually cleaning up some food etc. You are a great gardener.
David the Good is my go to guy for information too. His fetid swamp water is my miracle grow for my garden. It smells horrible but works great and is totally free. It has urine in it which grosses me out.
I have a sour orange tree and found various ways to use the fruit. My favorite after juicing for me, method is to soak the peels covered in water with a 1/2 cup sugar mixed in. Stir everyday until it is vinegar in about two weeks. Strain and use for window cleaner, counter top cleaner, BUT my FAVORITE way is to pour some over the nasty red and bull ants that build a home in my yard. It is ACID so it destroys their lovely little homes wonderfully.
Citrus oil is used to break down adhesive. When my hubby was sent home with an IV, they also sent wipes with orange oil on them in the bandage change kits. They worked great for the medical tape removal. Lemon oil works on getting labels off stuff too.
Thak you for the great video! I do the same without boiling the peels, but fermenting them just in water for several weeks. I just put the peels in a bucket with plain water, cover the bucket with a lid to push all peels under the water (otherwise they mold) and let them sit there for at least 3 weeks, better more. Then the mixture is ready.
I have an old Kool-aid gallon bottle, and I took the peels of a grapefruit and put it into the water after filling it all the way to the top. At first I was using banana peels but when I started using the orange peels my plants became stronger, grew up straighter, became greener. I'm trying to grow bell peppers, I have a basil plant and all of it was rather slow growing and getting scotched in the sun until this point. So I'm excited I found that hack about a week ago now on my own. I follow a lady who showed putting a banana in the rain water on TikTok so I just wanted to try Grapefruit to see what will happen. And yeah actually I do notice the bugs that was eating at the leaves stopped. 🤷🏾♀️
I sun-dry the peels, blitz it to a powder and sprinkle directly on the soil for my tomato plants which are especially susceptible to aphids. The powder smells very intense coz I guess once the water evaporates from the peels, the oils in the peels become very concentrated.
I toss citrus peels from oranges, limes, grapefruit....... under the trees. They work with the leaves as a mulch. Then they eventually break down and feed the soil.
Citrus also repels cats. I had to do this because my neighbor just lets them breed and I have a wolf dog so I didn't want him killing them. Started doing this system and it worked. They no longer cross my fence. Not sure if this works for rabbits, but I thought I would share. BTW love your channel.
Zone 9b Fresno Ca here. But was born in the Keys so I guess I’m a Conch. After watching this I decided to check out ur channel and I saw butterfly gardening. Have begun that as well here so I hit that subscribe button. And thought I’d say hello:)
Can you do this with any citrus, such as lemons and limes? I know that oranges used to be used in cattle feed but did not know about the pesticide. Thank you for this information. Your garden looks great!
Thanks Jaclyn (sp?) I was wondering the same thing. You have helped me so much since my move to FL almost 2 years ago. I tell people to watch my “friend” on RUclips!
A neighbor told me yesterday to try tobacco juice for the cutworms on my corn. Tried it this morning, poured it down the center of the top (where the damage is occurring) of course I don't know yet if it'll work, but I'm making some more... I'm in Florida.
@@gofigure4920 Yikes. I guess my corn has become a test subject. Will have to get back to this comment with the results. It's just one small patch that I did, and I won't do my larger plantings... I see my baby corn planting is getting cutworm too.
I appreciate your video and I’m a new subscriber. I live in California and after relocating my Orange tree I’m on the second year with no Oranges. Also I never fertilize any suggestions I would appreciate. 🍊
Do you have any thoughts on using Neem oil? I’m getting holes in my new green & banana peppers. Would the Orange peel pesticide help? Can the Orange peeks left from the pesticide recipe do well in the compost container instead of spreading around the garden beds? I’m concerned about fruit rats. Appreciate all the wonderful and encouraging info you share. I’m learning a lot from you, little by little but you boast my confidence. Thanks.
I’ve heard that orange peels also repel the good bugs, good bacteria, and earth worms though… have you not found this to be an issue? I know you mentioned to avoid butterfly gardens, but don’t we still want worms and pollinators hanging around our veggies and fruit crops?
These are great questions! So on orange peels... the limonene breaks down pretty quickly so it is more of a spot treatment pesticide versus a mass pesticide to rid an area of all life. This has been reviewed because there was a lot of misconception on the ability to compost oranges and other citrus. What they found was that worms took longer to break down orange peels and worm colonies were not destroyed but could be impacted by the acid and limonene in the very short term. The general benefit is more as a fertilizer more than anything. I still have loads of bugs in my garden. But I'm super wary of putting it near my caterpillars. I'm a big believer that right crop and variety at the right time of year is the biggest deterrent to pest infestation. The other thing is that I only did this once in the season... since I don't have another crop of oranges, I won't be doing this again until next year. Cheers! 😄
She did say that in this video that to be careful not to spray it where your flowers and plants that you don't want the good bugs damaged in any way. I think I would instead of pouring the juice on I would take a light spray bottle and spray it just on the leaves of the plants or the base like the base of squash to keep boars away seems to me that would be more effective and ecologically balanced you got to use something anything you use is going to affect the entire ecological system so this is not toxic and people think that just because something is organic which is all natural that it can't be toxic this is not true there are a lot of organic fertilizers and organic pesticides out there that actually are toxic but they're pure and natural
Thanks! The woman’s cut shirt are marked womens. Otherwise they are men/gender neutral. I just made a change in the back end which is updating to a new fabric for the shirts (softer). So it may not show on RUclips for a day or two but are all updated on the spring link. Thank you so much for considering buying! 😄
This is great info I'm definitely going to try it. Also how can you be sure that your getting healthy mulch/compost from chip drop...I've heard some horror stories
Would citrus/orange piths be as effective for fertilizer? How about as a pesticide? I zest my oranges and lemons, eat or juice them and I'm left over with some pulp and juice covered piths.. I'm wondering if i should stop zesting and leave the peel/rind on. I know the peel has nutrients, but I'm wondering if the pith is *enough*?
So... I went and took this idea to the next level. Though, not sure how its going to turn out. I used a Vitamix and liquified one orange peel and a lemon peel. I was obviously was to much pulp so I put some 1/4 cup of pulp with a 700 milliliters of water. This was before I watched your video. I sprayed all my plants. Could I burn them? I did this in the evening. Will my plants survive?
How did you plant do? I did something similar just now and wondered if I over did it. I was looking to see if someone else tried mixing lemon peel in as well.
@@tjp2462 It worked but my solution came out as a gel :( The plants did fine. Still alive but it was to thick to spray. But I ended up putting more water in to liquefy it some more and that helped a bit. Not recommending blending though the idea of using orange peel is awesome. This lady knows what she is talking about. Have fun gardening T J P :)
How do you get cattle panels home??? I live just south of Tampa in a suburban area, and I'm setting up raised beds. I would loooooove to do cattle panel trellises, but I don't know how to transport the supplies.
You should be able to wash them off. In commercial industry oranges are washed, juiced and orange peels are made into cattle feed. The EU is a large purchaser of orange peel cattle feed. So most orange crops will follow EU guidance and controls.
I was using my peels to make compost but stop when I heard that they are sprayed and can be harmful to plants. But I suppose if you use organic or your own that would be ok
You should be able to wash the pesticides off any oranges. And orange pesticides are generally focused on eliminating the citrus psyllid. Orange blossoms and therefore oranges are the largest nectar and pollen source for pollinators in Florida. And yes home grown would be the best for knowing what’s on your food.
This summer I will be growing... roselle, okra, sweet potatoes, luffa, puerto rican black beans, ajise peppers. I will let seminole pumpkins, everglades tomatoes, and other hot peppers run through the summer too! Hope that helps. I'm zone 10a
Except I don’t think it’s going to hurt good OR BAD BUGS… I haven’t looked into it but I’m pretty sure it just deters them because they don’t like the smell
“A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.” Can you clarify? This seems to fall under the definition I found
Ya, this is straight comedy!! Orange peels are great for compost or to create good smells in the kitchen when boiling. As for being a pest deterrent: straight comedy, not based in any science, that I can find. And my garden bug population proves: THIS IS A LIE!
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I boiled Orange peel with oinion and pomegranate peels , a drop of Apple cider and a tea spoon of cinnamon and it becomes my main liquid fertilizer in the past 3 months.
An old gardeners tip. Plant marigolds and targetes( sounds like Tageeties) when you speak it) around your tomatoes. The scent from these flowers attracts pollinators, but stops the insects that destroy the plants. I'm learning that everything serves some purpose. The ants are usually cleaning up some food etc. You are a great gardener.
David the Good is a good source of knowledge on how to feed your garden specifically for Florida.
I love David the Good…. But you aren’t saying he is the OLD Florida Gardener 😂 are you?!? 🤣😂🤣
David the Good is my go to guy for information too. His fetid swamp water is my miracle grow for my garden. It smells horrible but works great and is totally free. It has urine in it which grosses me out.
@betty lane I love the experiment he did with the 12 garden beds trying different fertilizers! That was amazing!!!
@@WildFloridian LOL
I have a sour orange tree and found various ways to use the fruit. My favorite after juicing for me, method is to soak the peels covered in water with a 1/2 cup sugar mixed in. Stir everyday until it is vinegar in about two weeks. Strain and use for window cleaner, counter top cleaner, BUT my FAVORITE way is to pour some over the nasty red and bull ants that build a home in my yard. It is ACID so it destroys their lovely little homes wonderfully.
Thanks. I like your style. You're informing without the irritating fluff most youtube content creators do...
Cool page 😊
Citrus oil is used to break down adhesive. When my hubby was sent home with an IV, they also sent wipes with orange oil on them in the bandage change kits.
They worked great for the medical tape removal. Lemon oil works on getting labels off stuff too.
Thak you for the great video! I do the same without boiling the peels, but fermenting them just in water for several weeks. I just put the peels in a bucket with plain water, cover the bucket with a lid to push all peels under the water (otherwise they mold) and let them sit there for at least 3 weeks, better more. Then the mixture is ready.
I have fermented orange peel 4 months ago, can you please share how much water does it take to dilute? Thank you!
Same here
I have an old Kool-aid gallon bottle, and I took the peels of a grapefruit and put it into the water after filling it all the way to the top. At first I was using banana peels but when I started using the orange peels my plants became stronger, grew up straighter, became greener. I'm trying to grow bell peppers, I have a basil plant and all of it was rather slow growing and getting scotched in the sun until this point. So I'm excited I found that hack about a week ago now on my own. I follow a lady who showed putting a banana in the rain water on TikTok so I just wanted to try Grapefruit to see what will happen. And yeah actually I do notice the bugs that was eating at the leaves stopped. 🤷🏾♀️
Thank you I did not know that I’m growing orange and lemon trees it will take a while to grow can’t wait to taste them
I sun-dry the peels, blitz it to a powder and sprinkle directly on the soil for my tomato plants which are especially susceptible to aphids. The powder smells very intense coz I guess once the water evaporates from the peels, the oils in the peels become very concentrated.
Brilliant! Let's see if I can remember to utilize this when I start my garden next month 🤣
Thanks Amy!
I toss citrus peels from oranges, limes, grapefruit....... under the trees. They work with the leaves as a mulch. Then they eventually break down and feed the soil.
Citrus also repels cats. I had to do this because my neighbor just lets them breed and I have a wolf dog so I didn't want him killing them. Started doing this system and it worked. They no longer cross my fence. Not sure if this works for rabbits, but I thought I would share. BTW love your channel.
This video was really helpful honestly because I’m trying to start my little garden but the bug are horrendous but this I’ll definitely try 😊
Interesting. We found a natural citrus based roach/insect spray a while back and it seriously worked. Smelled nice and wasn’t toxic either.
I have a bitter, now-wild orange tree on my property. I am going to try this. Very cool!
Zone 9b Fresno Ca here. But was born in the Keys so I guess I’m a Conch.
After watching this I decided to check out ur channel and I saw butterfly gardening. Have begun that as well here so I hit that subscribe button.
And thought I’d say hello:)
I love this! I'm going to try it with my persian limes for testing.
Good luck! 😄
Hi! Oh wow! I had no idea! Thank you for sharing this awesome tip!
You’re welcome Sassy Cat 😄
This is awesome! I cannot wait to try this . Im in palm beach county.
Can you do this with any citrus, such as lemons and limes? I know that oranges used to be used in cattle feed but did not know about the pesticide. Thank you for this information. Your garden looks great!
Yes, any citrus will work! Thank you ☺️
Thanks Jaclyn (sp?) I was wondering the same thing. You have helped me so much since my move to FL almost 2 years ago. I tell people to watch my “friend” on RUclips!
@@WildFloridian sweet. I just went through some grapefruit
very good garden..👍👍
Thank you!
Your videos are so helpful thank you 🙏
Thank you Sanja! 🥰
Thanks for this info
Thank you !
Hi, thank you for sharing! Can I use it for my indoor garden? When you first boil the orange peel, what's the ratio for the peel to the water?
A neighbor told me yesterday to try tobacco juice for the cutworms on my corn. Tried it this morning, poured it down the center of the top (where the damage is occurring) of course I don't know yet if it'll work, but I'm making some more... I'm in Florida.
@@gofigure4920 Yikes. I guess my corn has become a test subject. Will have to get back to this comment with the results. It's just one small patch that I did, and I won't do my larger plantings... I see my baby corn planting is getting cutworm too.
I learnt something #new
Thanks.
😊😊🇯🇲
Yay! 🙌
Good video thx for sharing and the info
Thanks Larry!
I appreciate your video and I’m a new subscriber. I live in California and after relocating my Orange tree I’m on the second year with no Oranges. Also I never fertilize any suggestions I would appreciate. 🍊
Do you have any thoughts on using Neem oil? I’m getting holes in my new green & banana peppers. Would the Orange peel pesticide help? Can the Orange peeks left from the pesticide recipe do well in the compost container instead of spreading around the garden beds? I’m concerned about fruit rats. Appreciate all the wonderful and encouraging info you share. I’m learning a lot from you, little by little but you boast my confidence. Thanks.
I have seen alot of gardener's saying that neem oil is very good
I’ve heard that orange peels also repel the good bugs, good bacteria, and earth worms though… have you not found this to be an issue? I know you mentioned to avoid butterfly gardens, but don’t we still want worms and pollinators hanging around our veggies and fruit crops?
These are great questions! So on orange peels... the limonene breaks down pretty quickly so it is more of a spot treatment pesticide versus a mass pesticide to rid an area of all life. This has been reviewed because there was a lot of misconception on the ability to compost oranges and other citrus. What they found was that worms took longer to break down orange peels and worm colonies were not destroyed but could be impacted by the acid and limonene in the very short term. The general benefit is more as a fertilizer more than anything. I still have loads of bugs in my garden. But I'm super wary of putting it near my caterpillars. I'm a big believer that right crop and variety at the right time of year is the biggest deterrent to pest infestation. The other thing is that I only did this once in the season... since I don't have another crop of oranges, I won't be doing this again until next year. Cheers! 😄
@@WildFloridian great, thanks!
She did say that in this video that to be careful not to spray it where your flowers and plants that you don't want the good bugs damaged in any way. I think I would instead of pouring the juice on I would take a light spray bottle and spray it just on the leaves of the plants or the base like the base of squash to keep boars away seems to me that would be more effective and ecologically balanced you got to use something anything you use is going to affect the entire ecological system so this is not toxic and people think that just because something is organic which is all natural that it can't be toxic this is not true there are a lot of organic fertilizers and organic pesticides out there that actually are toxic but they're pure and natural
all great info..BTW are all the t-shirts women's cut ?? I'd love to get a few for my sons... they are certainly WILD FLORIDIANS ;-)
Thanks! The woman’s cut shirt are marked womens. Otherwise they are men/gender neutral. I just made a change in the back end which is updating to a new fabric for the shirts (softer). So it may not show on RUclips for a day or two but are all updated on the spring link. Thank you so much for considering buying! 😄
@@WildFloridian Great I'll check back in a day or two
Florida gardener here
Yay 🙌
How often do you do this ?
This is great info I'm definitely going to try it. Also how can you be sure that your getting healthy mulch/compost from chip drop...I've heard some horror stories
Thank you so much!
But may I ask if is it okay to use it every 2 weeks?
Would citrus/orange piths be as effective for fertilizer? How about as a pesticide?
I zest my oranges and lemons, eat or juice them and I'm left over with some pulp and juice covered piths..
I'm wondering if i should stop zesting and leave the peel/rind on. I know the peel has nutrients, but I'm wondering if the pith is *enough*?
Very interesting. Will this help strawberries whose leaves are starting to turn brown and yellow?
I heard the orange peel odour also keeps cats, foxes etc away from dumping on your soil?
If i soak banana peels with one gallon of water, then how much water i have to dilute with it? Please let me know. Thanks.
Tried this and the leaves perked up on my lime tree. How often should we do this? We’re in Fl
Is it necessary to cook the orange peels?
I soaked orange peel in water to put in the garden but flies are attracted to it. How is it then a pesticide?
Great tip who knew oranges! Does it say anything about using other citrus? Thanks
All types of citrus will work 😉
So... I went and took this idea to the next level. Though, not sure how its going to turn out. I used a Vitamix and liquified one orange peel and a lemon peel. I was obviously was to much pulp so I put some 1/4 cup of pulp with a 700 milliliters of water. This was before I watched your video. I sprayed all my plants. Could I burn them? I did this in the evening. Will my plants survive?
How did you plant do? I did something similar just now and wondered if I over did it. I was looking to see if someone else tried mixing lemon peel in as well.
@@tjp2462 It worked but my solution came out as a gel :( The plants did fine. Still alive but it was to thick to spray. But I ended up putting more water in to liquefy it some more and that helped a bit. Not recommending blending though the idea of using orange peel is awesome. This lady knows what she is talking about. Have fun gardening T J P :)
How do you get cattle panels home??? I live just south of Tampa in a suburban area, and I'm setting up raised beds. I would loooooove to do cattle panel trellises, but I don't know how to transport the supplies.
I would rent or borrow a friend's pick up truck. You can then arc the panels and then tie down the edges to transport 👍
Home Depot rents pickup trucks. And check Uhaul too.
will this kill fleas?
How can we use peels that aren't organic on our gardens? Is there a way to clean chemicals off to use?
You should be able to wash them off. In commercial industry oranges are washed, juiced and orange peels are made into cattle feed. The EU is a large purchaser of orange peel cattle feed. So most orange crops will follow EU guidance and controls.
I was using my peels to make compost but stop when I heard that they are sprayed and can be harmful to plants. But I suppose if you use organic or your own that would be ok
You should be able to wash the pesticides off any oranges. And orange pesticides are generally focused on eliminating the citrus psyllid. Orange blossoms and therefore oranges are the largest nectar and pollen source for pollinators in Florida. And yes home grown would be the best for knowing what’s on your food.
Will this help protect my flower seedlings from nefarious snails?
What vegetables do you grow in the Summer?? I am 9B/10A SW Florida
This summer I will be growing... roselle, okra, sweet potatoes, luffa, puerto rican black beans, ajise peppers. I will let seminole pumpkins, everglades tomatoes, and other hot peppers run through the summer too! Hope that helps. I'm zone 10a
@@WildFloridian Yes. Thank you!
Any thoughts on if this will become a rat attractant?
Highly unlikely. The sugars are mostly broken down through heating. The mixture doesn't smell sweet at all.
Except I don’t think it’s going to hurt good OR BAD BUGS… I haven’t looked into it but I’m pretty sure it just deters them because they don’t like the smell
Is it just orange peels or any citrus peeling?
Any citrus peels will work!
@@WildFloridian thank you.
Can mandarín peel be used instead of orange peel?
Yes 👍
Isn't a fertiliser, please search the definition of fertiliser. It is a soil conditioner.
“A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.” Can you clarify? This seems to fall under the definition I found
U should use More vocal fry and make more words into questions
Ya, this is straight comedy!! Orange peels are great for compost or to create good smells in the kitchen when boiling. As for being a pest deterrent: straight comedy, not based in any science, that I can find. And my garden bug population proves: THIS IS A LIE!