Homemade Garlic-Mint Garden Insect Spray {that really works!!} - AnOregonCottage.com
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2014
- This all-natural, non-chemical insect spray has worked for me. And according to the comments, hundreds of others. It's easy to make and won't harm your plants. Just what I needed as an organic gardener.
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When my basil plants, trumpet vine, and green beans were being eaten alive by unseen bugs, she had to find an effective way to get rid of the pests.
I couldn't use chemicals because some of these plants were herbs she used in cooking. But the organic remedies I tried simply didn't work.
Combining several natural pest remedies I'd read about, I created a Garlic-Mint Garden Insect Spray. It has just four ingredients: garlic, mint leaves, cayenne pepper, and a small amount of biodegradable dishwashing liquid.
Go to my blog for the actual recipe and cooking instructions:
www.anoregoncottage.com/homema...
I sprayed it all over the plants and the first thing she noticed was it smelled good. Within two weeks the plants had noticeably improved. After a month they were back to full health.
The bugs, whatever they were, had been driven away by the spray. (I never found any dead bodies.)
Watch the video and then make a batch of spray for your garden. Get more great organic gardening ideas at www.AnOregonCottage.com.
I had tried that recipe before I came across your video. You're right. I should have tested it first. Thank you for your advice.
I am so inspired to try this. I just lost my Peruvian lily to caterpillar attack )): But being rhizomes, the lily is growing back and yup, the caterpillars are back at work again! I certainly am gonna try this and hope my lily grows back. Thank you for the information. :)
Thanks for sharing. It works wonderfully!
This is amazing. My dad just started his garden. Definitely sharing it with him. Thank you! ❤
Wonderful!
Great video and great advice! Thank you very much!!!
I'm so glad you shared this. I'm having the exact same problem with bean beetles. I'm trying this- I've got plenty of mint coming in so this is basically a free solution. Thank you, I LOVE free!!
Yay! Good luck!
Jamie -
I made your recipe back in 2020. I doubled your recipe back then and stored it in a plastic jug as a spray bottle refill.
I JUST ran out this morning, 05/23.
So it stores well and didn't get rancid.
I use it on everything.
Snails, spider mites, aphids, red lily beetles that are coming in on any big box store - hosta, pansy, petunia, oriental lily plants, etc.
I'm even hitting shade-loving ferns that attract tons of mosquitoes to deter them from the yard.
I know you cut mint from your yard but it's $4 for a handful at local markets, so this new batch is going to have peppermint essential oil instead and maybe a drop or two of rosemary oil instead as the oil is what they are deterred from that sticks to the leaves and stems and drops onto the soil. That will also deter the bunny rabbits from my hostas without being harmful.
I also want to say that food grade diatomaceous earth is also great for the fungal issues and is also safe for pets in the yard.
A little Morganite fertilizer for the grass (pet safe too) and your backyards are poison-free and happy.
Their's nothing worse than watching a neighbor carelessly spray Roundup and Weed and Feed on a windy day knowing that animals walk in bare feet every day year after year on poisons drifting every which way.
Thank you again for sharing an easy, long-storing pet-safe spray that isn't hard on the wallet.
🙏🌞
Wow, this is so amazing - I'm so glad to know that it worked for you that long!! I'm just about to make a batch for this season (I also use it to keep the deer away from a few precious plants…) so this is good to know - thank you!
This is interesting. How many drops of Peppermint oil did you use, and was it just as effective as using the plant? Thank you!
A propa dropa
Thanks, I'm going to try this on my Basil plant!
Just what I was looking for , thank you
Hi Jami. Thanks for the tip. I have sprayed my indoor and outdoor plants just now. I hope it get rids off the tiny grasshoppers on my hanging plants. I’ll keep you posted. All the best, Charles from Manila, Philippines 💚
Yes, do let me know!
Any feedback?
Thank you so much for sharing great tips, definitely I will use tomorrow.
Hope it helps!
Just started me a batch! Thank you so much..
Excellent stuff. I will make this for this summer. Thank you for the video :)
My pleasure 😊 I'm off to make a batch for me, too!
Thank you!!! I'm new at gardening and wish to enjoy the growing and harvest experience. This gives me hope!!! 😊
Best of luck!
Thank you so much!!! Just last night I made another batch of the spray. IT WORKS AMAZINGLY!!! Just as you said it doesn't kill the bugs it just repell them. Thank you again!!! GOD you and your family!!!
Very informative video!.Thanx for sharing!..Happy Gardening!..:-)
Great natural products, will try it in my garden
Great - hope it helps!
just jound you. very impressed and will spread the word.
This was the best video out of several I watched about garlic sprays. It was short, concise to the point and had before and after pictures. Way to go!
Wow, thank you!
@@AnOregonCottage what type of mint?
@@jameswilliams5227 Any type that is pungent like spearmint or peppermint. There are some mints that aren't as strong - pineapple and lime come to mind.
@@AnOregonCottage What about mountain mint? I have that growing, and would like to use it in your recipe.
@@tinaholbrook9719 Any strong smelling mint will work - go for it.
I will try this technique tomorrow! Left the garden so disappointed tonight. After so much hard work these past few months tilling, planting, weeding, feeding, and caring for my vegetable plants 🌱 I lost 4 melons 🍉 three squash plants and my bush bean have holes everywhere.
Can I just cry it off? 😭
Hoping I can save the bean. Poles bean are just growing after 3 tries this summer. I’ll be on top of those before they start chewing on them!
Thanks for the tip!
Earwigs love basil and only come out at night. Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try.
Hope this helps!
I’m had been plants basil all my life and never had that issue and it very easy to plants
SO glad you haven't had this issue!
Impressive. I have been after a chemical free fix for my greenhouse bugs. I love your thinking about the use of garlic. It will work systemically I guess. An old old remedy for Nematodes in humans and other animals. Many thanks and kind regards from England 🏴😁
Thank you! I hope this works on those bugs like it did mine!
A must try because something is attacking my green beans so l hope it works for my garden. Thank you so much! Happy Gardening 😊
I hope this helps you like it has me!
I have noticed in western n.c. little yellow fuzzy bugs and caterpillars on my green beans foliage. What bugs have you noticed? Oh, and also a lady bug that is a yellowish color w/ black spots also. One lady told me that was a bad lady bug. I thought all lady bugs were sweet and brought good luck and ate the pests?¿?
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Thank you!! I have been looking for natural solutions for insect repellents for my herb plants. I will try the recipe. =))
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Wow. Excellent discovery. Will definitely be trying. 😘👌🏾
Hope it helps!
Very interesting video thank you, I will try this. Subbed!
Hi, I've just finished my first batch after five years (yes I made a lot!) and have now made another batch. Apart from deterring caterpillars, whitefly hate it and swarm away from my brassicas in a cloud when I spray. My Lithuanian neighbour on the allotments has also made some.
Oh, that's so good to know!
Sounds awesome ...thanks so much
Good tip to spray early morning or late afternoon when pollinators aren't as active!
Yes!
Thanks for sharing. I'm certainly going to try this
Hope it works in your garden, too!
Thank you for sharing ~ will try it...
Try first
We found you while looking for a diy spray for our garden. We're going to try this! Our only pest at this point is grasshopper. We haver marigolds and have great success with those. Will update after we try this. Thank you!.
I'll be curious to see if this works with grasshoppers, Mary!
Did it work on your grasshoppers? I'm infested with them😭
I have tried this and I believe it works. Just today I saw my first cucumber beetles (3) and I gave my cucs and squashes a good spray. Last year I was overwhelmed with the buggers. I'm hoping they will stay away...this is my test.
Wonderful! I keep finding more things I use this on (right now it's keeping away deer from a shrub they were decimating….).
I made this the other day and sprayed it on my tomato, pepper and basil. So far so good. No signs of additional damage. I'm totally excited right now. Thank you.
Love hearing this, Jennifer - thanks!
Love hearing this too. How long do you steep the garlic and mint leaves till you strain per say 3 cups as shown in video, and how much water? Then for when you make a big batch just double the ingredients? For 3 cups of mint, say 5 lg. Garlic cloves or more?
Do you think it would help my cucumber plants? They are getting eaten.
@@AnOregonCottageis good for olives trees &frut
You could also use garlic powder just like cayenne powder and use essential oil of peppermint or Rosemary and then the soap. It is a little easier to make and u can use ur mint for cooking or other recipes., a table spoon of pure cold pressed neem oil wouldn't hurt either. Add when you add the soap.
Yeah, I boiled Garlic powder and added spearmint oil. Worked just fine.
@@TonyisToking ,how much did you use of spices and oils? I have all in the house and need to treat my flowers before they sre gone.
This works so well thank you!
So glad it helped!
Hi, TFS these tips. Just wanted to share an fyi regarding the garlic. It's best to add it to the hot water after you take it off the heat and let it cool slightly. Otherwise you're killing the beneficial properties in the garlic. Hope that helps, have a great day everyone.
Thank you!
@@AnOregonCottagedoes it matter what time of day? Didn't want to burn the plants
@@suzanneholt8011 If it's a warm day I would definitely spray early morning or evening just to be sure.
Just made my second batch this morning. I made it specifically for my basil as "nits" had destroyed it the past two years. Sprayed it and saw an improvement. Then I began using it on other veggies - potato, peppers, broccoli - and saw an improvement there, too. Am out of garlic today so am trying onion along with some potent garlic powder. Will see how that does!
Good to know!!
Grasshoppers are after my basil! Made this tonight and will try it tomorrow after the sun moves away from the plants.
did it work well with onion too? 😀😀
How often do u spray the plants
hope this insect spray works in the bugs on the fig trees as well. Thanks for sharing!!
Hope it does, too - let us know!
Great video👍🏻 thanks for sharing.
Thank you. Was great . Will try that one
Please do!
I will tried.thank you for offer the measures.
You are welcome 😊
thank you.
i might try it.
Thanks.for this. Definitely going to try it
Please do! And let me know how it works.
Thank you very much for this useful information!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much!
I just threw two big garlic cloves (the entire clump of several individual cloves), a handful of spearmint (didn't have peppermint) and about 1/2 a cup of cayenne pepper hot sauce in the Blender, added some boiling water and now it's cooling. Smells like this stuff will keep anything away! Thanks for the great advice.
How did the spearmint work?
Sounds great!
Any strong mint plant will work!
Thank you!
It worked beautifully 😊😊
Yay - So great to hear!
You can use essential oil if peppermint and garlic powder if u don't want to chop garlic. It still works.
I don't like the idea of using soap, so I will try this.
Going to give something a try, they are devouring my basil! 😫
I'm using Mint, chopped garlic, Sriracha and chopped chili peppers!
that should do the job, anything that has a strong smell will keep most pests away from your crops
Ravenwolf Allotments, I'm a huge fan of spicy food and the scent was soo appetizing! Lol
Thank you! Im spraying it on everything...
You're welcome - hope it works for you, too!
I think your Nightime Marauders are Earwigs. Brilliant tip thankyou so much. We are definately going to try this : )
You may be right! I hope this helps you.
I like this best as you don't have to destroy the bugs, just discourage them from coming around, which I favor...I plan on steeping it out in the sun to make "sun tea" using the ingredients you mentioned, saves on having to boil, let the sun do it...I am wondering if it will work as a snake deterrent too...maybe but my guess is I would have to spray more frequently
That's a good idea, especially if it's hot weather. I've no idea about snakes! Let us know if you try it for that.
I'll try this one too. I made one out of peppermint liquid castile soap. It worked but I'll try something more like yours.
Yes, I think the addition of garlic and pepper really helps!
I'll do it right now!!!
I made the mixture but I think I killed my bean pole plant with it. I just took a clear bottle of spray water and rinsed off my plants, everything but the watermelons/cantaloupes and cabbage. They have been eaten pretty well. I checked these plants and so far they're not dead! I won't use chemicals in my organic garden. Maybe I got a little spray crazy. Any ways, it seemed to harsh for some of my plants, especially my bean pole plant, pea plant that was dying and my cilantro. This is all a grand experiment for me I am new at gardening.
I am looking for an organic pest control for the potato beetles. I will try this..
Thanks for the good advice I m from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Hope it helps you there!
This actually does work. I also use this but I add in cloves with the mint and Boil it. I also add just a little oil to stick to the plants.
I'm glad to know it worked for you, too - I'll try adding cloves (though it's the soap that helps the spray to stick to leaves).
@@AnOregonCottage True yes. I forgot to mention that I add just a drop of soap lastly to the mixture. This actually works very very well. My cabbages are doing so well.
@@musaadfelton3909 I'm so glad it's working so well!
@@AnOregonCottage I'm sorry to respond so late. For some reason I could not respond to comments on youtube. But it's working again now. So yes for years my wife had a peach tree growing up at her mom's place but it never produced fruit. The fruit would always grow to marble size and then fall off. I cut that tree down I winter and when spring started I sprayed the tree with thay mixture when the first leaves appeared after the flowers. After the flowers have been pollinated. I pulled off some of the peachers just to lighten the load on the tree and sprayed it again. Now there ate Peaches growing. So this mixture is fantastic. Thanks for sharing the video and to all the people watching. This works very good.
@@musaadfelton3909 That's so great!! Thank you for taking the time to reply and explain!
Thank you, you are an angel.
I hope this works for you! Readers keep telling me it works for more and more things like repelling deer and raccoons!
love it
Thank you for sharing!!!! We'll see if it works on my grape vines! I'll let you know : )
Great - I'd love to know!
Did the spray work on your plants?
Thanks for sharing.
I need to try this on my passion fruit vines .. the catapillers are really bad🤞🤞
Thank You for your video I've been looking for something like this 👍👍
I hope this works for you, too!
I try the solution , very good !!!!
Great!
Try planting marigolds around. They help repel bugs too.
Yep - do all the things you can to help you grow your food!
Thank you for sharing and would help to know how much water but I can experiment 😅 cool video
Thanks for watching! Full recipe ingredients are through the link in the description!
awesome!
Thank you so much!!
You're welcome!
i got this "water mint" a EU variety its nice but very medicinal and strong, bet that will be great. and as someone mentioned molasses. but it wont replace the soap factor, some say
Yes, any strong mint will work.
Apparently, putting a bit of fruit juice in helps to attract sugar craving bugs like aphids and ensure that they eat it. Seeing that garlic and mint are not attacked much by pests, even though they have never been boiled, I suggest not boiling it, therefore killing bacteria and enzymes, but just grind it and steep it.
If you test that out, let us know how it works! Interesting about the fruit, too.
wow ! very brave mam
It really help me👍
Yay!
Awesome. Thank you
You're welcome!
Bravo I will try it
Great!
amazing
I got so excited that I just used ordinary basil, black pepper, garlic and dish soap... After spraying my greenhouse, it made the whole garden smelled like an italian restaurant T_T
Thank You!
You're welcome!
i try this recipe
Thank you! I already made the recipe. Hope this works on the basil. I have a question, how many times should I spray? If there are already parasites on the plant?
Hope it works, too. I sprayed once, waited, and then sprayed again a few days later. I only needed a couple of times and then the plants were healthy enough to grow on their own.
Finally found it!!
Good!
AWESOME THANKS FOR SHARING
You are so welcome
Thanks so much 🙏 💓 ☺
You're welcome 😊
Great vid
Thank you!
It looks like it works great on bugs. But what about critters like rabbits and raccoons? Seems easy and legit I’m going to make and try it out thank you for sharing
Great idea - I've had lots of people who've used this say they've tried it with animals like deer and so it may work!
Great video thank you! Hey if i make a bottle of this how long will it last? any ideas? leave it in fridge vs in closet shelf life thoughts?
I found that it lost its potency after about a month in the garden shed. It may last longer in a fridge - I haven't tested that.
Thanks for sharing 👍
You're welcome!!
This is the answer to my chewing bugs that have gotten out of control. Effective immediately, thanks for the video. Also wondering if it affects the taste of produce that has been sprayed.
Wow, I'm so glad it helped! It may if you harvested right away. If you want to harvest within a few days, I'd spray the plants down. Or just wash the produce well after bringing in.
I was spraying my garden with insecticide - have to - too many earwigs, and I noticed a side effect. I checked what the ingredient was in the spray - Permethrin. I use mostly raised gardens, so I spray around the edges of the boxes. Snails do not like it and slugs curl up if they touch it. I know it's a chemical but my garden was being destroyed every year. The side effect was on snail and slug deterrence and that made me happy because they are the biggest eaters. Having seen this video, I'll try it and hope for the best. I'd rather steer away from chemicals if I can.
This won't work on snails and slugs - they don't care about the smell, lol. It may work on earwigs, though!
You may want to try corn meal in your soil, it works for grub worms, they eat it and die
I just use garlic and I just pure boiled water and use as soon as it's cooled down. And it works - every time
Good to know
Thank you very much for sharing in a very humble manner. Appreciate...
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for sharing
Just made some and sprayed on my mint ,It was dying and wilted and leaves were eaten by something all had holes in them DO WE SPRAY IT DAILY OR AT WHAT INTERVALS PLS ADVISE
I sprayed and let it work for a week and then check to see if it needs another spray. The basil only needed 2 sprays total and the beans only one.
Nice Video !
Thanks!
Thanks very much for the recepie. Would this work on possums eating my vine leaves? Thanks again!
You're welcome. I've no idea about possums, though!
Really nice sharing i liked this new friend here stay connected 👍🤝❤❤❤
Thank you, I will
Hi thanks for the advice! How long can I keep the mixture for?
2-4 weeks, with less potency at the 4 week mark.
This recipe looks great. I have been wanting to try a pest control solution for my basil. Caterpillars are eating it! My question is if I can substitute the fresh mint with peppermint essential oil. I could add it after boiling the cayenne and garlic. Would this work? If so, how many drops you think?
Dallas Nachtigall I think that would probably work, adding it after boiling (though with he cayenne, since it's used dry - you can use fresh peppers and boil them but it's easier for me to use dried). I don't know how many drops - is there any way to find out what would equal the amount needed?
Thanky so march🙏🙏
You're welcome!
Hi, very helpful. Does this Garlic-Mint concoction work for cabbage looper worms?
I haven't tested it, but I don't think it would deter the worms once they're on the plants. It may keep the butterflies that lay them from the plants? I'll have to test that out!