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Re: Garlic spray

Ian,

I've never used garlic spray, but I thought I'd butt in and clarify for
the U.S. residents that liquid paraffin is kerosene.  Most U.S.'ers
think of a wax when they see the word paraffin.

I tried a much higher concentration of garlic juice in water to try to
deter cabbage maggots last summer.  I missed two consecutive drenchings,
however, so my experiment was a failure.  (The experiment was a failure,
not necessarily the idea. I'll try again this year.)

Steve


Ian Gill wrote:
> 
> Greetings from sunny New Zealand,
>                                  I wonder if anyone could spare a moment
> from shovelling snow and plotting doom on woodchucks to give me a bit of
> advice on garlic spray.
> 
> I've just started using garlic spray in my greenhouse as an alternative to
> pyrethrum spray which has worked well on our array of sap-sucking insects
> but unfortunately also kills bees and is expensive.
> 
> Does anyone actually use garlic spray successfully?
> 
> I've attached a recipe found in a magazine which I'm now spaying on
> tomatoes, capsicum, cucumbers and eegplants.
> 
> I would welcome any comments, suggestions, warnings or recipe
> modifications.
> 
> Regards   Ian Gill
> 
> The Garlic spray recipe...
> 
> Effective against: Aphids, wire worms, snails, codling moth caterpillars
> and white-cabbage butterflies.
> 
> Chop three ounces of garlic bulbs and mix with two teaspoonful of liquid
> paraffin.
> 
> Soak for 48 hours.
> 
> Add a pint of water - mix well with a quarter of an ounce of good oil-based
> soap as a spreader.
> 
> Strain and store in a plastic container.
> 
> DILUTION: one percent.
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