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Re: Garlic spray

I have used a garlic spray with a bit of success.  The recipe I have used is as
follows:

10 to 13 unpeeled cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon mineral oil
1 teaspoon liquid nondetergent soap
1 cup of warm water

Crush garlic or chop finely.  Place garlic & mineral oil in glass
container(jar), stir lightly adn let stand for at least 24 hours.  Then, in a
bowl, place soap, water & garlic-oil mixture.  Mix well adn strain into storage
container (jar).  Store in refridgerator for several weeks.

To use, dilute 1 to 2 tablespoons concentrate to 1 pint water and spray  on
plants.  Be sure to spray thoroughly the undersides of leaves where pest
congregate.

*Variation:  Substitute garlic powder (not garlic salt) for the fresh garlic.
Use 1/8 teaspoon powder for each garlic clove.

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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