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Hot Pepper Spray Recipe

4/15/2015

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How to make pepper spray for plant pests

If your plants are being attacked by pests, one option is to spray your garden with pepper spray.  You can buy it already made but it can be expensive.  Here's how to make your own pepper spray using habaneros peppers.  Remember, spray on the part of the plants your don't intend to eat as it is difficult to remove the "hot" (unless you like hot!)

Pepper spray supplies

Here is the list of items you'll need to make your spray:
  • Gloves (an absolute must, it's very hard to get off your hands and can burn your skin)
  • Mask (again, if it gets in your eyes it will burn them)
  • Five gallon bucket
  • Cheese cloth
  • Garden sprayer
And here is the list of ingredients:
  • 2 cups hot peppers, chopped (habaneros is a good variety)
  • 1 tbsp cayenne peper
  • 1 head garlic
  • 3 tbsp dish liquid soap
  • 4 gallons water

Instructions:
  • Chop 2 cups of peppers
  • Combine peppers, cayenne and garlic in the food processor. Add enough water to puree
  • Pour puree into 5 gallon bucket, add 5 gallons of water
  • Let sit for 24 hours
  • Strain the pureed material from the water through a cheese cloth or fine strainer
  • Add the dish liquid soap (will make the liquid stick to the plants better)
  • Pour into garden sprayer.

Spraying plants:
  • It's best to spray on a windless day, after honey bees have gone back to the hive.
  • Don't spray in the heat of the day, wait until evening to avoid burning plants.
  • Put on your goggles and cover exposed skin with protective clothing.
  • Coat plants well.  Avoid the parts you eat.
  • Reapply  every few days.

Hot pepper spray is approved by the EPA as a natural pest deterrent and is an effective alternative to poison. It's available commercially, but it's not that hard to do. Consider making your own to save money.

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Healthy plants and soil

Your first line of defense against pest and disease is healthy plants and soil.  Keep your garden pest free by using certified organic worm castings- they'll encourage beneficial microbes and beneficial insects.
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Natural Pest Control

4/9/2015

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Natural pest control
Frogs eat bugs that eat plants.

Pepper Spray For Bugs

If you're trying to garden organically, what do you do to protect your plants from pests?  Besides encouraging beneficial creatures, like the frog here, and making sure your plants are healthy and strong by providing all the nutrients and mico-nutrients they need, what else can you do when those inevitable pests show up?

Pepper Spray for naturally safe pest control

A tried and true method of natural pest control is pepper spray.  You can mix up your own economically using  peppers from the capsicum variety.  The EPA has approved capsicum, the compound in peppers that make them "hot", as a biochemical method of pest repellent and killer.  There are a few caveats, though, to consider when you use it on your plants:
  • Capsicum also kills bees:
    Spray only after they've returned to the hive late in the day.
  • Pepper spray can irritate:
    Wear glove and goggles to protect your skin and eyes. Also, avoid spraying on windy days.
  • Use caution near bodies of water
    The effect of hot pepper of  hot pepper on fish and other aquatic life is not well known, so it's wise to avoid spraying near ponds just in case.
Otherwise, pepper spray is safe to use:  It doesn't  repel or harm birds; it repels but doesn't harm mammals; it kills and repels insects.  
Habanero is A good, cheap variety of hot pepper, available at grocery stores.
Insects  avoid plants treated with pepper spray.  So, next time reach for the "hot sauce" instead of harmful pesticides to keep your plants pest free, naturally.

Next...How to make pepper spray.

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Pest control in an organic garden starts with health plants and soil.

Healthy Plants repel pests

Keep your plants  healthy and strong by providing all the nutrients and micro-nutrients they need. Improved microbe-diversity of your soil will eliminate most pest and disease problems through "competitive exclusion".  Black Castings™ and VermaPlex® is your first defense against pest damage.
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