Garlic Spray: A Powerful Natural Insecticide

Easy to prepare and almost free of charge. Garlic spray is a powerful natural insecticide, particularly effective against aphids, scale insects, and red spider mites. These insects can destroy your plants at any time. And if you don't want to waste them and protect them, it's best to use garlic spray as a preventative measure, especially during the summer.

GARLIC SPRAY

The materials for making garlic spray are essential and don't require any special purchases. A recommendation: Garlic must be aged and not freshly picked.

Necessary

• Water.
• Aged garlic (4-6 cloves per liter of water)
• Mortar
• Passino
• Spray bottle
• A glass bottle.

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PREPARATION OF GARLIC SPRAY

To prepare the garlic spray it is very important, after putting it in a glass bottle, to make sure that it can be stored in the dark. here is the procedure.

• Use 4-6 cloves of garlic, aged as much as possible.
• Remove them from the packaging and chop them in a mortar.
• Place the garlic pieces in a one-liter bottle.
• Fill the bottle with boiling water, close it, shake it and leave it to rest for 1 or 2 days in a dark place.
• Filter the macerate well and put it in a container with a spray bottle.
• Spray the liquid directly on the plants and the surrounding soil.

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HOW TO USE GARLIC SPRAY

To make the best use of garlic spray, the method is very simple: just spray it on the leaves and stems of the plantsAt a time when the sun isn't shining, so that absorption is slower and more effective. The repellent effect of this natural insecticide should be immediate. Garlic contains allicin, the substance that gives it such a strong odor, and sulfur. Two things insects can't tolerate.

WHAT KEEPS GARLIC AWAY

Garlic, as a protective ingredient, can be very valuable for your vegetable garden and garden. Just plant it in the right spot. It will also perform its function as a natural pest control for insects and fungi. In particular, Garlic is very useful for protecting rose bushes, and it is also planted around the trunks of fruit trees. In the garden it protects lettuce, carrot and celery plants. Keeps red spiders away that attack tomatoes. And it can even improve the flavor of beets, cabbage, and peas.

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