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As for myself. I have a plant fungus problem on a mini rose. It's a delicate plant and this moist weather is helping to grow the funky stuff.
Here's how it's gonna get fixed and kill/repel the critters attracted to it.
Home depot sprayer. Ratio 4-1 of rain water to 3%, H2O2.
2nd Home depot sprayer. Hand full of dried skinny red chili peppers (the ones that come in the Mexican package). Three raw garlic cloves, whole. Five drops, concentrated Dawn dish soap. Half a teaspoon(guesstimated) of sunflower oil. Let sit over night in the spray bottle. Shaking it up every now and then.
Using the water and hydrogen peroxide. Misted the top soil. Then fluffed about a half inch of the soil using a fork. Misted again. This also kills certain larva. Fungus knats being one.
Gave it about 15 minutes.
Followed with the aged pepper spray. Misted the soil. Stirred it a bit. Misted again. This doesn't kill bugs. It keeps momma repelled from laying eggs in the soil.
Misted the rose with the pepper spray only, till it ran off the leaves. Top and bottom of the leaves. Ill treat it with the pepper spray again in about 4 days. Then weekly. Then, hopefully, monthly. Unless the fungus comes back. Then the whole treatment repeats.
Don't get the pepper spray in your eyes. Don't rub your eyes after spraying it. It'll make you sneeze from a distance. It's stout stuff.
The hanging golden pathos vines got a spray. The cat won't be chewing those anymore. Guaranteed.
Express your ideas, inventions, DIY, questions...
As for myself. I have a plant fungus problem on a mini rose. It's a delicate plant and this moist weather is helping to grow the funky stuff.
Here's how it's gonna get fixed and kill/repel the critters attracted to it.
Home depot sprayer. Ratio 4-1 of rain water to 3%, H2O2.
2nd Home depot sprayer. Hand full of dried skinny red chili peppers (the ones that come in the Mexican package). Three raw garlic cloves, whole. Five drops, concentrated Dawn dish soap. Half a teaspoon(guesstimated) of sunflower oil. Let sit over night in the spray bottle. Shaking it up every now and then.
Using the water and hydrogen peroxide. Misted the top soil. Then fluffed about a half inch of the soil using a fork. Misted again. This also kills certain larva. Fungus knats being one.
Gave it about 15 minutes.
Followed with the aged pepper spray. Misted the soil. Stirred it a bit. Misted again. This doesn't kill bugs. It keeps momma repelled from laying eggs in the soil.
Misted the rose with the pepper spray only, till it ran off the leaves. Top and bottom of the leaves. Ill treat it with the pepper spray again in about 4 days. Then weekly. Then, hopefully, monthly. Unless the fungus comes back. Then the whole treatment repeats.
Don't get the pepper spray in your eyes. Don't rub your eyes after spraying it. It'll make you sneeze from a distance. It's stout stuff.
The hanging golden pathos vines got a spray. The cat won't be chewing those anymore. Guaranteed.
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