Pesticides/insecticides.

newbieharvester

New Member

• Jun 4, 2010

• #1

Hi all, I am currently experimenting making my own pesticides, and was wondering if nicotine will damage MJ as it does to tomatos and eggplants? Anyone know?

This is a better safe than sry question, don´t have probs yet.

So I´m making 4 types, based on all from garlic to dishwater soap, and if others are interested in recipies I will supply after the weekend. But for now, will nicotine hurt/damage?

Have a good one....

 

jondamon

Well-Known Member

• Jun 4, 2010

• #2

there are recipes for soaking tobacco in water and straining it. not sure about results etc.

i made a home brew insecticide with garlic chilli oil and dish soap. it really smelled. i only used it once and it took 2weeks for the smell to go lol.

J

 

newbieharvester

New Member

• Jun 8, 2010

• #3

I´m now testing the tobacco mixture, salt and garlic/soap/chili/onion mix on same type of plants attacked by various bugs in my garden. Will let you all know wich, and on what it works.

After 3-4 days of treatment I doubt the nicotine solution for caterpillars/snails/slugs effectiveness, attacks are lighter but not stopped....

Heres a link to various solutions, better than my recipies, so I used these ones (mine were variants of these): http://www.essortment.com/all/homemadeinsecti_rvxg.htm

 

newbieharvester

New Member

• Jun 9, 2010

• #4

Just an update, this mixture is clearly the one that worked best on most pests/insects:

1 garlic
a handfull of chili peppers
1 onion
a tablespoon of liquid dishwater soap (PH 6-7)
a little salt
1ltr water

all ingriedients chopped, and the put in a handheld chopper making it a smooth pure with 150ml water. Add water and let it rest for an hour or 2. Then add liquid soap, filtrate and put in a sprayer..... Works like a charm! And apart for the salt it should be quite safe for any plant, just don´t overdo the salt!!!!!

 

Bigby

Well-Known Member

• Jun 9, 2010

• #5

Very timely and useful. Nice one fella

 

newbieharvester

New Member

• Jun 9, 2010

• #6

Bigby said:

Very timely and useful. Nice one fella

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A pleasure Big, hope it´ll help if you need to use it All the best to rest of the fam. as well

 

Osiris8605

Member

• Jun 10, 2010

• #7

soap? are you serious?? that cannot be healthy to smoke/eat

 

newbieharvester

New Member

• Jun 11, 2010

• #8

Very serious, it won´t harm the plants at all, and I guarantee that its better to smoke than chemicals you´ll find in commercial pesticides

 

ArrOgNt RocKstAR

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2010

• #9

hot shots strips,,, open it up, hang it in your grow space with the fans off at night for a week... every spider mite will die. leave it in there for an extra week to insure everything is dead. No mess no fuss. =)

 

newbieharvester

New Member

• Jun 11, 2010

• #10

ArrOgNt RocKstAR said:

hot shots strips,,, open it up, hang it in your grow space with the fans off at night for a week... every spider mite will die. leave it in there for an extra week to insure everything is dead. No mess no fuss. =)

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Very nice, and if others have good suggestions please feel free to contribute, could be a future reference for a lot of people