Organic Gardening

One major problem within gardens is fighting pests and insects from destroying and eating your garden. There are many store bought solutions to fighting the pest problems, but there are also natural repellents that work just as well. We’re going to show you a few different things you can do to prevent and fight insects from eating your plants.

Citrus Rinds

These have a chemical in them that will deter corn earworms. It’s possible to make a spray solution by chopping up the rinds and then putting them in a plastic container. After this, add water to the ground up rinds and let them sit overnight with the water. Use about a quart of hot water for this method. After letting them sit overnight, strain out the rinds from the water and put the solution in a spray bottle. You can then spray the plants affected by the corn earworms.

Citrus Rinds can be used to deter corn earworms.

Old Tires

These can be used to repel cucumber and squash beetles that will destroy your crops. Just place an old tire around the plant and let it grow within the tire ring.

Old Tires can repell beetles.

Wood Ashes

Another method to get rid of cucumber beetles is to make a mixture of wood ashes and water. To do this, mix a 1/2 cup of ashes in 2 gallons of water. That’s all there is to it; after making this put the solution in a watering can and water the plants. Be warned though that this solution is very alkaline, so if you have alkaline soil, don’t use a whole lot.

Banana Peels

These are great to make aphids stop bothering your plants. All you have to do it peel a banana and place the peel around the base of the plants. Do this as long as the aphids are a problem. A plus side to this method is that potassium within the banana peels will help stimulate larger blooms on your plant.

Peppermint Tea

This is a great way to repel Colorado Potato Beetles. Put two peppermint tea bags in a quart of hot water for thirty minutes. After this, let the tea cool and then strain and put in a spray bottle. Then spray it on the plants. This is supposedly a great solution all around to repel bugs from plants.

Peppermint Tea can be used to repel pests