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RECIPE #01 EVERYTHING
Here's a recipe for spraying everything in the yard. 1 can beer, 1C
childrens shampoo, liquid soap, 1C liquid lawn food, 1 oz liquid seaweed,
1/2C molasses. Put into a 20 gallon hose end sprayer, fill remainder with
ammonia to fill jar. Use on trees, flowers, grass, shrubs, every 3 wks.
Helps soil to release nutrients, develops beneficial bacterial action,
ammonia is released into the air immediately and absorbed as a gas, beer
starts enzyme activity, soap is a bug deterrent & antisurfactant. Every 3
wks. Covers 2500 sq ft. Can be used at all times if you prefer.
**Alternative for beer: Make a paste of vegetable scraps in blender.
These can be cooked or raw. Put into a gallon milk container, fill with
water. Put outdoors in a really hot sunny hot spot until its really
fermented with lid loose or off. This will take about a wk. Use juice at a
rate of 2T per gallon in any of the recipes in place of whiskey or beer.
RECIPE #02 ANNUALS
Once plants get established you can reward them with this: Per gallon of
water add:
1 T ammonia 1 T baking powder 1 T epsom salts 1 tea bag 1 T dishwashing
detergent 2 T dry red winw or white vinegar Use 2 cups per plant monthly
and use in place of fertilizers.
RECIPE #03 ANNUALS
If you purchase flats of annuals that are not in their prime or are
neglected, ask for a reduced price, then take them home and pour into a
tray this solution.
Into 2 gallons warm water add:
4 T instant tea 3 T epsom salts 2 T hydrogen peroxide 3 T household
ammonia Put the sick little packets of annuals in and soak for 20 minutes.
Put them in a protected area in the shade for the rest of the day and
overnight. Next morning plant them. Top pruning is good and loosen the
roots.
From Jerry Baker Master Gardener and author.
RECIPE #04 YARDEN
*1 cup fels soap solution 1 beer, flat is good 4 ounces liquid dish soap
Household ammonia Using a 20 gallon hose end sprayer, mix 1 can beer, 1
cup fels soap solution and fill the remainder of space in the jar with
ammonia. (For Spring and Fall yard and garden spraying, add 2 oz. of
molasses). Covers 2500 Sq. Ft. *Fels Soap Solution Use F-S-S in place if
regular liquid dish soap in all tonics if you'd like, or alternate. Here
is the concentrate to be used in the above recipe.
Shave 1/2 bar of Fels-Naptha soap into a quart of very hot water and
dissolve.
Add 4 ounces of liquid dish soap as an emulsifier.
Store until needed and shake well before use.
(I find my Fels- Naptha soap by the laudry detergents in the grocery
store. 60 cents!)
RECIPE #05 VEGETABLES
Lightly side dress every 4 months with a special formulated vegetable
food... In addition you can alternate with these solutions...Goes with a
20 gallon hose end sprayer. From the Garden Rebel (Central Fla) Vege-A-Wow
1 cup household ammonia 1/2 cup epsom salts 3 T instant tea 3 T liquid
soap 3 T iron Fill remainder of jar with water. Shake sprayer as you spray
to dissolve epsom salts. (I dissolve the epsom salts in a little warm
water first) Vege-A-KoW Lightly side dress with this dry solution.
3 Parts cow manure 1 part bonemeal 1 part gypsum 1 part epsom salts 1 part
5-10-10 fertilizer or similar type fertilizer.
Vege-A-PoW 1 cup household ammonia 1 can beer 3 T liquid fertilizer
(5-10-10) 3 T liquid soap 3 t instant tea Fill remainder of jar with
water. Spray after 6 pm.
RECIPE #06 VEGETABLE INSECT
A good insect control in a veg. garden is a light layer of diatomaceous
earth (DE) on foliage and soil.
Another is to cover soil with 1 layer of newspaper and 4-6" of grass
clippings.
RECIPE #07 VEGETABLE FERTILIZER
Here is a good liquid food for vegetables.
1 cap full fish emulsion 1 oz. dish soap 1 oz. household ammonia 1/2 can
beer 1 oz. whiskey 4 t instant tea all in a 2 gallon bucket of warm water.
Will feed 100 sq ft. every 10-14 days.
RECIPE #08 BUGS/DISEASE
Wash your flower gardens once a week late in the evening with:
1/2 oz liquid dish soap 1/2 oz. brown mouthwash like listerine per gallon
of water. this will discourage insects and disease.
RECIPE #09 SPIDERMITE
For Spidermites use: 1/2C buttermilk with 4 C unprocessed wheat flour, add
5 gallons of water. This destroys most of the mites and eggs. Leave on
until bugs are gone. Unprocessed wheat flour can be obtained from health
food stores if not in your local grocery store. Another way is to make a
tea with cedar shavings or sawdust and spray... Let it shavings or sawdust
soak for a couple hrs then strain liquid and let sawdust or shavings dry
and sprinkle in garden then spray that.. This keeps away squash bugs,
mexican bean beetles, red spidermites, mealy bugs and cucumber
beetles...or you can work shavings into the soil.
RECIPE #10 ANIMAL REPELLENT
1 gal Water
2 tbsp Tabasco
2 tbsp Onion -- finely chopped
2 tbsp Garlic -- finely chopped
2 Eggs
Shake well. Let set overnight. Paint on property lines or around base of
trees.. When you open the container aim away from the face... It smells
bad. I would not recommend making up anymore than you think you might be
able to use at one time... Label the container to reuse for making this
recipe like an old milk jug...
RECIPE #11 SPOT WEED KILL
JERRY Baker's recipe
Master Gardener & author
1 oz Gin
1 oz Cider vinegar
1 tbsp Childrens shampoo
1 qt Water
Apply with hand sprayer (labeled). An old windex bottle will do.. Spray
where needed.. OR YOU can use Vinegar and water or straight vinegar added
to the center of shallow rooted plants on the hottest and sunniest day
will wither them, and makes them easier to pull or kills them if left
there.
TO GET RID OF weeds that grow in the drive cracks and in the patio MIX 1/4
CUP TABLE SALT in a quart of boiling water and pour the liquid on the
offending plants you'll kill the weeds and they won't come back From
Rodale
RECIPE #12 BUGS/DISEASE
Recipe for Tree Insect and Disease Prevention:
To a 20-gallon hose end sprayer add:
1 cup liquid dish soap (Ivory) 1 cup listerine 3 T garlic juice 6 T
copper fungicide 3 T pyrethrum Apply after 6:30 pm or when the sun is
not so intense on a cloudy day without the wind blowing...
Make garlic juice by blending 3-4 cloves of garlic with 2 qts. very warm
water and strain into a mason jar and refrigerate. This is from Richard
Simms the garden rebel. Who owns a landscaping company in central Flordia.
RECIPE #13 BUGS
ELAINE SMITH
Use a hose end sprayer for this one. In 1 gallon of water add:
4T liquid dish soap (I prefer Ivory) 4T rose dust Make into a paste by
stirring in a little warm water.
Then add 1/2C tabacco juice..
Make tobacco juice by taking 3 pinches of chewing tobacco in the toe of a
nylon stocking, soak 1 hr in a quart of hot water...
I do not recommend this be used on plants in the nightshade family such as
tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant just to name a few since it might cause
problems with the Tobacco Mosaic Virus. This is from Richard Simms the
garden rebel, who owns a landscaping company in Centeral Flordia.
RECIPE #14 BUGS/DISE
To a 20 gallon hose end sprayer add:
1C liquid soap (I prefer Ivory) 1/2C listerine 6T copper 6T alcohol Fill
remainder on container with water... Apply once a month March thru Oct...
(in northern climates the time would be from spring up until fall weather
conditions). It will greatly reduce insect and disease problems. Apply to
foliage after 6:30PM in summer and thoroughly cover the bottom of leaves
as well as the tops. This is from Richard Simms the Garden rebel. Who owns
a landscaping company in Central Flordia.
RECIPE #15 BUGS/DISEASE
Jerry Baker's recipe
Master gardener & author
In May when bugs start showing their faces I have used this to combat them
and disease as well.
In a 20 gallon hose end sprayer add:
1C Ivory dishwashing detergent 1C listerine 1C ammonia 1/2C beer 1/2C
Epsom Salts Fill remainder of jar with water, shake, spray away.
I use an old golf ball in my sprayer to help keep things mixed up. Just
shake it around) From: Marion Hess
