Threw about 10 cloves of garlic, and a half dozen habanaro peppers with
about a cup of water into a blender.
Blended them until they were liquid. Strained the slurry through cheesecloth and mixed it (about
1:3) some water (for spraying my trees, I used strained bucket-made compost tea
instead). I think it worked pretty well to keep the bugs off the plants in the
early stages. I side dressed
lettuce and other raw eaten leaves, rather than directly applied and I didn’t’
have problems with garlic smell/taste later. But for the ants, I just poured it into their den holes. Maybe a sprayer would work best for
fire ants?? Let me know if you try
it and how it works (or doesn’t). -----Original
Message----- Mike, How did you make your
garlic/pepper tea? Thanks, Judi -----Original
Message----- I’m lucky enough to not have to deal with fire ants
here, but something worth trying…
I used to spray a strong garlic/pepper (habenaro) tea and found that it
decimated a big red ant colony here.
My wife was complaining about them attacking her when she worked in her
flower bed … so I figured it wouldn’t hurt and dumped a couple cupfuls on them,
next day they were all dead and gone.
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