Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hello Cheryl,

Sometime back, someone suggested using diatomaceous earth (organic). All day yesterday, I spent the day carefully applying it around the base of the rose bushes as well as on one of my cucumber plants. At first, I thought the cucumber plant had a fungus because within a few days, it went from a beautiful healthy plant with green leaves to brown and crumbly leaves. It turns out I have tiny, microscopic ants eating the cucumber plant and any nearby vegetables.

Later this evening, I'm mixing a batch of your recipe and spraying the stems (leaves are pretty much gone) of my rose bushes. It sounds like it will be effective.

Thank you so much for your very thoughtful suggestion.

C.T.
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On Jul 16, 2013, at 6:48 AM, Cheryl Welch <gardenhappy50@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I've been down with health issues but am making a good come back. On the bugs on your roses try this recipe:
> 1 gallon of water in an enamel pan
> chop 1 garlic clove
> 1 cayenne hot pepper chopped
> bring to a boil and shut off and let cool
>
> strain out all and pour into a spray bottle
> Add: 1 tablespoon of dish soap
> and 1 tablespoon of oil any oil it's just to help the spay stick to the leaves.
>
> shake before each use gently
>
> DO NOT SPRAY THIS ON PLANTS IF FULL SUN!!!!!!!
> SPRAY ALL THE GROUND AREA ,BUT NOT THE ROOTS OF THE PLANTS ALSO, AND UNDER LEAVES
> This should be done weekly for a while like about 4 weeks.
>
> For mildew on plants make a spray of 1 part of raw unpastureized milk and 4 parts water. Spray the squash or pumpkins and then the area around them.
> Get this milk from a famer.
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