Organic pesticide recipes

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Animal Urine (Cow) 3 Ash 4 Black Jack 5 Melia 6 Milk 7 Neem 8 Tomato Leaves

[edit] Introduction

The organic pesticide page shows a number of links to websites, with "recipes" for making organic pesticides, and where to use them.

This page add a few others that cannot be found elsewhere, which have been found to be used effectively in East Uganda (vegetable each was observed being used with is noted as a guide).

[edit] Animal Urine (Cow)

(Used with beans)

1. Add 1 litre to 2 litres of water
2. Spray

Urine helps in plant growth as well as being an organic pesticide

[edit] Ash

(Used with cowpeas)

1. Add 1 tablespoons of kitchen ash to 1 tablespoon of paraffin
2. Add this to 3 litres of soapy water
3. Spray

[edit] Black Jack

(Used with beans)

1. Grind or crush dried black jack seeds
2. Add 2 tablespoons of powder to 1 litre of hot water
3. Strain after a while
4. Add 1litre of soady water and spray on leaves

[edit] Melia

aka Chinaberry^WP(Used with beans)

1. Pluck leaves
2. Dry in shade
3. Crush using crusher (or large stone)
4. Put in water for 24 hours. Add 3 tablespoons to 1 litre of water
5. Strain the liquid and dilute it with a further 2 litres of water.
6. Spray on leaves for protestion

[edit] Milk

(Used with tomatoes)

1. Add 1/4 litre of fresh milk to 2 litres of water
2. Spray

[edit] Neem

(Used with cowpeas) Follow the same process as Melia above

[edit] Tomato Leaves

(Used with tomatoes)

1. This recipe uses the indigenous tomato leaves (which presumably have more stronger/appropriate insecticidal properties than normal tomato leaves)
2. Leave in shade 2-3 days to dry
3. Crush
4. Add 6 tablespoons of powder to 3 lites of sprays
5. Spray