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).

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

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

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

Melia

W(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

Milk

(Used with tomatoes)

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

Neem

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

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
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