My DIY spray uses kitchen leftovers to keep bugs away – they hate the smell, just add oil and dish soap
A PLANT-GROWING devotee has revealed her secret DIY recipe to keep bugs away.
Her combination of kitchen leftovers with the addition of oil and dish soap has proved to be remarkably effective she said.
She was insistent plant pests hated her use of pungent vegetables in the potion.
Bren (@ggthegardengirl) should know what she is talking about. Her TikTok remit is all about “Learning how to grow food and cut flowers.”
She is also an advocate of a more natural, chemical-free approach to gardening, which included her approach to pest control.
Her user-friendly garden hacks have proved to be enormously popular and she has over 515,000 followers and 12.9 million likes.
In this post, she shared her: “Organic DIY bug repellent for plants.”
Crucial to her concoction were two pungent vegetables, the onion and garlic bulb.
“I’m using these onion peels in a recipe to make organic bug repellent,” she explained.
The method was super-easy: “Place them in a bowl along with a garlic clove and the base of the bulb. This is optional,” she said.
Then she added 500 ml of water and left it to soak overnight. The following day she drained the liquid into a spray bottle.
“Then add a teaspoon of oil,” she said, ” and a teaspoon of washing-up liquid.
“Give it a shake, label [the bottle]. This organic spray is now ready to use in my garden,” she said cheerfully.
She reckoned it was very effective: “It can be sprayed on little seedings to repel aphids.
“The odor from the onions and the garlic really deter garden pests.
“I believe that a balanced eco-system is much better than using sprays but it takes a while to achieve this goal,” she said concluding her post.
There were over 13,000 likes to her video and many comments.
This commenter had his fingers crossed for this bug spray’s effectiveness: “Thanks. Preparing the water already. Hope this works on ants on my young lemon tree. They are eating it alive.”
This fan could certainly vouch for it: “Thank you so much for this recipe. It actually helped and now my plants are all healthy.”
The final remark came from a gardener who had made a promise: “I’ll give that a try this season,” they said.