Garlic Spray

[Opal]

Last year I bought some organic garlic spray as a natural pest repellant. It seems very good, but as usual when one finds something good, it disappears off the market! Has anyone else used it and does anyone know where to buy it?

[TEB]

Hi Opal a guy on the TV said he steepped 12 garlic cloves in boiling water then added it to a gallon of water with a couple of drops of washing up liquid - haven tried it myself

[Flummery]

Garlic spray! I thought it was a new perfume! Like essence of new bread - I could go for that!

[Dobby]

was tis it bottom of page
http://www.william-sinclair.co.uk/Ho...age&AutoFramed
we got some from wivales it was on offer think they have stoped doing it now
yes it is great stuff
also
http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/v3/g...c-781_820.html

[Opal]

Thanks Sprouter, must give that a try!

[goddess]

not seen garlic spray but growing success do organic spray that i bought from GC ,used once on black fly and seems effective.g

[number 1 suspect]

Hi
Found this site. Dont know if it will help

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/recipes.htm

[vron]

Garlic spray/garlic granules

Hi everyone, glad we're not the only one that uses garlic as a slug deterrent.

have just looked at the price of the 8oog garlic granules, at 7.99p they are rather expensive.

I buy a 3kg tub from a local wholesaler for about 12.99 + vat = 4.75 per kg.

I am trying to find out whether I can buy them in larger quantities, so that the price is even cheaper.

We are also using rhubarb leaves, which we break up and put in a large pillow case and throw it into one of the large water butts.

Then we just water the liquid on and around the veg plot. We don't steep them in boiling water first.

Will let you know how the combi of garlic granules and rhubarb leaves work.

As an added extra, we have created a 'slug bar' cheap lager, hope the slimey so and so's fall in with a hangover and drowned.

[Snadger]

Would it not be cheaper and easier to grow your own garlic?

[vron]

Would it not be cheaper and easier to grow your own garlic?

Hi Snadger, yes we did originally use our own garlic.

Just threw the whole corms/plants into the water butts.

I found it easier to sprinkle the garlic granules around the veg when planting out/weeding by using a small plant pot.

[stigoftheplot]

I do the garlic in water home made stuff- dont follow a recipe though, I just chop some up. Put in boiling water to get it going then top up to fit my spray bottle. I had hardly any green fly on the broad beans ( had to remove about 4 tips from 8 rows), and I've had hardly any caterpilllars on my uncovered brassicas. Everything bothered by bugs gets a good spray regularly & most things seem to want to move home afterwards- mind you, stinks to high heaven!

[MaureenHall]

I found this yesterday and going to give it a go - nothing to lose except slugs
BBC - Gardeners' World