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From:	S B (dialup-4.235.147.106.dial1.orlando1.level3.net)
Subject:	I do not know what kind of bugs you are talking about but....
Date:	July 22, 2006 at 9:55 am PST

In Reply to: zucchini posted by Becca Paden on July 19, 2006 at 7:09 pm:

“some” bugs are repelled by a strong garlic and hot pepper spray. However, this spray might also repel the "good" bugs who pollinate your plants -- so you might have to hand pollinate if you use it.

Make the spray by blending some fresh garlic and some of the hottest peppers you can find in a blender with water until liquefied. You can make it as strong as you like. Strain out any remaining solids, put the liquid in a sprayer, and spray your plants with it until it starts to drip off of them. Also, you can put the remaining solids around your plants -- to make them "stink" even more!

Mixing a little vegetable oil or soap with this spray might help it stick on better -- but do not use much of them because too much oil might cause the plants to sunburn and too much soap can simply burn the plants. If I remember correctly, use NO more than 1 Tbs of vegetable oil per 1 gallon of spray. Can’t remember how much soap is safe to mix with a gallon of spray.

Hope this helps!

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