[ThomasC]

This thread is probably too intelligent for TiBB, but I'll ask anyway

So my plants have been giving me gip

Little bugs the bastards.

So I went on t'interweb and googled. Neem oil is suppose to be a good pesticide. You make a bottle using a tea spoon of neem oil, a squirt of the slippery stuff and the rest water in a 1 litre bottle. I have dosed my plants liberally with this concoction and it seems to work then the bastards come back.

Also, as the neem oil smells of garlic I can't get the smell off my hands, it takes repeated washing and even then it still lingers...

So have you used neem oil before and what are your thoughts?

[Alf]

You've got garlic wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger?
Do have to, do you have to, do you have to let it Linger?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Neem has a sideline in pesticides now?

[Kate!]

We are very clever on Tibb cuz I sed so.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Neem has a sideline in pesticides now?

Queen of the Garden Centre.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Alf

Queen of the Garden Centre.

I mean I know she grows "special" plants in her loft

[Redway]

Can you not just use tea-tree/jojoba essential oil?

[bots]

If the neem oil isn't working, you could try cherie oil as as an alternative

[Crimson Dynamo]

salt spray is easy and effective

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

If the neem oil isn't working, you could try cherie oil as as an alternative

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Redway

Can you not just use tea-tree/jojoba essential oil?

Yeah those are very good

[Beso]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

You should get some for the grill.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by parmnion

You should get some for the grill.

….I’ve lost you there

[arista]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Provanto-86...725751257&th=1

£5:44 on amazon uk

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

If the neem oil isn't working, you could try cherie oil as as an alternative

[Beso]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

….I’ve lost you there

The neem oil, you need some neem sprinkled over your rusty grill to smooth it all over.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by parmnion

The neem oil, you need some neem sprinkled over your rusty grill to smooth it all over.

….got it

[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

salt spray is easy and effective

Right I might have to look into that, thanks

Originally Posted by arista

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Provanto-86...725751257&th=1

£5:44 on amazon uk

Yeah I've seen that before might have to buy some. I have given them a good spray of neem and will check them tomorrow

[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by Redway

Can you not just use tea-tree/jojoba essential oil?

I haven't looked into this method, but I may have to

[Zizu]

Just buy a bug spray


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[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by ThomasC

I haven't looked into this method, but I may have to

Tee tree & JoJo are really nourishing, I know they help on human hair & skin. But I think it's just as beneficial on plants. It's like Aloe Vera oil that's another good one.

[thesheriff443]

Blueberry lube is a good alternative

[Redway]

Originally Posted by ThomasC

I haven't looked into this method, but I may have to

Yeah, don’t just take it from a neurotic Brian Griffin-esque crank. Do your own research, innit.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Tee tree & JoJo are really nourishing, I know they help on human hair & skin. But I think it's just as beneficial on plants. It's like Aloe Vera oil that's another good one.

That and the fact that they’re natural and time-tested insect (and rodent) repellents that don’t smell funny.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Just buy a bug spray


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If he patterns himself a good bottle of tea-tree/Jo-Jo (as GoldHeart put it) he’ll not only have an bug repellent but something to help him deep-clean his house, moisturise his hair and skin and keep summer mice at bay. And only a fiver from Boots it is.