How to make a neem oil spray for pest control in your garden
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2020
- How to make a neem oil spray for plants This is the 3rd video in the Garden Pests series and in this video we're talking about how to use neem oil in a spray for plants to control chewing pests. We'll cover how to choose the right neem oil and why, how it works and of course how I make my sprays.
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Came for the lesson. Stayed (and subscribed) for the cat.
ha ha ha ha So I have to encourage the cat to appear more?
@@eliandkate Absolutely! A special fauna edition! i.e. how to keep a cat from sleeping on your newly sprouted seedlings. Hint - it involves bamboo sticks and old plant tags stuck in the ground at non-nap friendly angles :)
ha ha ha my issue is more that they eat everything!
Keep watch and count how often you hear me yell at Penny (the small...'em... round one)
I thought I should maybe point out that I do mention that neem oil is not a pleasant smelling product.... I want to just clarify. It bloody stinks! Just as the lovely Kate.... she has things to say on the matter (I left the spoon int he sink and didn't warn her... add hot water and EXPLETIVES!)
it's great to see a garden in Scotland, I'm.central belt and tend to plant far too early cause I've been following people down south or in the USA, hopefully now I can actually get it right 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had the very same problem when I first started.
We’ll be back making videos after Christmas… gonna take you guys along in my seed sowing and have some grow along with Eli projects too… so I’ll see you for some onions next week 😃
Started using neem oil last year because I decided to have a go at dahlias. (Works on tomato’s too). Also put some mint oil into the mix. Unfortunately I was using “detergent” so will change over to the proper soap for this year. It does work. One thing I would add is respray after heavy rain. I’ve also put the formula that suits me on the bottle as I’m getting older and the memory is not what it was.
I’ve only recently discovered the channel and I think it is “braw”. I’m just across the Forth from Eli and Kate so it’s fantastic to find something so local.
woohoo nice to have a local with us :D
Came to learn about neem oil sprays, stayed upon hearing a fellow scottish accent 💓🏴 (currently working in some serious Fife temperatures 🔥). Your garden looks absolutely wonderful!
Absolutely baking today 🌞🌞🌞🌞
Thank you very much has been helpful
I enjoy listening to you.
Excellent video, very nicely done - clear and instructive. Many Thanks. Oh and I subscribed - forgot that bit - getting old!
ha ha ha oh Paul, we're all getting old :D
Hi watched your video a couple of weeks back and decided to give it a go. Well i had hell on getting the oil to mix that maybe because we have hard water as i have read this can have an affect on how it mixes. Citric acid is supposed to help in this case but i havent tried it yet. What i did find on the net was fruit farmers in the states mix the oil and the soap first to emulsify then add to the water. I tried that this morning and it was so easy to mix in water after that. Going to try it tonight in my knapsack sprayer on the fruit trees and the lawn as it is supposed to work on grubs and ants.
Interesting..learn about Neem oil..ur cat is adorable...love it...
thank you i found this very handy
Just ordered some (cold pressed 100% pure thanks to your recommendation) for my chilli plants and tobacco plants that are getting eaten buy some small pests (not slugs or snails) so hopefully this does the trick .. I managed the whitefly on the chilli plants with soap but the tobacco is continuously been eating it started very small but there are bit chunks out my plants now .. thanks for the info
Just loved this video, both for the content and the style. I’m the kind of person who gets bored easily and switches off even if the subject is relevant - but not with your videos. Great stuff 👏👏👏👏
ha ha ha admit it, you stayed for the cat didn't you? :D
Thanks for the advice, very timely as I just saw some nasty bugs beginning to attack my little plum and cherry trees. Extra thanks for the cat show. Absolutely adorable for a cat lover like me! 💖
ha ha ha glad you enjoyed Parker being a diva
Love the kitty chilling behind you.
She comes and sleeps in the greenhouse when I'm working there too :)
Love the sneaky message at 1:40 !!!!! Hey Kenny
Ha ha ha yes. My wife can be a sneaky sod. It did make me laugh so much when I found it during the edit though 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Love your video, thank you. And your cat is beautiful!!!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for your explanation along with your beautiful garden + cat.
😻 I’m glad it was helpful 😻
What a lovely video! You covered a lot of things I forgot to /didn't have time to include. Thanks so much for recommending my video! Really enjoyed this very timely series on pest control :)
P. S. Larva is singular and larvae is plural, so you were correct both times!
I think you covered so much and did it so well. Hopefully between us folk will have all the useful info they need.
Thank you for the shout out too... very honoured.
*first pump* larva and larvae :)
Hi Eli and Kate, That was just the ticket very well explained as usual THANK YOU, Take care and stay safe.
Our pleasure! Glad it was useful. Are you hammered as badly as a standard garden?
@@eliandkate No not at all at the moment I think the worst thing is the leaf minor that drives me mad, I have neem oil never taken the top off so I'm prepared I need to get some pure soap, Take care.
go get 'em!
Cheers for the information in this video much appreciated 👍
I have 1 question what type of soap do you use? Thanks.
Glad it was useful.
@motivatedstoner I only use the soap you see in the video. It's horticultural soap. I talk in length about why I use that soap in the insecticidal soap video. It's also the soap I have listed on my tools and gear page.
czcams.com/video/jEdjPpyNpHc/video.html
Ever look into using Diatomaceous Earth as an organic way of getting rid of pests and no smell.
I did but it wasnt really a solution for me. It rains constantly in Scotland, so I'd have to be out putting down fresh layers on a daily basis, which apart from being way out of what I can afford, is more time consuming than I can fit into my life.
But that's the best bit about gardening I think. We can all have our gardens, growing what suits us and doing things in the way that suits us. Best hobby ever :)
Awesome info! Thanks much!
I'm making s fresh batch today
@@eliandkate I need to prepare some. I do appreciate all the explanations given in the video; it is extremey imortant to understand what ne is doing, why, and what the real expectations need to be. The kitty is a adorabe plus! 😻
I'm mixing up a fresh batch today... earwigs are eating my peppers :(
Watching from Trinidad and Tobago
I imagine you're not sitting wrapped up against the cold the way we are 😀
Just a note though for anyone who might be wondering, I wouldn’t recommend using this on more delicate indoor plants like ferns, I think it clogs their stomata or something but they definitely don’t like it! I learned the hard way :/
Learning by experience sucks doesn't it.
Beautiful cat
I will have to check ✔ the type I have now
Thoroughly enjoyed this mini series Eli! (And Kate gave me a lol with her hidden message!) need to get pure soap 🧼 or at a push could I get away with using something like washing up liquid but very sparingly? Thanks as always for the great content! ☺️
Yay! Thank you! Glad you've enjoyed the mini series. You think Kate gave you a LOL... I found it when I was editing, almost spat tea out my nose!!!
You know what I'm going to say about washing up liquid don't you........ it's up to you what you use, I can't tell you yay or nae. But what I will say is always do a we test first, that way you can judge things...
:)
The Kitchen Garden with Eli & Kate 🤣🤣🤣 yes must have been a surprise for you! 🙈 yes did sort of expect that kind of response about the WupL 🤣 I’ll just hang on for the proper stuff to come 👌🏼 no point doing things in half measures! 🙈 would be good to see a mini vid of you using the neem oil 👌🏼☺️
ha ha ha. 5 seconds of me spraying it lol
I have just got my order of ourons neem oil and quinns natural organic castile soap, I havent tried it out yet but I have a load of tomato plants, couple peppers and a load of sweetcorn, all currently inside as it's just not warm enough but they will be going outside eventually, so just wanted to ask you if it's safe to spray fruit/veg plants with it as a preventative for bugs? Do you know if it affects the taste of the plants produce?
hey Bexyboo88
yup, in the quantities we use as gardeners it's safe to spray fruit and veg.
It absolutely stinks though, as I mentioned so you might want to give things a rinse before you use them, just for the smell if nothing else 😂
Make sure you do a test somewhere before spraying with abandon. There were a few folks who followed this video last year (and the insecticidal soap one) without checking the dilution and killed some of their plants.
As with anything, be careful with your babies - you put all that effort into growing them.
Hi Eli I just happened across this while researching rose sawfly larvae. I don't mind a "tax" on the plants because I'm aware of a healthy balance, but I've gotten a little bit proud of our new Tea Hybrid Rose. It's dosed with the aforementioned and turning some of the leaves into lace jerkins. I'm afraid it's next stop is the blooms. Normally I'm a fan of just picking the little buggers off by hand, but larvae are tiny and legion. I've heard of this stuff on a few videos and wondered if it's worth a go. I think you might have just sold me on it.
Thanks for the informative video.
P.S. - Weed burners are very therapeutic!
Ha ha ha Kate would agree
Hello from sunny (!) Falkirk area, ..... just got my new Neem oil delivered yesterday and you are correct in that you need to be careful which one you buy. It works!! atb Jim
ha ha ha yes I know I'm correct, that's why I said it 😂😂😂😂
So just how sunny if Falkirk just now? It's miserable and wet here :(
Smarty pants hahahaha
@@eliandkate The description sunny was slightly inaccurate here .... its brightish but jings its cold even for a big old Scotsman like me!!
:D are you doing the whole selling falkirk to the tourist with your misinformation thing?
It's absolutely pishing doon here but not nearly as cold as yesterday. I think I'd rather have the cold though.
@@eliandkate yes misinformation to "the tourist" as you say is a by product of being cheery! I could do with the rain to get rid of the ice that we have. Hoping to have some decent weather soon so that I can pluck up enough energy to disinfect and clean the greenhouse .... ah jings happy days!!
So if neem oil doesn't kill beetles and slugs, what can I use? I found my pepper leaves muted by what I believe are beetles event though when I sprayed the neem oil I found a slug.
Thank you for the video! I am wondering how long the neem, water and soap mixture lasts? I was hoping to make a gallon batch to use over the next few months. Is it still effective or do I have to mix a new batch for every application? Thank you so much! :)
I only make small batches as I’ve found it doesn’t last that long, I’ve never tried a gallon though
Thanks for this I’ve got it into a lovely emulsion to spray. One thing though, if I make a drench, do you have an idea how much of the mixture use in a drench per plant? I’ve not managed to find out. Ta.
With a drench, I make a really diluted solution and water the plant with it as a normal watering. You need to do it 2 or 3 times to get to all the larva as they appear but it usually works not bad :D
@@eliandkate Thanks. Appreciate it.
@@eliandkate As I am new to gardening I was just wondering does this neem oil spray solution help to deter slugs and snails as well in potted outdoor plants such as avacado plants as here in London/ UK even now it rains and a lot at any other times throughout the year.
Hi, Eli. I have an awful infestation of Fungus Gnats. Should I pour this on the plants or soak the plants in it. Thank you. 😊
It will deal with the larva if you make a regular drench out of it but it won’t affect the adult flies.
For the flies you will want to go with sticky traps
HINT, If you mix the Neem oil and (soap/detergent) together in a smaller cup and then add the water the mixture it will stay mixed easily and longer.
Still doesn't matter. What? Instead of 30sec you are going to get 45 before you have to shake again? After it separates its going to take the same amount of time lol
Thanks for the vid. Is the any reason I couldn't use fairly liquid as the emulsifier?
You can absolutely use it if you want. I just wanted to point out that all of these things can cause damage or kill plants. I talked about fairy liquid in a previous video about soap sprays and how it wasn’t a soap and was actually labelled as dangerous. So it’s just about making you aware of stuff so you can make your own decisions 😀
@@eliandkate thanks for info and getting back to me
😀 no probs 😀
What would you suggest for spider mites and aphids on strawberry plants? I just planted bare roots about 2 months ago and they're finally growing good and I find these bugs yesterday. I babied them so much I was afraid to do anything to kill them. I mixed 1 teaspoon of mild dish soap and 1 teaspoon of Captain Jack's 3 in 1 Neem oil to 1 gallon of water. Mixed it up good, put some into a spray bottle and sprayed only 3 plants. I will check them tomorrow and see if it helped any. Do you think my spray was too weak?? Any advice on growing strawberries?
For soft bodied insects like aphids, a soap solution works a treat (sprayed on the insects not the plants)
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Strawberries 😁
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Hi Eli, I've got insecticide soap which is made from potassium salts of natural soya oils, can I use it as an emulsifier to mix neem oil spray?
Yup, absolutely. same rules apply though - be careful and test test test! 😀
@@eliandkate Many thanks, really love your channel, very informative and useful, well done!
Hi Eli, brilliant video as always, my raspberry plant was decimated by raspberry sawfly last year. Would this be good for tackling them?
hmmmm ok not a simple one.
Neem oil can stop the eggs from hatching if its sprayed directly onto the eggs. It can also kill larva if sprayed directly onto them and if they eat the plant that has been treated. However, it doesn't kill the flies unless again, sprayed directly onto them.
As I always remind folk though, neem oil isn't like using a pesticide or insect spray, it doesn't kill things instantly, more that it disrupts their biology that eventually kills them. And please also remember not to just spray willy nilly, don't spray flowers and be careful of other insects. :D
Soap sprays as well can help dealing with the eggs and larva, but again, don't go mad, spray with care.
@@eliandkate thanks for that Eli, it’s actually the larvae that’s the problem, they eat the leaves then pupate then lay their eggs in the soil under the plant and start over again! You’ve got to admire them 😂. I’ve actually replanted the bush this year in fresh soil so hopefully that may do it 🤞just wondered if I also drenched the soil with the neem it may help?
I was just about to day you could try soil drenches. 😀
@@eliandkate I’ll give that a go, I just want a raspberry 🙏
come here to see how to make this because I have a flea beetle problem on my brassica plants will this in the bottle last for a long time or do you have to keep making fesh
Neem doesn’t keep Danny
You need to make fresh batches frequently
@@eliandkate thx
At the end, did it really work against fungus gnats? These little guys have moved from my indoor to my balcony plants and it’s so hard to get them at bay. They’re damaging all kind of plants no matter what.. Thank you
If you have a really bad infestation you might want to try a combination of the sticky traps for the adults and hydrogen peroxide solutions for the larva. I found this was the absolute best thing for the fungus gnats (if you've seen the video, you know I tested out various solutions over the last couple of years).
Watering with a weak solution of hydrogen peroxided got rid of all my gnats indoors within a couple of weeks.
I use neem oil for the garden and greenhouse rather than house plants
@@eliandkate I no longer have much issue inside since I did bottom watering for my indoor plants but now it’s more for the ones outside. So neemoil is not best recipe here? I did hydroperioxide a few weeks ago but it seems they still come back. How often should i repeat it?
I have to be honest in a garden rather than pots you'll struggle to control them. They'll come in from elsewhere as it's their natural environment. Lots of damp and rotting vegetation.
I would be very hesitant at using drenches in an actual garden, you would be risking all the essential organism in your soil. You might just have to live with it.
That cats adorable btw, what type is she/he? I love his/her colouring!
That is Parker the bigger one of our two calico (tortoiseshell and white). The other one who appears in videos eating our plants is Penny. They are sisters.
Does the neem oil deter snails and slugs? As here in London/ UK area is constantly raining time to time even now in Summer months or anytime during the year.
Hey Tom,
no it doesn't work by detering things, as much as it stinks to me, it works by actually affecting the animals who ingest it biologically. It causes them to stop mating and loose their appetite, so reduces the numbers in the garden.
In terms of deterrents, I've found that the majority of the gardener's tricks haven't worked for me. I've tried coffee grounds, eggshells, grit etc but none of them made any difference. On pots and containers I used copper tape (the good quality stuff) and found that has made a massive difference. The only down side was that it was great for containers but a bit useless if your plants were in the ground. But last weel I posted a video about copper rings (form a company called slugrings) and they have been brilliant. I've been using them for a bout a month now and they are definitely making a huge difference.
Not sure if that would be something you'd consider useful
czcams.com/video/rniKSLQHQTc/video.html
@@eliandkate I see thank you very much anyway though for sharing such wonderful, helpful and interesting videos for making and using natural plant pesticides in around the garden.
Also your cats seem very cute. Very happy to see them very interactive, very much like our small dog's, always wanting attention, hahaha! 😁😎👍
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it mainly prevents wasps n fruit flies from laying larvea into fruits n veggies but doesnt kill pests..mybe reduce in numbers..it also used as natural fungicide
Which name of coldpressed neem oil do you exactly use, I see so many passing by, still don't know which one is good.
Can you please give me the name?
we try to add links to things on our website so you guys can go look and decide if something is right for you :D
amzn.to/41Mi8RG
could any type of soap will result same solution of mixing neem oil with the water??
soap yes, but might be worth watching the video on soap sprays to get a bit of background
Thanks for this, saved me having to do my own research. Oh, and just in time for the arrival of aphids!
Glad I could help!
Thanks dear, what functions will the soap solution contribute?
the soap in this type of mix is purely to help the oil and water combine
Great vid, brilliant information. I have heard about neem oil killing bees, has anybody had any issues? Also been told could harm house pets but in bigger doses.
No the studies have shown that the type of use we do in our gardens isn't harmful to pollinators or birds, or pets, us etc. Even if you get the oil on a flower head etc
The worries have come from some folk who misunderstood the studies and put messages out on social media, which wet a bit crazy (I was actually chatting about this with another youtuber a few months ago and had to go research it hence I'm full of the info LOL). Basically, the active ingredient azadirachtin, in large doses (like industrial scale) potentially could be harmful if ingested, because of that, anyone company supplying it has to meet all the government regulations and get approval before they can sell it.
Some of the research studies into neem for agriculture have been really interesting in the unexpected benefits that have been found, in certain circumstances. I always love that, when it makes you think woah... I wouldn't have thought of that, I wonder why that happened :)
Anyways I'll stop now coz I know not everyone wants to go do their own research and read academic papers :D but in case you are bored. I really liked this article...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234645/
@@eliandkate brilliant news, I was going to buy some then got put off. Now I know more facts and I know how to use it, fantastic thanks.
how did you get on Alan?
@@eliandkate got all the gear but had not need to use it yet, probably because of the weather. No doubt will use it soon as the weather is picking up. Will let you know how I get on. On just put my tins outside yesterday.
Hey, i need help with my neem oil solution. I mixed the solution according to your video but every time i shake to mix the neem oil it just sticks to the side of the bottle. Im not sure why I also looked online how others mixes there solution and i followed them and it still sticks onto the side of the bottle. any clue why it does that??? (im using 100% cold press neem oil and castile soap)
Ok let's look at this 🙂
The first think is to remember you can't just copy someone else, all our situations are different so we need to be able to adapt recipes to suit our personal needs. It may be that you need to add a tiny bit more soap and shake for longer.
The other thing, which I suspect might be the case, is that 8tsntoo cold. The oil solidifies when it's too cold. So maybe try making your solution up with warm water?
I know mine can solidify by the time I'm finished spraying
@@eliandkate Thanks for replying. I made my batch with warm water and I did add abit more soap in and it made it stick onto the side of the bottle more. The neem oil seems to turn into a paste once I add in the soap and shake and just sticks onto the sides sometimes bits of the neem oil paste ends up in the water in clumps. I'm not sure why it does that.
I am absolutely stumped.... I've no idea why that would be happening. Sorry.
@@eliandkate no worries thank you for replying anyways :) I found your channel a few days ago and do love the content 👍🏼
I wonder if you might be able to get some help in the facebook group?
There might be folk there from around your area who maybe buy or know the brand of neem oil you use and can enlighten us to why it turns to paste?
Hi can you buy neem oil from pharmacy or, B&Q.
I have no idea Sajad. Maybe a good garden centre?
Indian grocery shop
Is neem oil harmful to beneficial insects, such as bees, if they feed on the nectar of sprayed plants?
This stuff is a contact spray oil coats soft body, over winter spray coats eggs , no harm to bees. Does nothing to hormones please stop false info , oil smothers breath parts of bug and coats body parts only .
How often do you have to apply this?
Will be a bit dependant on you.
I generally use it if I have an issue and I’ll use it once maybe twice over a week
@@eliandkate Thank you 😊
Is neem oil safe on veg and fruits?
Hey Dee, in the amounts we use in a garden then yes, although it tastes and smells absolutely disgusting, so you will want to wash anything of you've just sprayed it before harvest.
It's a different story for large scale like agriculture though. Here in the UK the active ingredient of neem oil is controlled for pesticide use (why folk talk about it being banned in the UK), because when massively scaled up like that it can be detrimental. Like with everything you introduce to your garden, a but of common sense goes a long way. Don't spray it on flowers, try to avoid spraying beneficial insects etc. etc.
i read tht u should stop using neem oil two weeks b4 harvest to avoid the taste of neem in fruits n veggies
I found my way to here looking for a way to help my bay tree, The bug curls up the leaf and wraps itself inside and the go yellow, the black dots appear on the underside. Will neem sort this, I've hard pruned for nearly 10yrs trying to get this problem sorted, one summer all i had left was a 4inch truck and no leaves. And the bug still came back, I took a cutting and the new one is infested too 😆
sorry I can’t say. Neem might help if the bugs are eating the plant but without knowing more about what’s going on it’s hard to say
I have this problem or should I say my bay trees do. Have you finally managed find an effective solution? I am trying removing all the affected leaves and moving the plant to a new spot because I heard the pest overwinters in the soil around the plant. I'll see how they grow this year.
Will this be effective with grubs?
hmmm I can’t say specifically because obviously there will be loads of factors. But I have heard lawn care folk recommending using neem oil in a solution to water the lawn in order to deal with grubs so it may be worth trying a drench.
@@eliandkate Thank you for your reply.
Fun fact it’s also great for your skin, if you can get past the smell lol
Omg no!!!! The smell.
This is a very long video. Would benefit from simply stating how to make the spray and the quantities needed first up.
Hey Amy
welcome aboard and thoughtful feedback :D
hmm I totally understand where you are coming from, if you are just looking to learn a thing quickly and get a job done then that's exactly what you are after. It's not what this channel is about though, here we focus more on the community of people who have come on this journey with me over the years and the social and informal chat style, so whether it's a full on "vlog" type video or a "let me share a thing I've learned", they are always geared towards that friendly and social interaction. Especially now that we're all locked down and online communities are much more important to some of us than ever before :D
If you prefer the in and out, got what I need type channel you should try some of the video libraries companies have. I know we have a few in the UK run by gardening companies as a quick hot to guide section.
Good luck :D