How Do You Use Natural Garden Pesticides?
Find safe and alternative ways other than harsh synthetic chemicals for spraying your garden with pesticides. Natural garden pesticides are an alternative to synthetic chemical pesticides. Often called botanical pesticides by some and natural or organic pesticides by others these types of pesticides break down easily in the soil and their effects are not as long lasting as synthetic pesticides. One of the more common knows is Insecticidal Soap. It is a combination of fatty acids and potassium or sodium salts. They fatty acids in the soap cause the outer cover of insects to collapse when penetrated. It is by far the safest to use of all the natural pesticides, because it is non-toxic to humans, and animals it leaves no residue and can be used all the way up to harvest time. Some pesticides come in a powder form and can be used as a dust on plants or mixed with water and used as a spray. Bt (Bacillus- thuringiensis) has more than 80 forms that are used as pesticides. It is a stomach pois