Is your garden infested with squash bugs, beetles, and other troublesome insect pests? It doesn’t have to be. Your gardening arsenal against bugs can have a new secret weapon that costs almost nothing and kills most bugs INSTANTLY, without toxic chemicals, acids, or other non-organic methods!
Jake explores an ASTOUNDING method of killing hard-shelled bugs in the garden with natural surfactants and water, and how you can use ordinary dish soap experimentally to instantly knock down the bug pressure in even the most heavily pressured yards.
DISCLAIMER: There are limits to this method. Certain peppers and other plants can be harmed by CERTAIN dish soaps with harsh detergents, but natural surfactants may still be a safe alternative to expensive organic insecticides and are worth exploring in the home garden and homestead, particularly where you aren’t spraying your edible plants. So, use caution and common sense when trying the methods demonstrated here, and do your research before soaking your garden with dish soap!
Timeline:
00:00 – Episode Intro Hook
00:07 – Intro Garden Montage
00:37 – The Problem with Bugs
01:40 – Common Garden Insecticides
03:04 – Bug Discussions
05:17 – Wasps, Everybody’s ‘Favorite’ Garden Jerks
07:04 – Rethinking the Insecticide Approach
09:12 – Dish Soap? Really?!
10:42 – How it Works
13:59 – Prepare Your Sprayers!
14:29 – Live Demonstration on a Wasp Nest!
15:57 – Amazing Results
16:11 – Conclusion
16:26 – Bible Verse: Joel 1:4
Bible Verse:
“What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.” – Joel 1:4
Resources and Links:
Deep South Homestead’s Cautionary Tale – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKge7jj194Q
An interesting discussion on dish soap ingredients and dangers – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svr8eqTU4KE
Exterminators have known about this for years – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bJKkJ9cj1A
Other ideas for safe insecticidal soaps – https://www.treehugger.com/natural-homemade-insecticides-save-your-garden-without-killing-earth-4858819