| Is there a home remedy that I can make to keep bugs off my gardenias?

Is there a home remedy that I can make to keep bugs off my gardenias?

Sallie L asked:


I keep getting these black things on the leaves of my gardenia plant & it’s killing the leaves & the flower buds before they have time to bloom. It ends up killing my plant. I keep buying gardenias & the same thing happens every time.I bought a chemical free bug spray recommeded by an employee from Home Depot. The spray only lasted about a week & these black spots reappear on the leaves again. I cleaned the leaves with rubbing alcohol & they still come back. A friend told me to ferterlize the plant & that didn’t work either. What else can I do? I left one plant in the pot & I planted one in the ground & eventually the black spots appeared & it’s killing the plant. Help!!

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4 Responses to “Is there a home remedy that I can make to keep bugs off my gardenias?”

  1. JoeyJordison12929043 on June 20th, 2009 6:03 am

    bug dont like smoke, try lighting up something outside and see if that works. I do it all the time and everyone of those critters die.

  2. reynwater on June 21st, 2009 3:38 pm

    Are you buying your gardenias from the same place? You asked for a home remedy, sounds like you need something a bit stronger. Try Disyston, it’s a systemic pesticide. directions for use are on the package.

  3. nine kids on June 22nd, 2009 9:05 am

    You’ll have the freshest smelling yard in town with this and IT WORKS! What you need:
    1 bag chewing tobacco (the cheapest works as well as the expensive)
    1 bottle of dishsoap (28 oz. any cheap brand will do)
    1 bottle of disinfectant mouthwash (like the brown Listerine - again cheap works just as well)
    1 gallon boiling water
    Garden sprayer bottle that attaches to hose
    What you do:
    Place tobacco in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let steep 1 hour (this gets as much juice out as possible) this makes a tea. Strain the “tea”. Add dishsoap & mouthwast to the gallon of “tea”. stir gently. fill garden sprayer with “tea”, attach to hose and spray this on plants and grasses after 7pm. That’s when the bugs seem to be busiest. This mixture makes them sick and repells new bugs because of the smell. Do not rinse it off after application. repeat every 2 weeks or after rain. It will work! It makes the yard smell fresh and clean. You can use it on vegetable plants as well; just rinse well before eating.
    Keep the remaing “tea” as long as you like. I use my empty laundrysoap jug to store it. Just be sure to label it- it will stain clothes.

  4. jimi on June 23rd, 2009 7:24 am

    one tablespoon of dih liquid, to one gallon of water