Long before war profiteering corporations began flooding the civilian market with their chemical products, people had been killing insects without blanketing their homes and gardens with carcinogenic and costly poisons.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to be a chemist to prepare the age-old insecticide either, and you most likely already have what you need in
\nyour home.\u00a0 It\u2019s so simple that if you haven\u2019t tried it already you probably won\u2019t believe it until you do.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s soap and water.<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s it, soap and water.\u00a0 It kills nearly every insect, and even spiders and centipedes.\u00a0 Some take a little more than others, but even some of the toughest, like the dreaded palmetto or the German cockroach will go down to this perfectly safe and cheap insecticide.<\/p>\n How does it work?\u00a0<\/strong> Whether it\u2019s Dawn dish-soap (still pretty toxic in its own right), organic dish soap, or agricultural insecticide soap, it all works by clogging the spiracles that bugs breath through.<\/p>\n To use this miracle pesticide,<\/strong> just fill a squirt bottle with water and add a few ounces of the soap of your choice, shake it up a little to mix it, and spray the filthy little critters.\u00a0 If you are using it in the garden you will probably want to use a mist in order to cover the leaf surface or the fruit that your pests are attacking.\u00a0 This will also work well for use inside the home for smaller pests like ants on the kitchen counter.\u00a0 But if you are trying to take down big game like Palmettos or German roaches, then you will want to hit them with a solid jet of soapy water.\u00a0 It will be most effective on large and fast-moving pests like roaches if it hits them in a way that makes it hard for them to run, if they run away and the soapy water dries before they choke to death, then it will not be effective.\u00a0 You might even want to have a paper towel ready to smash the really tough ones with after you hit them with the soapy water.<\/p>\n You don\u2019t need to put your life or the life of your loved ones on the line in order to kill pests, it can be done with safe, clean, household items.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this you might also like:<\/strong><\/p>\n Long before war profiteering corporations began flooding the civilian market with their chemical products, people had been killing insects without blanketing their homes and gardens with carcinogenic and costly poisons.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to be a chemist to prepare the age-old insecticide either, and you most likely already have what you need in your home.\u00a0<\/p>\nHow to get started with Aquaponics.<\/a><\/h3>\n
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