There's no way around it — whiteflies can be hard to eliminate. That doesn't mean that you have to blast them with the most toxic sprays you can buy. There are plenty of home remedies for killing whiteflies on plants, which is particularly helpful since the insect has become resistant t...
Most effective homemade rose bush bug sprays contain garlic, which repels and eradicates many common rose bush pests. Rose bushes are most often attacked by aphids, but they can also be damaged by earwigs, June bugs, leafhoppers and whiteflies. If you’ve noticed aphids on your rose bush, ...
Because household soaps and detergents are not formulated for use on plants, they're not the best products to use; in fact, many of these may actually damage your plants. But horticultural soap goes a long way toward getting rid of many garden insects. To make a soap-based pesticide, simp...
Japanese beetles are a common, voracious garden pest, eating up to 400 different kinds of plants. Once a Japanese beetle has found a sufficient food source, it secretes a pheromone to attract other beetles. \This means they gather in large groups and can easily destroy a garden. One of the...