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Winter Prep

karensj7
15 years ago

I am wondering how gardeners prepare their container plants for the move indoors? I haven't had any pest issues in the past, but have increased my collection of tender plants that will be moved into my indoor winter growing area. Should I begin spraying with neem oil now as a preventative? I have citrus, jasmines, gardenias, ylang-ylang and michelas. Thanks!

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  • Loretta NJ Z6
    15 years ago

    Time to start bringing things in and taking coleus cuttings!
    I asked this question on another forum and here is a recipe one of the members gave me. She got it from a local newspaper.

    Here is a recipe that I use in my outdoor and indoor gardens all the time. For plants that have summered outside, I water the soil with this and spray the plants making certain to get the underside of the leaves:

    1 1/2 tablespoons of baking soda
    1 tablespoon insecticidal soap
    1 tablespoon cooking oil
    1 tablespoon white vinegar
    17 cups of water.

    I keep a spray bottle of this all summer and spray any insect or disease prone plants. I found this in a garden column in our local newspaper years

    Also another member mentioned Cornell had a recipe for this. It might be this one, I don't know but I don't have the link for it.