However, these organic flower garden treatments sometimes come with a premium price tag.

Here are some easyhomemade organic pest-controlsolutions you might try.

Combine three drops of mild dishwashing liquid in one quart of water.

Homemade pesticide sprayed on to herb plant

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An added tablespoon of cooking oil helps the mixture cling to leaves.

Let the garlic infuse in the water overnight.

Add a dash of dish soap to the mixture, then strain it through a fine strainer.

Bowl of water mixed with blue dishwashing detergent and cooking oil for homemade insect soap

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Dilute this liquid in a gallon of water, then place in a spray bottle.

Spray this solution on your plants once or twice a week to control most insect pests.

Gather enough cigarette butts to harvest a 14 cup of tobacco leaves.

Crushed garlic pieces next to dishwashing liquid and strainer for garlic spray

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Place these in a sock, and soak them in a quart of water overnight.

The salt mixture is especially effective on slugs and beetles.

Another option is to sprinkle the salts around the base of the plants every week or so.

Crushed tobacco leaves soaking in bowl of water in white cloth for tobacco spray

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Oil spray works by coating enclosing and smothering soft-body insects, such as aphids and mites.

Mix a cup of vegetable oil with a quarter cup of liquid soap and shake it well.

This concentrate can be stored until you need it.

Epsom salt sprinkled on soil with potted rosemary plant

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When treating plants, mix one tablespoon of this concentrated liquid with four cups of water.

Best results require reapplication once a week.

Take care not to get the dust on your skin or eyes.

Vegetable oil and liquid soap mixed in glass container for oil spray

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Sprinkle aroundgarden plantsto repelantsandwhiteflies.

Citrus Spray

A simple citrus spray is effective at killing aphids and some other soft-bodied insects.

Allow the mixture to steep overnight, then strain through cheesecloth or a fine sieve.

Dried hot peppers grinded in food processor for bug repellant

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This mixture must hit up the insects to make it be effective.

Plants with waxy leaves may tolerate a dilute alcohol spray of one-cup alcohol mixed with a quart of water.

This is a favorite way of quickly dispensing of orchid pests.

Boiled water with steeped lemon grind in glass container for citrus spray

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Place the mashed bugs in cheesecloth, and soak in two cups of water overnight.

For best results, use the bug juice within three days.

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Rubbing alcohol bottle with cap open next to cotton balls

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Cheese cloth with smashed bugs soaking in glass container with water

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